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Nexor offers security for directories
Messaging and directory vendor Nexor Ltd. last month unveiled an applicationlevel firewall for directories that is designed to protect sensitive agency data from unauthorized users. Called the Directory Boundary Agent (DBA), the product is designed to work with directories that are based on the Li
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FAA plan will reduce voice congestion in the airwaves
The Federal Aviation Administration detailed on Jan. 6 its plan to replace many routine voice transmissions between controllers and pilots with digital data messages a move designed to increase the number of aircraft that controllers can manage by reducing congestion in the airwaves.
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FAA plan will reduce voice congestion in the airwaves
The Federal Aviation Administration detailed on Jan. 6 its plan to replace many routine voice transmissions between controllers and pilots with digital data messages a move designed to increase the number of aircraft that controllers can manage by reducing congestion in the airwaves.
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Post offices connect with satellite links
The U.S. Postal Service recently kicked off a project to connect remote and small post offices to the agency's telecommunications backbone using a satellite network rather than traditional landbased networks as originally planned. The effort falls under a larger $3 billion program called the Manag
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Impeachment e-mail clogs Congress
A surge in email to Congress last week brought about by the impeachment debate forced some mail servers to be taken offline as lawmakers' systems struggled to handle the load. 'There have been some severe problems around here,' said Matt Raymond, press secretary for Sen. Conrad Burns (RMont.). 'U
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Agentics tackles online catalog searching for EC
Startup company Agentics Inc. this month unveiled an electronic commerce product that allows users via a single query to easily search for and place an order for products located in disparate online vendor catalogs. SupplyChannel is designed to simplify the process of searching multiple catalogs b
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FAA kicks off ATC upgrade
With its key computer systems wearing out, the Federal Aviation Administration last week launched an overhaul of a key segment of the air traffic control system. Eunomia (pronounced youNOmeuh), estimated to be worth $450 million, will replace and upgrade the aging systems in the en route centers
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Online pub showcases IT case studies
A new online government publication presents appealing, real-life case studies on how federal agencies are using information technology to help deliver services to the public.
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FAA looks abroad for oceanic ATC solution
Frustrated in developing a system for controllers to use to separate air traffic over the ocean, the Federal Aviation Administration may scrap its plans in favor of using a system developed for one of its foreign counterparts. The oceanic modernization program is supposed to improve pilot/controlle
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Guidance governs shared Web sites
The General Services Administration recently released draft guidance outlining how agencies that operate World Wide Web sites containing other agencies' or federal organizations' material should charge for those services and how they should allocate costs. While the majority of agencies today do no
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GTE's inResponse tackles deluge of e-mail from Web
GTE unveiled a product last month that will help agency Webmasters manage the growing amount of email sent to their agencies' World Wide Web sites. The tool, called inResponse, is an email response management product that helps Webmasters route, respond to and track email inquiries sent from Web
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Lotus nabs two mega Notes buys
The installed base for Lotus Development Corp.'s messaging and groupware product recently expanded, as two federal agencies began rolling out the software to tens of thousands of users. The Environmental Protection Agency will deploy Notes to cover 26,000 email addresses, and the Army Battle Comma
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Start-up company develops card-based security for PC
A 1yearold security company in Israel has developed a smart card security system that protects a user's PC from unauthorized access by locking the PC when it senses the user is away from the machine. First Access Ltd. designed a system that consists of client/server software, a smart card that id
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Commerce finally rolls out financial management system
Millions of dollars and many false starts later, the Commerce Department said it is ready to roll out its financial management system departmentwide. Commerce Secretary William Daley approved departmentwide deployment of the Commerce Administrative Management System, which has been under developmen
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House may weaken bill to give USDA CIO new authority
The House may curtail some of the unprecedented budget authority over departmental information technology spending that a Senate bill would give the Agriculture Department's chief information officer. The USDA IT Reform and Year 2000 Compliance Act of 1998 would give USDA CIO Anne Thomson Reed cont
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IBM upgrades NWS supercomputer
In a move that will significantly improve the accuracy of weather forecasts, the National Weather Service awarded IBM Corp. a $35.6 million contract to supply the agency with a faster supercomputer. IBM will lease the agency its massively parallel RS/6000 SP supercomputer, replacing the current Cra
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IBM debuts smart card-based notebook security
IBM Corp. this week plans to announce a smart card security system that is designed to prevent unauthorized access to data stored on a notebook's hard drive even when the computer is stolen. The Smart Card Security Kit comes with a smart card and smart card reader/writer, along with security softwa
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Network Associates ramps up after buying spree
Network Associates Inc., the world's largest independent information security company, has seen its federal government business grow faster than the company as a whole, with the company's chief executive officer setting an even loftier goal for future growth in the federal arena. Fueled by a recent
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DOD vs. GSA: The two faces of EC emerge
The Defense Department this month plans to test a World Wide Webbased search engine that will provide a single point of entry for vendors searching for business opportunities across the entire department, even though a group of civilian and military agencies also is working to take a similar syste
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Online window shopping
Reacting to widespread use of the Internet and government credit cards, an increasing number of agencies are building electronic catalogs and electronic malls that allow users to browse merchandise offered by federal contractors and place orders online. Agencies such as the Defense Logistics Agency
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