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GAO: Common desktop configuration holds promise for better security
Agencies said to be slow in adopting measures to improve security.
Digital Government
IRS improves tax processing capabilities
Funding for business system modernization still poses a challenge for long-term success, IRS official says.
Digital Government
Feds losing war on information security, senators told
Cyberattacks, backed by large criminal enterprises and enemy states, have increased in number and intensity. "The bad guys are winning."
Digital Government
Letter: Collaboration in architecture programs helps to focus on outcomes
It is good to see the focus on execution. Many architecture programs have focused on the mechanics of EA and not on the outcomes.
Digital Government
Letter: Engage managers, big vendors as much as CXOs in architecture programs
The last thing you need are Peter-Principled techies driving the train. It's all about the mission, the business, and processes. Ultimately, it's about data requirements and standardization.
Digital Government
Motion filed for more archiving in search for White House e-mails
In the latest development in the search for missing White House e-mails, an independent archiving organization filed a motion to extend an order that ensures preservation of backup tapes to other media and obtains emergency depositions from White House and National Archives and Records Administration officials.
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Pentagon planning for offensives in space, cyberspace
The chief of the Strategic Command hinted Wednesday during a Senate hearing that the Pentagon has plans to conduct warfare in space as well as in cyberspace.
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Agencies to share custom IT security training practices
A new strategy for information security training that relies on agencies to share specialized products and best practices will roll out by the end of 2008, said representatives from the Homeland Security Department Tuesday.
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Defense Information Systems Agency director to retire
President Bush nominates DISA vice director and Rear Adm. Elizabeth Hight, who, if approved, would be the agency's first director from the Navy and also its first female leader.
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Defense, VA lay out recovery health plan for soldiers
For now, families must navigate a stovepiped system with "a fistful of business cards," says father of a wounded soldier.
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GAO: Future Combat Systems network still more concept than reality
GAO reports that amount of software code required has more than tripled since 2003.
Digital Government
NOAA completes tsunami warning system
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has deployed the final two buoys in the South Pacific that complete a computer system providing real-time data to detect tsunamis and warn U.S. coastal communities about them.
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Draft rule clarifies feds' procurement priorities for small business
A proposed change to the Federal Acquisition Regulation clarifies the government's approach to assigning priority levels when awarding contracts to different types of small businesses.
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Senate to probe security of federal networks
Federal Financial Management Subcommittee wants to examine if agencies are doing enough to secure sensitive data.
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