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Feds ponder CKO role
While agencies begin to embrace the concept of knowledge management to improve federal employees' access to information, observers in and out of government disagree on the role of the chief knowledge officer, a position that has been created to lead the charge into this new territory. In the past m
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GSA creates virtual contracting school
The General Services Administration has created a virtual university to help federal employees who have been given the freedom to order products and services from contracts without having received training in the procurement process. Many people using the multipleaward schedule contracts of GSA's
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House member suggests regular network security reports
Federal agencies may soon be required to submit regular reports to Congress on the security status of their networks, much as they now report their Year 2000 compliance.
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Hacker groups target Navy sites
In the wake of attacks on the FBI World Wide Web sites earlier this mont
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GSA seeks tools, services to monitor government nets
The General Services Administration is seeking vendors qualified to set up and manage hardware and software to monitor civilian agency networks for security breaches, the agency announced today.
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Northern Va. vendors see growing influence of feds
Outsourcing, performancebased contracting and the Year 2000 and beyond are playing a major role in shaping the rapidly expanding information technology market in the Washington, D.C., area, according to federal and industry executives taking part in a roundtable discussion last week. Hightech
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Navy looks to upgrade network security
As part of its overall security strategy, the Navy is looking at several new auditing products that can offer realtime intrusion detection.
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CyberTrust builds PKI solutions package
GTE CyberTrust this week announced its Secure Extranets solution for agencies that are beginning to move past the pilot stage in bringing critical services securely to the Internet. Agencies over the past few years have been moving their services to the World Wide Web in response to legislation and
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Feds tap chief knowledge officers for key info management role
The General Services Administration last week created its first chief knowledge officer position, which many federal information technology experts believe will become more prevalent as agencies try to sort out and use the vast amount of information stored in their systems and posted on the World W
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GSA redesigns fed regulation tracking system
By replacing an old mainframe database system with a new World Wide Webenabled system, the General Services Administration is making it easier for federal agencies to submit, manage and update their regulatory information. The Office of Management and Budget requires all agencies to publish in the
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GSA names Remez as chief knowledge officer
The General Services Administration yesterday said it would create the position of chief knowledge officer, an executive management post that will be responsible for tapping the agency's information technology to help employees access information for their jobs.
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IRS inks electronic software delivery deal
In one of the largest deals of its kind by a civilian agency, the Internal Revenue Service last week signed a $120 million deal for the electronic delivery and upgrade of Microsoft Corp. software across 130,000 desktops nationwide. The IRS signed the blanket purchase agreement with ITC (formerly In
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Dell expands offerings on its GSA schedule
Dell Computer Corp.'s General Services Administration schedule contract has been growing recently, and the company plans to expand its offering to federal agencies even further in the future. Last month Dell added Tektronix Inc.'s Phaser 840, 740 and 740L lines of color and colorcapable printers t
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Agencies batten down
A growing wave of hacker attacks on federal World Wide Web sites, including an attack that resulted in the FBI shutting down its site for more than a week, has raised agencies' awareness of their vulnerabilities and spurred efforts to increase their online security. As a result, agencies recently h
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GSA site a source for Web services
The General Services Administration launched a World Wide Web site last month that will serve as a reference and gathering place for federal agencies working on migrating business to an electronic environment. The eAgency Web site builds on a methodology developed by GSA's Office of Governmentwide
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IRS signs mega-deal for electronic software upgrades
In one of the largest deals of its kind by a civilian agency, the Internal Revenue Service this week signed a $120 million deal for the electronic delivery of, and upgrades of, Microsoft Corp. software for 130,000 desktops nationwide.
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Feds must protect against cyberattacks, experts say
The federal government must carefully consider the policy issues for protecting the nation's critical infrastructure from cyberattacks issues that the conflict in Yugoslavia has shown are more important today than ever before, according to federal and industry experts.
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New site stages public debate on security
For the National Security Study Group, the Internet provides an opportunity to conduct a truly nationwide study by allowing the public to discuss the topic while the study is being done. The NSSG (www.nssg.gov) is a federal advisory commission that was authorized under the 1998 Defense Authorizatio
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Tangram upgrades asset management tool
Tangram Enterprise Solutions Inc. last week released its nextgeneration asset management software, which includes a new solution to help agencies determine future procurement strategy based on current system and contract performance. Asset Insight 3.0, like older versions of the software, puts sof
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Engineering vendors gear up for new sked
The General Services Administration is moving quickly to put in place a new engineering services schedule that could be worth more than $100 million over five years. GSA's Federal Supply Service released the draft request for proposals for the MultiDisciplined Engineering and Technical Services (M
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