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FAA's Donohue defends WAAS schedule, budget at hearing
Federal Aviation Administration and Hughes Aircraft Co. officials last week assured a House panel that the WideArea Augmentation System (WAAS) the agency's major satellitebased navigation program is on schedule and on budget despite recent reports to the contrary. At a hearing of the House Commit
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Controllers: Design flaws plague STARS
A critical $1 billion air traffic control program that is already under intense congressional scrutiny needs a design overhaul to address potential safety hazards according to air traffic controllers. Under the Federal Aviation Administration's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System contra
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DISA plans FedCenter expansion
FedCenter the commercial electronic mall and acquisition site on the World Wide Web that is open to government agencies will get a $15 million facelift that should make it one of the most used electronic commerce Internet sites according to its developers. Digital Commerce Corp. which launched FedC
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Massa thinks big as director of Cisco's federal unit
When Cisco Systems Inc. chief executive officer John Chambers recently asked Jim Massa director of Cisco's federal operations what his plans were for the group Massa replied 'I want to be $1 billion in size before Cisco is $10 billion in size." Unmoved Chambers responded 'Well that's all well and
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USPS starts Desktop Post Office project
The U.S. Postal Service this month released details on a program that would let small and homebased businesses prepare packages for mailing and pay for postal services over the Internet. USPS released to six prequalified vendors a request for comments for its Desktop Post Office (DTPO) which will
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Draft SOW outlines advanced traffic-control system for ships
The Coast Guard released a draft statement of work last month for a new system that is designed to reduce the number of vessel accidents in ports and busy waterways by providing ships with uptotheminute data on traffic conditions on the water. The Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS) would
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DOD merges four IT, logistics groups
Last month the Defense Department merged four separate information technology and logistics groups into the LifeCycle Information Integration Office (LCIIO) to make it easier and less expensive to manage and access shared acquisition and logistics information. LCIIO is composed of the Continuous A
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Madge unveils LAN-based videoconferencing switch
Madge Networks Inc. introduced today a switch that will let users connect localarea networkbased videoconferencing systems with Integrated Services Digital Networkbased infrastructures. Called the Madge LAN Video Gateway the product is a stackable switch that translates a H.323 LAN packet into a
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DOD orders info-assurance review
With electronic information playing an everlarger role in Defense operations Secretary of Defense William Cohen last month formed a panel to look at how DOD manages its critical data and protects against information warfare and system vulnerabilities. DOD is tackling a concept called 'information
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FAA officially awards IT upgrade pact to Harris
As expected the Federal Aviation Administration last week officially awarded Harris Corp. an estimated $120 million contract to replace a system that supplies generalaviation pilots with weather briefings and flightplanning services. Harris will replace the 15yearold flight service automation p
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USPS taps Lockheed for $700M scanner buy
The U.S. Postal Service last week awarded Lockheed Martin Federal Systems a contract potentially worth $700 million to purchase handheld scanners for tracking packages a technology Postal officials hope will help the agency compete with private delivery companies. The sixyear Mobile Data Collectio
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FAA's Tuttle glides toward future
When Dave Tuttle program director for Flight 2000 at the Federal Aviation Administration soared over the mountains in his glider 30 years ago little did he know that someday he would lead an effort to get a revolutionary FAA program off the ground. The Flight 2000 program scheduled to take place in
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Banyan updates client software
Banyan Systems Inc. announced the next version of its BeyondMail electronic messaging client that adds a host of new features including full support for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 and new tools for mobile users. BeyondMail 3.0 for Intelligent Messaging which will be added to the General Services
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GSA begins management of '.gov' domain names
Federal agencies soon will be required to contact the General Services Administration when they want to register a '.gov' domain name on the Internet or the World Wide Web. Effective Oct. 1 GSA's Center for Electronic Messaging Technologies (CEMT) will have full management and registration authorit
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WAAS cost overruns threaten program
The Federal Aviation Administration may pay almost $1 billion to develop its major satellitebased navigation program some $350 million more than it anticipated when it launched the program three years ago according to a new report by the General Accounting Office. In late 1994 the FAA estimated it
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Bay Networks unveils secure remote-access products
Bay Networks Inc. announced a remoteaccess concentrator and software that will help agencies securely connect remote users to the office network or the Internet. The Model 8000 Remote Access Concentrator (8000 RAC) fills out the mid to highend range of Bay Networks' remoteaccess line of product
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Expansion of time-saving procurement reforms planned
The Commerce Department last week said a test of new acquisition procedures proved to dramatically shorten procurement times and the success has convinced officials to expand the program to other departmental agencies. The new procedures called Concept of Operations (CONOPS) shortened the procureme
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Forest Service opens IT contract to Interior
Seizing an opportunity to cut costs and expand its already close working relationship the Agriculture Department's Forest Service will soon open up its primary computer hardware and software contract to the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management. The Forest Service plans to open its $276 m
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Harris Corp. is apparent winner of FAA's OASIS
Harris Corp. is the apparent winner of a Federal Aviation Administration contract to upgrade a system that supplies general aviation pilots with weather data and flightplanning services. With the Operational and Supportability Implementation System (OASIS) contract worth as much as $125 million th
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FAA warms up $400M free-flight demo plans
The Federal Aviation Administration last week unveiled the first details of a $400 million program called Flight 2000 that will test how a revolutionary method of air traffic management works in reallife operations. Flight 2000 is a crucial step toward the freeflight concept which would allow pil
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