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Small biz snags $1.25B FAA pact
In an effort to silence criticism that it does not give more business to small and minority businesses, the Federal Aviation Administration last week awarded 14 contracts exclusively to small and disadvantaged businesses under a $1.25 billion information technology services contract. The Broad Info
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Panasonic expands ruggedized line
Panasonic Personal Computer Co. this summer is extending its line of Toughbook ruggedized computers with three new notebooks intended not just for military users but for mainstream users who subject their systems to daily wear and tear. At last November's Comdex trade show in Las Vegas, the company
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Opposition grows to bill revamping GPO
Opposition to a bill overhauling the Government Printing Office mounted last week as opponents complained to the bill's Senate sponsors, saying it will turn back the clock on procurement reform, expand the reach of GPO and cost taxpayers more money [FCW, July 20]. Reaction to the bill, named for Se
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Boosting Wang's recovery
James Hogan, president of Wang Government Services, may not have much experience with the federal information technology market, but that does not seem to have hindered his ability to run a company geared toward serving federal agencies. Hogan graduated from the General Electric Co. training center
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Museum to honor victims of Oklahoma bombing
The Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation has begun the search for designers to create an interactive museum at the site of the 1995 bombing that killed 168 people. The $7 million interactive museum represents the second phase of the foundation's memorial project, and officials with the founda
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CSC's winning summer
Officials at the federal business unit of Computer Sciences Corp. might someday look back at June 1998 and realize it was a pivotal month in the organization's evolution in the new government procurement environment. CSC landed several contracts during the month, including the Outsourcing Desktop I
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Panel to publish guide
The Information Technology Resources Board has developed another guide for government IT managers that shares 'lessons learned' gathered over the past several years of reviewing an array of federal IT programs. ITRB is an interagency group of federal IT officials tasked with assisting agencies in t
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Hill to debate GPO overhaul
In a move to ensure public access to government documents, the Senate Rules Committee next week will consider legislation that dramatically overhauls the Government Printing Office and extends its traditional authority over printing to electronically produced and disseminated government publication
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Lockheed Martin tests multimedia conferencing
Lockheed Martin Corp. has been testing the latest version of a Lucent Technologies Inc. multimedia conferencing solution that allows engineers working on the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter to videoconference at their desks while simultaneously collaborating on software code and documents
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Smith Corona pitches PC wares to fed market
Smith Corona Corp., a company that has supplied everything from armaments to fax machines to the government in its 112year history, has retooled once again and is entering the competitive PC manufacturing business, hoping its brand name and experience will combine in a successful venture of sellin
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Command Software renames, beefs up anti-virus offering
Command Software Systems Inc. has upgraded and renamed its antivirus software product, adding new scan technology that detects and automatically destroys the newest generation of macro viruses that infect Microsoft Corp. Word and Excel documents. Command AntiVirus with FPROT Professional, formerl
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PC vendors deliver on new PII
Major PC manufacturers are supporting Intel Corp.'s new Pentium II processor with highend servers and workstations that target a more lucrative market that is dominated by Unix workstations from Sun Microsystems Inc. and HewlettPackard Co. Intel formally announced the new 32bit Xeon processor la
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Lexmark unveils new color printer
Lexmark International Inc. fortified its line of color printers with the announcement earlier this month of five machines ranging from inexpensive inkjet printers for home and smalloffice use to a highend color laser printer that can turn out pages at a rate of 12 per minute. Speed, not price, i
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New CEO, government VP look to replicate Dell's success with direct-sales model
Micron Electronics Inc., which this month appointed a new chief executive officer and a new toplevel official in charge of government business, has set out to finetune its directsales effort and to climb into the top tier of PC manufacturers within the next few years. According to Harry B. Heisl
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PC makers ramp up for new processor
NEW YORK Servers and workstations are about to get a boost in processing power with the expected release this month of the Xeon, the nextgeneration Pentium II from Intel Corp., which PC makers said will unlock four and eightway processing power. Computer manufacturers, including Dell Computer
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Microsoft provides sneak preview of new Office 2000 suite
NEW YORK Microsoft Corp. gave a sneak preview of the next version of its Office suite of productivity applications at last week's PC Expo in New York, in an event that was just like going to the movies right down to the tuxedoed ushers, the popcorn and the performance of the Microsoft officials
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Raxco unveils suite for Windows NT
Betting on continued growth of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT in the government market, Raxco Software Inc. has introduced an integrated suite of tools for Windows NT that is designed to help manage several essential functions that systems administrators often consider busywork. Systems managers and
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Contractors believe the GSA schedule is necessary for government business
Bowing to the wishes of their longstanding federal customers, information technology vendors have flocked to the General Services Administration's multipleaward schedule (MAS) this year in record numbers. Bill Gormley, assistant commissioner for acquisition at GSA's Federal Supply Service, said t
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Kodak debuts Nikon-friendly digital camera
Eastman Kodak Co. has introduced a highperformance digital camera aimed at professional photographers who have been waiting for a way to begin using a digital camera without having to retire all their expensive Nikon lenses. Kodak collaborated with Nikon on the body design of the DCS 315 camera, i
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GTSI offering seat management services
Government Technology Services Inc. last week announced the addition of seat management services on its General Services Administration schedule and through the National Institutes of Health's Electronic Computer Store (ECS) II contract. The new offerings are intended to fill the gap left by depart
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