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The March of the Botnets
Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence, provided a <a href=http://www.dni.gov/testimonies/20090225_testimony.pdf>grim statistic in his testimony</a> on Wednesday at a hearing of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He said 15 percent of all networked computers in the world are in <a href= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet>botnets</a>, computers hijacked and remotely controlled to deliver spam or launch distributed denial-of-service attacks.
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Billions for health records rest on NIST standards
Health professionals say finding agreement is the key to success for the economic stimulus act's $19 billion for automating health records.
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Oh, AHLTA is a Proper Noun
Last week <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/02/a_new_vista_for_ahlta_redux.php>I referred to AHLTA</a>, the Defense Department's electronic health record system, as an acronym that stood for Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application system. It did when AHLTA was introduced in 2005.
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Senators say smaller acquisition staffs led to IT project failures
Lawmakers say a 22 percent reduction in procurement workers resulted in budget overruns and poor performing technology programs, but industry says misplaced incentives also to blame.
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Most federal CIOs have direct line to agency leaders
The majority report to top executives, survey shows, but they seek more influence over strategic direction.
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