Digital Government
Proposal would establish PBO status
The Federal Supply Service is working on a proposal that would establish it as a Performance Based Organization (PBO), exempting it from regulations it believes hinder it from buying equipment and supplies at the lowest cost for federal agencies. FSS commissioner Frank Pugliese said his proposal wo
Digital Government
Cisco signs 4 firms to be GSA resellers
Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced that it signed on four General Services Administration resellers that will exclusively sell the company's internetworking products on GSA's Schedule B/C. BTG Inc., Innova Communications, Pulsar Data Systems Inc. and Sylvest Management Systems Corp. will resell
Digital Government
Laptop lease will stretch funds, expand tech access
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau plans to release a solicitation Tuesday for as many as 29,000 laptop computers and for the first time wants to lease the machines instead of buying them outright. Through its Laptop Project Agreement, Census will supply data collectors in the field with an in
Digital Government
Alpha Software releases beta Internet e-mail product
Alpha Software Corp. has released the beta version of NetMailer, a product that lets users merge different mailing lists and send personalized mass mailings of electronicmail messages over the Internet. "The only thing that exists today are list servers that send a generalized message to all subs
Digital Government
Bill moves PTO closer to corporate status
The Commerce Department's Patent and Trademark Office is one step closer to becoming a government corporation. Last week the House Judiciary Committee reported out of committee H.R. 3460, a bill sponsored by Rep. Carlos Moorhead (RCalif.) that would make PTO a government corporation but keep it un
Digital Government
Revamped e-mail system will ease communications
The Transportation Department this month will roll out a system that will let 70,000 users of different electronicmail systems communicate regardless of what email package they use. "Messaging is the most important application on a user's desktop," said George Ramick Jr., DOT's messaging manage
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DMS offers $5 Notes upgrade
Lockheed Martin Corp. is offering an earlybuy program to Lotus Development Corp. Notes users who want to upgrade to the Defense Message System version of the product.
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Madge rolls out Ethernet switches
Madge Networks Inc. today will introduce a new line of stackable Ethernet workgroup switches, dubbed Visage, that allow users to mix and match networking technologies in a single, logical unit. Where other stackable switches are connected via bandwidths of 100 megabit/sec, creating interswitch bott
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Codenoll to unveil fiber-based Fast Ethernet hubs
Codenoll Technology Corp. this week will unveil a new line of fiberoptic Fast Ethernet hubs at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's TechNet '96 show in Washington, D.C. The company will also highlight ADC Telecommunications' recent purchase of 50 percent of Codenoll's comm
Digital Government
Vendors balk at move to all-electronic CBD
A plan to make the Commerce Business Daily fully electronic has encountered criticism from online service providers criticism that may cause the Commerce Department to rethink its initial intention.
Digital Government
USDA launches purchase card and checking system
The Agriculture Department this month began the pilot program of an automated government purchase card and checking system that is expected to cut procurement transaction costs nearly in half.
Digital Government
New systems unveiled at ITCA '96
Videoconferencing products introduced at last week's International Teleconferencing Association '96 show in Washington, D.C., ran the gamut from lowend, lowcost desktop systems to highend multipoint bridges. Cinecom Corp. introduced CineVideo/Direct, a lowcost, lowend Microsoft Corp. Windowsb
Digital Government
RFC hits the street for $500M managed networks pact
The U.S. Postal Service recently released a request for comments for its Managed Network Services (MNS) contract, worth more than $500 million, according to some estimates, making it one of the largest outsourcing contracts for a network and the biggest contract for a routed internetwork outside FT
Digital Government
Competing encryption modes vie for acceptance
Civilian agencies are even further away from standardizing on an electronic messaging encryption method, as dispute over the suitability of three competing standards already in use intensifies. What is becoming clear is that Fortezzabased encryption, to be used in 2 million Defense Department PC s
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CheckPoint opens federal office to sell firewalls
Internet firewall provider CheckPoint Software Technologies Ltd. opened a federal office to pursue network security opportunities. The Israeli company hired David Steinberg, former vice president of federal systems at Bay Networks Inc., as federal region manager and opened an office in Alexandria,
Digital Government
Digital, Unisys' X.500 wares support DMS
Digital Equipment Corp. and Unisys Corp. last week introduced new X.500 directory services products that support Defense Message System (DMS) requirements. Directories store user information such as electronicmail addresses and fax and telephone numbers. Directories based on X.500, the standard th
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RFC on tap for $50 million remote sensing, imaging pact
The Forest Service expects to release a request for comments this summer for an estimated $50 million Remote Sensing and Image Processing contract, which is the second contract under the agency's Project 615 Geographic Information System (GIS) program. Government shutdowns and the budget impasse pu
Digital Government
Agencies draft own plansx
Despite the lack of an electronic messaging policy from the Office of Management and Budget that has been delayed indefinitely, most agencies have drafted their own and are moving ahead with implementation of their email systems. Jack Finley, program manager for the General Services Administration
Digital Government
Census releases draft RFC for DCS
The Census Bureau is one step closer to awarding a contract for the decennial census imagebased data capture system with the recent release of a draft request for comments. The draft RFC, issued this month, overhauls an earlier document the bureau released last November for vendor comment. As a re
Digital Government
GSA circulates draft of public key encryption policy
The General Services Administration recently released the first draft of a public key encryption policy, which is the first step toward establishing governmentwide standards for the technology. But the agency must resolve many issues before a final policy can be issued. GSA's Federal Security Infra
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