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1. Defense opens central data repository system

Author

Endoso, Joyce

Subjects
DBMS, DBMS utility, Company business planning, CD-ROM catalog, Technology installation instructions, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Department of Defense -- Planning, Oracle 6 (DBMS) -- Usage -- Installation, AT and T 3B2/600g (Minicomputer) -- Usage, Database management systems -- Installation -- Usage, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

SAN DIEGO -- The Defense Data Repository System, a central database of standard data elements that will help in the push for system standardization, opened for business last month. 'If […]

Published
1992

2. Fault finding: USGS tracks earthquakes back 1.6 million years

Author

Essex, David

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, Seismology -- Technology application -- Usage, Earthquake prediction -- Technology application -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Geology -- Technology application -- Usage
Abstract

A new Web-accessible database built by the Geological Survey will help scientists and building engineers predict earthquake risks more accurately, saving time, money and, possibly, lives. Seismologists and geologists are […]

Published
2004

3. How agency regs are going paperless

Author

Schwartz, Karen D.

Subjects
Cost reduction, CD-ROM catalog, CD-ROM technology, Database, CD-ROM database, Administrative agencies -- Usage, Telecommunication systems -- Usage, Electronic data processing -- Usage, CD-ROM -- Usage, Cost control -- Usage, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

Agency heads perennially distribute rules and regulations to their employees, but it has become unacceptable to keep doing so in paper form. The Paperwork Reduction Act provided the original impetus […]

Published
1992

4. Mainframe-Web middleware

Author

McCORMICK, JOHN

Subjects
Government regulation, Middleware, Database middleware, CD-ROM database, Government systems management, Internet/Web database software, Internet access software, Network software, Web browser, Database industry, Company Web site/Web page, TCP/IP, CD-ROM catalog, Database, United States. Office of Management and Budget -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Middleware -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Usage, Web browsers -- Usage, Internet software -- Usage, Database industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Network software -- Usage, Web sites -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government computer systems -- Usage, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (Computer network protocol) -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

It can be pricey, but middleware helps you connect legacy data to the Web Federal agencies, under mandate from Congress and the Office of Management and Budget to reduce paperwork, […]

Published
2000

5. House passes bill to establish statistical data centers

Author

DATE, SHRUTI

Subjects
Government regulation, Database industry, Company business planning, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. House of Representatives -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Planning, Database industry -- Planning -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Usage, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

By unanimous voice vote, the House of Representatives late last month passed a bill that would designate eight federal agencies as statistical data centers. The centers would work to eliminate […]

Published
1999

6. Where the data meets the road; information sharing at the federal, state and local levels is key to antiterror efforts

Author

Wait, Patience

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, CD-ROM database, Database, Company business management, Company systems management, Company legal issue, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Investigations, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Information management, Databases -- Usage, Antiterrorism measures -- Management
Abstract

On the evening of Aug. 7, a Baltimore County, Md., police officer made a traffic stop on Reistertown Road. When the driver couldn't produce a license, the officer asked the […]

Published
2005

7. Federal/state & local shared databases

Author

Zurier, Steve

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, Databases -- Usage, State government -- Usage
Abstract

Electronic trailblazers bring government to the people, one system at a time In government computing, it's important not to confuse the future with the present. Follow the press, and you'd […]

Published
1994

8. NCIC misuse is epidemic, auditors find

Author

Minahan, Tim

Subjects
Company legal issue, CD-ROM catalog, Database, Computer crime, CD-ROM database, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Investigations, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Investigations, Telecommunication systems -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Computer crimes -- Investigations -- Usage
Abstract

A few years ago, a former Arizona law enforcement officer hunted down his girlfriend and murdered her. He tracked her down using information obtained from the FBI's National Crime Information […]

Published
1993

9. NASA's homegrown GUI lets users navigate Internet

Author

McCarthy, Shawn P.

Subjects
Beta testing, CD-ROM catalog, GUI, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Internet -- Usage, Telecommunication systems -- Usage -- Design and construction, Custom software -- Usage, Beta testing -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Graphical user interface -- Design and construction -- Usage
Abstract

The NASA Access Mechanism (NAM), a homegrown graphical interface built for accessing NASA's own databases, could be just what users in many agencies need for navigating the Internet. Five dozen […]

Published
1993

10. New Holocaust museum uses multimedia to guide visitors

Author

Schwartz, Karen D.

