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GSA to use Seat Management for its offices
The General Services Administration is taking a stand behind its Seat Management program, becoming the first federal agency to announce plans to outsource its desktop systems, maintenance and support worldwide. Speaking at a GSA subcontracting forum last week, GSA Administrator David Barram, Federa
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Hewlett-Packard brings thin client to feds
HewlettPackard Co. last month jumped into the thinclient market with the release of its first Microsoft Corp.'s Windowsbased terminal, now available on the General Services Administration schedule. Windowsbased terminals are lowend desktop computers designed to access applications that run on
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Federal IT security team reorganized
After almost a year of studying how to fund a governmentwide security program, the CIO Council last week expanded management of the federal computer security response team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to the General Services Administration. The Federal Computer Incident R
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Compaq sails new notebook in Armada line
Compaq Computer Corp. last week released the next generation of its Armada series of notebook computers, upgrading several features but retaining backward and forward compatibility with the rest of the line. The Armada 7400 is close in size and weight to the 7300 line, but it comes with a larger sc
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Industry cautious about MOBIS changes
Vendors and consultants are hoping a change in venue and staffing will bring improvements to a popular General Services Administration schedule program that offers agencies information technology management and consulting services. GSA first issued its solicitation for the Management, Organization
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SEC forms office to fight Internet fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission last month stepped up its fight against securities fraud on the Internet with the creation of an office dedicated to finding and prosecuting cases and training other agencies and groups about the pitfalls of cyberspace. 'The Internet has made it so much easier
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Dell adds leasing to GSA schedule
Looking to capitalize on the growing interest in leasing rather than buying PCs, Dell Computer Corp. last week announced a new leasing program on its General Services Administration schedule. Dell, which has been the topselling vendor on the GSA schedule in recent quarters, offers four options und
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Merisel creates fed division
In response to reseller demand, Merisel Inc. last week announced a new division targeting the federal market with a dedicated sales force, marketing programs and expanded product offerings. Based in El Segundo, Calif., Merisel is a distributor of more than 25,000 computer hardware and software prod
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LAN-based videoconferencing now on GSA
Intelect Visual Communications Corp. announced this month that Klein Technologies Inc. would carry IVC's localarea networkbased videoconferencing products on the General Services Administration schedule. Many videoconferencing products are based on the H.320 protocol for transmitting data across
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Toshiba unveils notebook offerings
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. last week revamped its notebook computer offerings by adding a new model to each of its product lines, including a highly configurable version of the Tecra. The new models include the Tecra 8000 at the high end, the Satellite 4000 at the midrange and the Por
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AMD aims to boost government presence
In a push to appeal to what the company sees as a growing number of costconscious federal PC buyers, chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) launched a program to increase its presence in the federal market. The Government Connection program combines an initiative to educate agencies a
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New group backs existing financial schedule
A group of vendors and public interest groups banded together this month in opposition to the government's attempts to change the way it purchases financial management system software (FMSS). Michael Canning, executive director of the Coalition for Federal Financial Accountability, said the softwar
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Indiana school cameras reach police, firefighters
Cameras in the public schools of Merillville, Indiana will provide streaming video to the town's police and fire dispatch center during emergencies.
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Hackers deface federal sites
Chinese groups hit sites over the weekend, in advance of anticipated May 1 attacks
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Input sees rebound in state, local IT spending
It should hit $64 billion by 2009, the market research firm says.
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OMB sets budget test criteria
Programs must meet five requirements to be picked for performance-based budgeting
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Sharing to be built into budget
Forman: Systems will have been designed from the beginning to satisfy multiple agencies' needs
Acquisition
Auditor general chides Florida tech office outsourcing
The state auditor general found that the technology office did not follow Florida laws.
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