Digital Government
IT tracks El Nino's path
El Nino the weather system that is creating waves in the Pacific Ocean also is creating a storm of activity among federal information technology practitioners and research scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its related agencies. From satellites to buoys to telecom
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GAO: DOD system puts soldiers at risk
The Defense Department computer system that helps supply Army troops with everything from M16s to beans is far behind in fixing its computers to be Year 2000compliant which could cause 'injury or death ' according to the General Accounting Office. The Logistics Systems Support Center (LSSC) is no
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Insurance group to help feds weather budget cuts
In response to congressional budget cuts for agencies conducting environmental research the insurance industry has invested in information technology so that the National Hurricane Center can continue to research violent storms. The industry last month formed the nonprofit Insurance Friends of the
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Feds signal deepening Y2K crisis (Part 1)
In the wake of Office of Management and Budget threats to bar four agencies from buying information technology in fiscal 1999 at least one top manager has asserted that his agency will need 'a massive infusion of money' to make its computers Year 2000compliant. Jim Harrel the Transportation Depart
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Agencies expand Web sites to meet growing demand
As an increasing number of Americans are taking to the Internet in search of government information agencies with popular World Wide Web sites are beefing up their systems to meet the public's demand for online realtime data. NASA for example had 47 million hits on July 8 four days after the Pathf
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Rubin fights IRS reform bill
Treasury Department Secretary Robert Rubin last week told the House Ways and Means Committee that any changes to the management of the Internal Revenue Service may result in a setback for the agency's agenda part of which is its current plan to increase its use of electronic filing of tax forms. De
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FEMA mulls offering electronic maps
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced last month that it is exploring whether to distribute electronic maps showing areas prone to floods so that the public and state and local governments can have quicker access to information before building houses or creating zoning ordinances. With
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HCFA cancels pact; rethinks MTS program
After spending $43 million over the past three years to design a new system to process medical bills for the Medicare program, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) last month suspended a prime contracting arrangement with GTE Government Systems Corp. and acknowledged it is not sure how t
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Groups want CRS reports on Internet
A Washingtonbased advocacy group this month urged Congress to give the goahead for the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to make its reports electronically available to the public via the Internet. In a letter sent to Rep. William Thomas (RCalif.) chairman of the House Government Reform and O
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FAR rule includes time fields
An amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation aimed at ensuring that government contracts address Year 2000 issues unnecessarily expands the definition of Year 2000 compliance possibly causing confusion among Year 2000 contractors vendors said last week. Issued late last week the final rule se
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Agencies peddle own Y2K fixes
The federal government roundly criticized for falling behind on the Year 2000 problem has paradoxically emerged as a provider of dateconversion services. A handful of federal agencies offer or soon will offer Year 2000 services proposing their own computers as test beds for other agencies' app
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Bell Atlantic rings up $11.7M win at FEMA
Bell Atlantic last week won a potential $11.7 million contract to provide wideranging telecommunications support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Under the contract Bell Atlantic will provide FEMA with centralized acquisition ordering and coordination of local telecommunications service
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Report: DFAS Y2K problems could affect millions
Millions of active and retired military and civilian personnel contractors and other parties could face financial hardships if the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) does not fix its Year 2000 computer problems according to a report issued last week by the General Accounting Office. In a
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