Subjects
Multimedia technology, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Telecommunication systems -- Usage, Multimedia technology -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Museums -- Usage
Abstract

Six million. For most people, that number always will be a reminder of the Nazi-era Holocaust in which 6 million European Jews perished along with millions of gypsies, homosexuals and […]

Published
1993

11. Marines' on-line library serves up war lessons

Author

Endoso, Joyce

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Database, Information services industry, CD-ROM database, United States. Marine Corps, Information storage and retrieval -- Usage, Information services industry -- Design and construction -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Information services -- Design and construction -- Usage
Abstract

A firm believer in fighting smart, retired Col. William Pedersen set out several years ago to bring a worldwide system on line that would pull together the Marine Corps corporate […]

Published
1991

12. Secure but accessible

Author

Jackson, William

Subjects
Encryption, CD-ROM catalog, CD-ROM database, Database, Market trend/market analysis, Data encryption -- Usage, Data encryption -- Forecasts and trends, Data encryption -- History, Databases -- Protection and preservation, Databases -- Usage
Published
2008

13. Long arm of Virtual Alabama

Author

Marshall, Patrick

Subjects
Alabama -- Science and technology policy, Geographic information system, CD-ROM catalog, CD-ROM database, Database, Geographic information systems -- Design and construction, Geographic information systems -- Usage, Databases -- Design and construction, Databases -- Usage
Published
2008

14. Probes enhance NMCI

Author

Miller, Jason

Subjects
Company business management, Enterprise network, CD-ROM catalog, CD-ROM database, Database, Company systems management, United States. Navy -- Information management, United States. Navy -- Customer relations, Enterprise networks -- Management, Databases -- Usage
Published
2008

15. DHS upgrades databases: immigration, travel systems to get boost

Author

Dizard, III, Wilson P.

Subjects
Company systems management, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Information management, Administrative agencies -- Information management -- Usage, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

THE HOMELAND Security Department has unveiled several important upgrades to databases that collectively contain tens of millions of personal immigration and travel records. Some of the changes are intended to […]

Published
2007

16. FEC maps out finance data; site taps database of who's giving to whom

Author

Walsh, Trudy

Subjects
Company systems management, Company financing, CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Federal Election Commission -- Technology application -- Information management, Campaign funds -- Information management -- Usage -- Technology application, Web applications -- Usage -- Technology application, Databases -- Usage, Presidents -- Elections
Abstract

JUST AS THE 2008 presidential campaign starts to heat up, the Federal Election Commission has unveiled a map-based Web application that shows at a glance which areas of the country […]

Published
2007

17. Fast times in database research: Navy, CIA kick tires on new in-memory technologies

Author

Jackson, Joab

Subjects
Company systems management, Contract agreement, CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, Electronics industry, Raytheon Co. -- Contracts -- Technology application -- Information management, Northrop Grumman Corp. -- Contracts -- Technology application -- Information management, Administrative agencies -- Information management -- Contracts -- Technology application -- Usage, Aircraft industry -- Contracts -- Technology application -- Information management, Databases -- Usage, Electronics industry -- Technology application -- Contracts -- Information management
Abstract

AT LEAST A FEW government agencies are taking a close look at a new form of database technology, called in-memory databases, that promise faster transaction speeds than standard relational database […]

Published
2007

18. NIH accelerates posting of work it has funded

Author

Mosquera, Mary

Subjects
Company systems management, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. National Institutes of Health -- Information management, Medical research -- Reports -- Usage, Medicine, Experimental -- Reports -- Usage, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

The National Institutes of Health is asking scientists to voluntarily make their biomedical research results available through the agency's searchable database within 12 months of publication. NIH wants to accelerate […]

Published
2005

19. Boot camp: for a system to support recruiters, Army runs technology through the gauntlet

Author

Jackson, Joab

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, CD-ROM database, Database, Contract agreement, Technology application, Company personnel management, United States. Army -- Human resource management, United States. Army -- Technology application, United States. Army -- Contracts, Computer software industry -- Contracts, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

Developers of the Army Recruiter Information Support System knew they had a scattered--and mobile--user base. "The problem we had was how to apply technology to create a work-from-anywhere capability," said […]

Published
2004

20. Consular lost and stolen passport database

Subjects
Company business management, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Management, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

The department recently expanded the CLASP database to relay within seconds information on lost and stolen passports to all overseas posts, domestic passport agencies and the Homeland Security Department. In […]

Published
2004

21. Database finds Mississippi bad guys

Author

Berliner, Allison

Subjects
Database, CD-ROM database, CD-ROM catalog, Databases -- Usage, Sheriffs, Criminal registers
Abstract

When three Mississippi counties began using the records management component of the statewide Automated Systems Project last month, they soon solved a Jackson County case. Carl Reinmiller, a Jackson sheriff's […]

Published
2004

22. Researchers switch databases, just short of a petabyte

Author

Jackson, Joab C.

