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Justice explains C&A approach
Agencies are close to consensus on standards for security certification and accreditation
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Technology briefs
World digital library construction under way; AsusTek to compete with MIT’s $100 laptop
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Why file virtualization? It’s easy
Up-and-coming technology melds multiple storage devices into one, boosting efficiency and data availability
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Shopping for Uncle Sam
Rick Gunderson’s internship programs at the Transportation Security Administration are a promising means of filling federal acquisition positions with qualified employees
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Committee OKs bill to give NIST role in federal health IT
Rep. Gordon amends his bill to clarify that it will not compete with health IT programs under way at HHS.
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Senate passes 2008 spending bill for Labor, Education, HHS
The $606 billion appropriations bill would provide funding for the Labor, Education and Health and Human Services departments. President Bush promised to veto the bill.
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Letter: Security must be designed into systems
Building in security upfront takes time and money, but it is still preferable to the skyrocketing costs and schedule delays that result when vulnerabilities are uncovered late in the process, a reader suggests.
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Report predicts slower growth in IT spending
The IT budgets of civilian agencies will continue to rise during the next five years, while military IT spending remains relatively flat, according to a study by GEIA.
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Letter: 'Cyber sidearm' is telephone
A reader says cybersecurity is already at his fingertips.
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Buzz of the Week | Government IT gets wiki-ed
Last week, government information technology met the wiki world in a public way when GovITwiki.com was launched.
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Letter: Are all official communications saved?
The implications of lawsuits about missing e-mail messages are 'enormous,' a reader says.
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VA revisits data consolidation plan
The Veterans Affairs Department must answer new questions about its data center consolidation strategy after its electronic health records system was unusable for nine hours at 17 VA medical facilities Aug. 31, and backup procedures failed.
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Web 2.0 applications disrupt previous security measures
As government agencies use more applications based on Webservices, new vulnerabilities in those programs threaten to circumvent traditional cybersecurity.
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Maj. Gen. Lord is a groundbreaker
As cyberattacks escalate, Lord has a new role as the Air Force’s chief cyberwarrior
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