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Thumb Drives Like Unsafe Sex
That's the view of Joel Brenner, National Counter-Intelligence Executive, who said he views the use of thumb drives on national security information systems as "the electronic equivalent of unprotected sex and the biggest sources of what I call ETDs, or electronically transmitted diseases."
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Law requires health data breach notifications
The economic stimulus law requires companies to notify people whose unsecured medical data has been breached.
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E-Verify battle shifts to Senate
Omnibus spending bill would extend employment verification program through end of fiscal 2009
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File-sharing networks used to uncover thousands of medical records
Study shows peer-to-peer programs expose personal health files, indicating the government's security of a nationwide network of health files is "fantasy."
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Secretary Gates Muzzles Budgeteers
<a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/fy2010_new_era/Department_of_Defense.pdf>The $534 billion fiscal 2010 budget for the Defense Department</a>, which the Obama administration released on Thursday, contains few details, particularly on major programs such as the IT-rich $230 billion <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080314_5162.php>Army Future Combat Systems</a> project intended to network myriad vehicles and sensors on the battlefield.
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Budget proposes level funding for SBA
The fiscal 2010 budget would fund the Small Business Administration at $700 million, which matches the Bush administration's fiscal 2009 request.
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