Subjects
Contract agreement, CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, Stanford University -- Technology application -- Contracts, Computer software industry -- Contracts, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

The world will have to wait a while longer to see the first petabyte database. The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's Objectivity database, widely acknowledged as the world's largest, has stopped […]

Published
2004

23. Education almost ready on legit-college list: database would aid in identifying diploma mills

Author

Dizard, Wilson P., III

Subjects
Company business planning, Company systems management, Database, CD-ROM database, CD-ROM catalog, United States. Department of Education -- Services, United States. Department of Education -- Officials and employees, Universities and colleges -- Information management, Universities and colleges -- Planning, Universities and colleges -- United States, Corporate directors -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Corporate directors -- Planning, Databases -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Databases -- Usage, Request for proposal
Abstract

The Education Department within weeks will seek proposals for building a database of accredited colleges. The department's Office of Postsecondary Education is in the final stages of crafting a request […]

Published
2004

24. GAO finds flaws in DHS' latest data-sharing plans

Author

Dizard, Wilson P., III

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Videoconferencing, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Safety and security measures, Defense information, Classified -- Usage -- Safety and security measures, Videoconferencing -- Usage -- Safety and security measures, Databases -- Usage, Security clearances -- Usage -- Safety and security measures, Catalogs -- Usage
Abstract

The Homeland Security Department has unveiled a program intended to boost its ability to share terrorist information with state and local authorities. The plan follows on the heels of a […]

Published
2003

25. Septic system check

Author

Miller, Jason, Mosquera, Mary, and Welsh, William

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, Web portal, Rhode Island. Department of Environmental Management -- Technology application, Databases -- Usage, Web portals -- Usage, Sewer systems -- Usage, Catalogs -- Usage, Rhode Island -- Technology application
Abstract

Rhode Island homeowners, builders and Installers can now check their applications for individual sewage disposal systems through the state's Web portal, at www.ri.gov/dem/isdssearch. The free service, updated daily, helps users […]

Published
2003

26. Database gives doctors global access. (DOD Computing)

Author

Onley, Dawn S.

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties, Military personnel -- Powers and duties, Databases -- Usage, Catalogs -- Usage
Abstract

The Defense Department has approved limited deployment of a database that will eventually store the records of more than 8.5 million military personnel and their families, letting doctors retrieve medical […]

Published
2003

27. Gun database blues. (Editorial)

Author

Temin, Thomas R.

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, Ballistics -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Catalogs -- Usage
Abstract

Residents of greater Washington, after weeks of siege, could finally stand up straight when police apparently closed in on the infamous sniper. The public-event cancellations and school lockdowns had real […]

Published
2002

28. EPA will open AIRS on Web

Author

OLSEN, FLORENCE

Subjects
Government systems management, Database industry, CD-ROM catalog, Government Internet/Web application, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Telecommunication systems -- Usage, Database industry -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Government computer systems -- Usage
Abstract

Agency forges plan to allow browser access to its air pollution data system The Environmental Protection Agency's 10-year-old air pollution data retrieval system will soon have browser access, even though […]

Published
1999

29. Occupational hazards group sells CD-ROM of scientific findings on workplace safety

Author

Murray, Bill

Subjects
Government systems management, Database industry, CD-ROM catalog, Database, Information services industry, CD-ROM database, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Database industry -- Usage, Information services industry -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, CD-ROM databases -- Usage, Information services -- Usage, Government computer systems -- Usage
Abstract

While compiling a CD-ROM of data on chemical and workplace hazards, officials at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found that optical character recognition wasn't quite accurate enough. […]

Published
1997

30. CD vs. Web: Fed managers select disks over clicks

Author

Murray, Bill

Subjects
World Wide Web, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, Databases -- Usage, World Wide Web -- Usage, CD-ROM databases -- Usage
Abstract

Who wants to publish information on CDs when the World Wide Web is just a mouse click away? Federal agencies, that's who. As network bandwidth increases and security and search […]

Published
1997

31. Federal databases pull onto the superhighway

Author

McCarthy, Shawn P.

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Database, Information services industry, CD-ROM database, Federal government -- Information services, Computer networks -- Design and construction -- Usage, Information networks -- Design and construction -- Usage, Information services industry -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Information services -- Usage
Abstract

But opinions differ on who should foot the bill for electronic access to government data With the so-called information superhighway under construction, many users already need digital bulldozers to push […]

Published
1994

32. With copyright protections in place, library receives first CD-ROM pubs

Author

Minahan, Tim

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, CD-ROM technology, Database, CD-ROM database, Information services industry, United States. Library of Congress, CD-Calculus (Electronic book) -- Usage, AIDS Compact Library (Electronic book) -- Usage, PsycINFO (Electronic book) -- Usage, CD-ROM -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Information services industry -- Usage, Information services -- Usage, Contracts -- Usage
Abstract

