NAVY PUSHES ON WITH INTRANET PLANS A CIVILIAN FIRM WOULD MANAGE THE NETWORK IF THE SERVICE IS APPROVED.(LOCAL)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: May 12, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

The Navy has launched a rescue operation for its proposal to upgrade thousands of the service's shore-based personal computers and create a ``Navy-Marine Corps Intranet'' that would link them to one another and the rest of the world.

While a House committee is complaining that the service doesn't have a firm handle on the cost of the program, the service is pressing ahead with plans to award a contract next month to the civilian firm that would manage it.

Ron Turner, the Navy's deputy chief information officer, said officials hope that information the service is still ...

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