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Braun to head PRC Systems Intetration unit
Dick Braun has been promoted to senior vice president for PRC and head of the Systems Integration (SI) business unit. Braun will have full profit and loss and operational responsibility for the unit and will report directly to PRC president Len Pomata. Braun has been vice president for Government I
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PRC, Wisconsin-Madison joint venture offers image-oriented weather system
PRC and the University of WisconsinMadison Space Science and Engineering Center (UW SSEC) have teamed up to develop and sell an imageoriented weather system to government and commercial users. The system, called Advanced McIDAS (Man Computer Interactive Data Access System), is based upon PRC syst
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NFC chooses CD-ROMs over paper for financial reports
The Agriculture Department's National Finance Center (NFC) has developed a system that allows it to distribute financial reports and data to its clients on CDROM rather than paper, saving the agency $7 million over five years. The NFC provides financial and administrative services to more than 40
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Compaq debuts network management software
Continuing its quest to become a leader in the internetworking market, Compaq Computer Corp. today announced new Netelligent networking products and a closer relationship with Cisco Systems Inc. The new products will be available on the General Services Administration schedule in August. Earlier th
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Proposed specifications would improve mail security
In an effort to make postage meters more secure, the U.S. Postal Service has proposed two new specifications that, among other things, would provide the opportunity for postage to be printed from PCs. The specifications, published in the Federal Register for comment, propose a new indicium, or post
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Hill eyes reform of federal printing
Sen. John Warner (RVa.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, expects to issue a report at the end of the year that will result in legislation to reform government printing and improve public access to public government documents. At a committee hearing last week on public
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USPS to unveil details of new services
Certificate authority and electronic postmarking on the horizon The U.S. Postal Service later this month is expected to release details on its plans to conduct market tests for its certificate authority and electronic postmarking services. The Federal Register will publish for comment an announceme
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I-NET lands $42.6M support services pact at USPS
The U.S. Postal Service has awarded a $42.6 million outsourcing contract to INET Inc. to provide information support services for the agency's headquarters. The sevenyear, fixedprice Computer Facilities Management pact is a consolidation of several contracts and task orders held by numerous vend
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FTP adds security to its TCP/IP suite
FTP Software Inc. today announced a new version of its Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol connectivity suite, which the company says is the first to support Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 and also offer Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a de facto standard for sending secure
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SBA shuts out Pulsar from role on NOAA procurement
The Small Business Administration denied a contract award to Pulsar Data Systems Inc. after the company was selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as one of four 8(a) companies to supply scientific workstations, networking products and services. SBA determined that Pulsar w
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Agencies differ in degree of flexibility
Vice President Al Gore's plan to make certain government agencies performancebased organizations (PBOs) that would operate like commercial businesses means different things to different agencies, and not all are getting the same degree of flexibility in how they comply. About four months ago, Gore
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Wang wins $3 million U.S. Courts contract
Wang Federal Inc. last week captured a $3 million contract with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to provide jury database services to district courts. Under the fiveyear contract, Wang will create a central National Service Center to support the district courts. Potentially, all 94 dis
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NIST forms new Information Technology Laboratory
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology assured Congress that the formation of its new Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) will help the agency more tightly focus on the needs of the computer industry and testing methods. Shukri Wakid, acting director of the ITL
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Digi Int'l nabs subcontracts
Digi International Inc., a remoteaccess company, is making a name for itself in the federal government, having been selected recently as a subcontractor on several large indefinitedelivery, indefinitequantity contracts. The company has subcontractor roles on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Congress questions IRM leadership
The Agriculture Department is again in trouble with Congress, which is questioning the leadership of technology programs at USDA and has asked the General Services Administration to suspend certain delegations of procurement authority (DPAs). In a letter to GSA last month, House Agriculture Committ
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Draft RFP out for DCS system
The Census Bureau late last month released a draft request for proposals (DRFP) for its imagebased Data Capture System (DCS) that changes the acquisition strategy for the system that will process forms for the 2000 census. Census now says it will make one award for the design, development, product
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FCC telemedicine committee makes debut
The Federal Communications Commission recently introduced its Telecommunications and Health Care Advisory Committee, which will provide guidance to the FCC on how to improve the telecommunications infrastructure to deliver telemedicine and other health care services to rural areas. Greg Lawler, com
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NCEP director looks beyond bad weather
Having grown up on a farm in North Carolina, George Murphy understands, perhaps more than most, how weather can impact people's livelihoods and everyday lives. "Weather is the typical thing that really governs your life," said Murphy, director of central operations at the National Centers for Env
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PTO banks on info tech to hasten patent process
The Patent and Trademark Office is making progress on a number of information technology projects designed to speed up and improve the patent examination process, agency officials told Congress earlier this month. Bruce Lehman, assistant secretary of the Commerce Department and commissioner of pate
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Novell updates network management software
Novell Inc. today unveiled a new version of its ManageWise network management software that will support Microsoft Corp. Windows NT and Novell NetWare servers as well as mixed desktop environments. Novell also announced that it will license LANDesk 2.5 source code from Intel Corp. and incorporate i
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