The first CD-ROM publications are available at the Library of Congress now that the library has resolved a dispute with electronic publishers over copyright protection. A set of agreements aimed […]

Published
1993

33. Justice, others say Nader group mistaken on data access

Author

Minahan, Tim

Subjects
United States. Department of Justice, Legal Issues, Data Communications, Direct Access, Access Methods, Access Rights, Government Contracts, Online Information Service, Database, West Publishing Co. -- Contracts, United States. Department of Justice -- Information management, Database industry -- Contracts, Databases -- Usage, Publishing industry -- Contracts
Abstract

Although a non-profit organization has been creating an uproar by charging that the public cannot get access to case law information stored on a Justice Department database, Justice officials and […]

Published
1993

34. USDA database 'like magic' to disabled Kansas farmer

Author

Smith, James M.

Subjects
Remote access software, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Department of Agriculture, Telecommunication systems -- Usage, Agriculture -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Farmers -- Usage, Internet access software -- Usage
Abstract

Sally Farr is a 67-year-old farmer who manages her 3,500 acres of Kansas wheat with only a microcomputer and what she calls a little magic. Through the Agriculture Department's Info […]

Published
1993

35. Infobase scientists color the world; EROS center uses database to create highly detailed maps from satellite data

Author

McCarthy, Shawn P.

Subjects
Company systems management, CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center -- Information management, Satellites -- Usage -- Technology application, Color -- Technology application -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Maps -- Technology application -- Usage, Land cover -- Usage -- Technology application
Abstract

EROS center uses database to create highly detailed maps from satellite data Information comes in many colors at the Earth Resources Observation System Data Center. Computer experts and environmental scientists […]

Published
1993

36. Industry group opposes user fees for FMC tariff system

Author

Power, Kevin

Subjects
Government regulation, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, Information services industry, United States. Federal Maritime Commission -- Economic policy, Information Industry Association -- Economic policy, Information storage and retrieval -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Information services industry -- Usage, Information services -- Usage
Abstract

Vendors and the Federal Maritime Commission remain at loggerheads over user fees to access a commission database. An industry coalition is trying to thwart the new mandatory user fee for […]

Published
1993

37. Army's uniform database: one size fits all

Author

Endoso, Joyce

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, United States. Army -- Technology application, Databases -- Usage, Military administration -- Technology application -- Usage
Abstract

The Army later this year will begin trading in its installation-unique ADP systems for a standard system that promises greater efficiency through a database shared by different offices at Army […]

Published
1992

38. DOD seeks industry advice on fiber-optic systems

Author

Masud, S.A.

Subjects
Fiber optics, CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, Information services industry, United States. Department of Defense, Information systems -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Information services industry -- Usage, Fiber optics -- Usage, Information services -- Usage
Abstract

The Defense Department has developed a database for information on optical-fiber technology and wants to hear from the commercial sector about products and capabilities in this area. John E. Morton, […]

Published
1991

39. Graphic database tracks aeronautical information

Author

Stephenson, P.R.

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Database, CD-ROM database, Apple Macintosh (680X0-based system) -- Usage, Transportation -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, State government -- Usage
Abstract

Graphic Database Tracks Aeronautical Information The 10-person Aeronautics Division of the Arizona Transportation Department had more trouble than most departments getting any response from the state's mainframe computers. 'We had […]

Published
1988

40. Give me a shot at your problem; I may find a cure

Author

McCormick, John

Subjects
CD-ROM catalog, Technology application, Database, CD-ROM database, Computer Library (Data base) -- Usage, Problem solving -- Usage -- Technology application, Information storage and retrieval -- Technology application -- Usage, Databases -- Usage
Abstract

Give Me a Shot at Your Problem; I May Find a Cure I have been able to help several readers who have written and called, but they always seem surprised […]

Published
1989

41. VIMS to help Labor keep up with veterans' needs

Author

Robb, David W.

Subjects
10GB - 14.99GB hard disk drive, PowerPC-based system, SPARC-based system, Company systems management, MIPS-based system, 5GB - 9.99GB hard disk drive, CD-ROM database, K6-based system, Hard disk drive, Under 5GB hard disk drive, 15GB - 19.99GB hard disk drive, Over 25GB hard disk drive, 486-based system, CD-ROM catalog, Home computer market, Database, 20GB - 25GB hard disk drive, 680X0-based system, United States. Department of Labor -- Information management, Administrative agencies -- Information management -- Usage, Hard disks -- Usage, Databases -- Usage, Information resources management -- Usage, Microcomputers -- Usage
Abstract

VIMS to Help Labor Keep Up With Veterans' Needs The Labor Department soon will be using a new PC data management system to keep its 58 field offices up to […]

Published
1989

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