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Tennessee advances legislation requiring paper voting record
If signed into law, federal election funds will pay for all counties to use optical scanners where ballots are filled out by hand, then put into a machine to be tallied.
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DOT to expand IT security services
The FAA provides protection to all Transportation Department agencies through CyberSecurity Management Center and anticipates a role in Information Systems Security Line of Business.mm
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FCW Download and Table of Contents
Find links to articles in the May 19, 2008, issue and related items.
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Mac laptops present encryption challenge
Information technology officials must take different approach with Macs.
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Letter: E-records management needs proper tools, funding
A reader says funding and staffing are needed to accomplish the bill's goals.
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Education seeks financial management support
The Federal Student Aid program needs a vendor to monitor activity in the Education Department's Financial Management System and perform development, security and daily operations maintenance.
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Independent estimate cuts cost of Census contract almost in half
MITRE projects price tag of $681 million for handheld data collection computers
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Cyber Command Sweepstakes
Air Force asks 18 states for details on how they would support the new Cyber Command headquarters.
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Experts say e-records are improving patient care
The bedside computer monitoring system launched in an intensive-care unit gives doctors better insights into patients needs, according to a hospital official.
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Deal on rival e911 bills hinges on access to databases
Contention surrounds question of whether telecoms should be allowed to access 911 records for petitions seeking regulatory relief from the FCC.
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Cyber criminals overseas steal U.S. electronic health records
Identity theft crime wave could imperil patient safety and cost Medicare millions of dollars.
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Networx fee to remain unchanged
GSA says it is not planning to modify its management fee for the Networx contracts until it gets a better grasp of its actual costs.
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Networx fee to remain unchanged
GSA says it is not planning to modify its management fee for the Networx contracts until it gets a better grasp of its actual costs.
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Leahy, HELP leaders reach deal on IT privacy accords
Leahy's privacy proposal would eliminate a loophole that allows some healthcare providers to give out patient information for marketing purposes.
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GSA to award Alliant contracts by December
Top official says agency will follow judge's ruling to thoroughly consider if companies can provide the IT services and if prices are reasonable.
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Senate GOP offers FISA compromise to House Democrats
A secret court would determine whether telecommunications firms should be immune from lawsuits arising from their role in the Bush administration's warrantless domestic spying activities.
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Coalition to fight cyberterrorism
Governments and information technology companies are combining forces to fight cybercriminals.
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