Digital Government
Four to share $20M NOAA pact
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected four minorityowned firms to receive awards under a $20 million program for scientific workstations. NOAA's scientific workstation contract (SCIWOC II) is modeled after NASA's successful Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurem
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IT head moves Courts into next century
Although she did not know it at the time, Pamela White, assistant director of the Office of Automation and Technology at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, started carving out her information technology career when she performed a cost/benefit analysis on a Justice Department automation
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Forms ware links agency, bulk-mail customers
The U.S. Postal Service plans to test this summer forms software that will provide an electronic interface between the agency and some of its largest customers. The software will provide USPS with detailed information on bulk mailings before they enter the mail system. It will also give large maile
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Bill would merge statistical bureaus
The House is moving ahead with plans to consolidate the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis into a new independent Federal Statistics Service, although the move is opposed by the administration. The proposal, introduced by Rep. Stephen Horn (RCal
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NTIS plans to put FFRDC tech documents on-line
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) plans to offer an alternative to the Government Printing Office's Federal Depository Library program that would provide libraries with electronic access to government documents that are not available through GPO. In a pilot program to begin this spr
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White House pushes PBO plan
Vice President Gore last week announced details of a plan that would turn some agencies into performancebased organizations (PBOs) operating more like commercial businesses and providing more flexibility in procurement and more control over finances and personnel. The Agriculture Department's Anim
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Microsoft unit to receive support contract through PTO
The Patent and Trademark Office plans to award Microsoft Corp.'s consulting unit a solesource contract next month to support the company's current and future product suite. The contract will be open to other agencies as well as PTO. PTO's Microsoft Consulting Services procurement, a fiveyear task
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AWIPS' cost, schedule scrutinized
The National Weather Service's Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) came under fire once again last week for cost overruns, schedule delays and a questionable software development strategy. It is now expected that AWIPS, the cornerstone of the NWS modernization plan, will cost $52
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IT component expected to reach $300M to $400M
The Census Bureau plans to spend $300 million to $400 million on technology to support the 2000 census and expects to release solicitations for services and equipment this summer. To conduct the 2000 census, the Census Bureau will need everything from laptop computers and modems for data collection
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State preps draft RFP for $100M buy
The State Department this month will release a draft request for proposals (DRFP) for its $100 millionplus State Information InfrastructurePC LocalArea Network (SIIPC LAN) procurement, an office automation contract that will standardize office hardware and software in department offices worldwi
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Congress pressures USDA for plan
The Agriculture Department's Info Share program is under pressure yet again from a provision in the Senate and House farm bills that would prevent the department from using funds from the Commodity Credit Corp. Money from the CCC could have been used by the USDA for initial funding of Info Share. W
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Cisco offers Internet products
Cisco Systems Inc. has introduced products that address Internet security, the increased demand on Internet servers and connecting Novell Inc. NetWare users to the Internet. The company is targeting government entities that need secure and highperformance network services, Internet service provide
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Vendors aim ATM at lower-speed nets
WASHINGTON D.C. Many of the Asynchronous Transfer Moderelated products announced or demonstrated last week at ComNet reflect a vendor push to bring ATM to users outside the scope of the highspeed highbandwidth applications typically associated with the technology. ATM was initially billed as
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IG report: AWIPS not ready
The Commerce Department is rushing its troubled automated weather system into production by October and deploying an incomplete system with serious holes, according to a report due for release today by the department's inspector general's office, a persistent critic of the National Weather Service'
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PMO gets help to develop ESnet interface
The federal Electronic Messaging Group (EMG) is trying to make sure that specialized areas are included in the governmentwide electronicmail initiative and is pulling together the Energy Science Network (ESnet) and Federal Networking Council (FNC) to develop a "functional interface" for the ESne
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Revamp plan combines business planning, IRM
The Agriculture Department has completed a draft information resources management modernization plan that includes the possible appointment of a department chief information officer (CIO), an executive board and a seniorlevel technical council. Anne Thomson Reed, deputy assistant secretary for adm
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