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'A Long Way to Go'
How far does the Obama administration have to go in moving the nation to full use of electronic medical records?
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Some 'Hard Fun' with Robots
Those smart techie folks at Carnegie Mellon University have put together a program aimed at boosting young students' interest in computer science with the hopes that they can convince more teenagers to enter scientific and technological careers.
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House Passes Telework Bill
The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would make telework a statutory requirement for every federal agency.
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Younger Feds Happier With Jobs
Federal workers age 25 and younger are generally more satisfied with their jobs, pay and benefits than workers in other age groups, according to data from the <a href="http://www.fedview.opm.gov/2010/Reports/AgeComp.asp?AGY=ALL">2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey</a>.
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Training security personnel remains a challenge
Agencies are required under FISMA to provide training for IT security personnel, and the need to husband limited resources puts a high priority on matching appropriate levels of training with personnel. NIST offers some suggestions on meeting the challenge.
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Can BlackBerry's rumored tablet unseat iPad?
The rumor mill is working overtime with stories of a Flash-friendly BlackBerry tablet from Research in Motion
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Is your smart phone infected with malware?
An informal survey suggests that 18 percent of smart phones may be infected with viruses and spyware. Is yours? How would you know?
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Need to crack someone else's password?
Tool lets investigators harness the power of distributed computing to search for and crack passwords and crypto keys.
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Will digital certificates replace passwords?
Passwords have long been the standard for identity authentication. But there are limits to memory and scalability with every technique for generating and managing them, and eventually convenience and security clash. Is it time to move to digital certificates?
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Agencies trying to wring more value from virtualization
Despite challenges, agencies hope to fully adopt client, server and storage virtualization by 2015.
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Navy tightens cybersecurity training rules
The Navy secretary has issued a directive requiring the Navy and Marine Corps to ensure that their cybersecurity workforce complies with information assurance requirements.
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Federal job fair in D.C. today!
Today’s the day if you’re a young federal jobseeker in the D.C. area looking for one of those 50,000 jobs the government hopes to fill in the next 12 months
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Are qualified feds being denied teleworking opportunities?
The Office of Personnel Management has made it a point to voice strong support for telework. And Congress is working on passing legislation that will make it easier to do.
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GSA seeks better prices, easier customer interface with IT procurement
Alliant and commercial satellite communications contracts have potential for growth, acquisition chief says.
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Senators reintroduce identity theft measure
Bill would require federal agencies and private companies to establish safeguards to protect consumer data and to notify potential victims of a security breach.
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Defense mandates disclosure of contract bundling
Department also will alert lawmakers to large sole-source task or delivery orders.
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