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VHA terminates COTS program
The Veterans Health Administration this month pulled the plug on a program that integrated commercially available products with an agencydeveloped system that manages patient information. VHA canceled the Hybrid Open Systems Technology (HOST) program, which it started in the early 1990s to give VH
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Eclectic career leads Garvey to direct EPA database
Although Pat Garvey has tried to leave government service for decades, he just cannot seem to stay away. Luck and his heart have led Garvey to a varied career in government service, from working as a state social worker to a General Accounting Office auditor, from studying for the priesthood to tra
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GTE demos encryption capability for cellular net
GTE Government Systems announced last month that it had successfully demonstrated the first use of a promising computer algorithm for national security over a commercial cellular network. The demonstration represents only one segment of a broad National Security Agency initiative known as 'Condor,'
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IRS asks Congress for flexibility in tax reforms
The new commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service today called on Congress to give his agency more flexibility in abiding by proposed tax reforms so the agency can focus more on its Year 2000 problem.
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GAO says Interior faces possible Y2K meltdown
The Interior Department, one of the least information technologyintensive federal agencies, faces a potentially crippling Year 2000 problem that could prevent it from managing millions of acres of land, according to the General Accounting Office. 'The department's core business process could fail
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INS awards $400M pact to SAIC
The Immigration and Naturalization Service on Friday awarded a $400 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to oversee the continued development of the agency's farflung information systems. Under the contract the first of five to spin out of the agency's $1.2 billion Servic
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Clinton signs bill giving agencies Year 2000 money
President Clinton on May 1 signed a supplemental appropriations bill that will earmark close to $86 million for some agencies to pay for Year 2000 fixes in this fiscal year. The 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act will set aside $40.8 million for the Treasury Department and the Int
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FBI taps Harris for mobile radios
The FBI this month awarded an estimated $105 million contract to Harris Corp. to supply federal agents with mobile radios so that they can share data such as digital fingerprints and criminal records with one another and with other agencies. The award comes as the FBI and other law enforcement agen
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MMS dives into better whale tracking
The Minerals Management Service last month awarded a software contract that will help the agency better analyze the migration habits of the endangered bowhead whale, whose seasonal wanderings bring it close to offshore oil rigs. MMS, an Interior Department agency in charge of managing the nation's
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INS awards $400M pact to SAIC
The Immigration and Naturalization Service on Friday awarded a $400 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to oversee the continued development of the agency's far-flung information systems.
Digital Government
Feds eye private forensics help
Faced with understaffed offices and a growing case backlog, federal agencies sifting through computers for evidence of crime may find relief with the opening last week of what observers believe to be the first privatesector computer forensics laboratory. Many agencies, from the FBI to the U.S. Pos
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VA branch rolls out first of 5 telemedicine carts
The New England branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs has developed a compact telemedicine cart that doctors can use to consult with medical specialists, saving patients time and trouble. Many veterans venture across a state or states to consult with specialists such as dermatologists or oph
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Kodak service spots changes in aerial pics
Eastman Kodak Co. earlier this month unveiled a new service to help federal agencies detect changes in aerial images of landscape that might not be readily visible to the human eye a capability generally associated with Defense and intelligence agencies. The new service, called Clear Change Image
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FBI taps Harris for mobile radios
The FBI this month awarded an estimated $105 million contract to Harris Corp. to supply federal agents with mobile radios so that they can share data such as digital fingerprints and criminal records with one another and with other agencies. The award comes as the FBI and other law enforcement agen
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NIMA requests detailed satellite map imagery
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency last month issued a call to industry for proposals on how to integrate commercial systems for processing highresolution imagery with the agency's existing systems. NIMA's request comes amid a changing mission focus for the Defense Department, which is respon
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Hill looks at agencies' audits
Just two weeks after a scathing, firstofitskind audit of the government's consolidated financial statement revealed billions of dollars in discrepancies, the House last week began a series of hearings to delve into agencies' information mismanagement. The House Government Management, Information
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DOD taps 7 vendors for integration effort
The Defense Department last week awarded contracts to seven vendors for a $2.5 billion program to build the nextgeneration military medical information system. The program the Defense Medical Information System/Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services (D/SIDD
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CFO defends DOD accounting systems
The deputy chief financial officer of the Defense Department told members of a House subcommittee today that his agency has firm control of its equipment including its information technology systems despite reports citing widespread information mismanagement at DOD.
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DOD awards seven contracts for $2.5 billion to build health network
The Defense Department today awarded contracts to seven vendors as part of a $2.5 billion program that should help make military patient records accessible electronically from anywhere in the world.
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Fingerprint scan brings access control to Windows
I/O Software Inc. late last month introduced an application that lets PC users log on to their workstations using their fingerprints. The new application, called SecureStart 98, is designed to block unauthorized access to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems. The product, w
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