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FBI funding bill targets high-tech info sharing program
The House and Senate last week approved an appropriations bill that gives the FBI $20 million for building information technology systems that should enable its agents to more easily share information on cases they investigate.
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Industry urged to challenge agencies on outsourcing
A senior federal official today encouraged industry to investigate and question how agencies determine what government jobs can be contracted out to the private sector, reinforcing the Clinton administration's commitment to a new procurement reform law.
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Satellite resolutions spark interest
Space Imaging Inc. last week released the first commercial highresolution images taken from space, introducing to federal agencies a new tool for monitoring the world's real estate. The blackandwhite images taken by the company's Ikonos satellite focus on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., a
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Commerical imagery prompts NIMA doubts
The launch last week of the world's highest resolution commercial imaging satellite offers the National Imagery and Mapping Agency an unprecedented opportunity to expand its coverage. But experts are split on whether it jeopardizes the future of the controversial agency. With the successful launch
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State outlines response plan for world Y2K glitches
The State Department last week disclosed an elaborate plan to ensure that its embassies worldwide will continue to operate in the event of Year 2000related losses of power, communications and services in host countries. The plan lays out procedures to follow in reporting on the Year 2000 status of
Digital Government
Justice taps Burek for senior IT post
Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today appointed Linda Burek to head the Justice Department's information resources program.
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Panel: Future attacks on U.S. info systems likely
Leaders of a federal commission told the House Armed Services Committee yesterday that attacks on United States information systems by small terrorist groups are likely to threaten the country's national interests in the next 25 years.
Digital Government
Feds boost students.gov services
A group of federal agencies developing an online information service for college students and universities plans to add new features to its World Wide Web site in coming months, enabling students to plan their finances more carefully and enhancing the security of online transactions. The site, Acce
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CIO worried Medicare providers not ready for Y2K
The top information technology official for the Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees the nation's Medicare program, told Congress last week that he has serious concerns about whether the Medicare program will avoid Year 2000 problems.
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IT jobs duck outsource lists
Agencies last week released lists of thousands of jobs that could be outsourced to private companies, including some of information technologyrelated jobs. But critics say the way agencies released the lists could hurt vendors and federal employees who may want to challenge them. The initial group
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Medicare still faces Y2K obstacles
Several Year 2000related problems remain for the Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees the nation's Medicare program, even though the agency has repaired all of its internal computer systems for the computer glitch, federal officials told Congress Monday.
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Robot to aid NASA missions
Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center are developing a softballsize robot that will accompany astronauts on future space shuttle missions, enabling crew members to work more quickly and more efficiently.
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Crime watchers
The Justice Department last week unveiled plans for a computer system that will enable victims of violent federal crimes and their families to track the whereabouts of their attackers and the status of their cases in the justice system.
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NASA faces 'era of declining budgets'
NASA and companies doing business with the space agency in the coming years will have to endure a 'window of pain' as Congress continues to exert pressure on NASA's budget, according to a recent industry group report.
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State: Y2K threatens E. Europe
A State Department official last week pinpointed Eastern Europe as a potential highrisk area for Year 2000 problems and told members of Congress that the department has its own Year 2000 problems fairly well fixed. John O'Keefe, special representative for the Year 2000 problem at State, said the '
Digital Government
Industry gets shot at face recognition
Officials at the federally funded Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization (OLETC) are seeking a private company to commercialize a 3D facial recognition technology that might someday be coupled with airport security cameras to catch terrorists. The technology, called the Integrated
Digital Government
U.S. says Eastern Europe vulnerable to Y2K
A State Department official today pinpointed Eastern Europe as a potential high-risk area for Year 2000 problems.
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Critics: U.S. Y2K travel reports lack detail
The Federal Aviation Administration has backed off its commitment to use the Global Positioning System as the primary means of commercial and private aerial navigation within U.S. airspace in favor of retaining ground-based navigation systems.
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Congress tying up loose ends of tech bills
When Congress returned from its summer break last week, in addition to incomplete appropriations business, lawmakers faced a stack of unfinished technologyrelated bills. Information technology bills on lawmakers' agendas include proposals to bolster federal information security and a plan for elim
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White House: GOP's technology budget cuts are political
The Clinton administration today accused Republicans on Capitol Hill of playing politics with science and technology funding in their effort to cut budgets for key technology programs while also proposing a major national tax cut.
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