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State budgets stay tight
Members of a national conference say budgets will be among the top issues facing state lawmakers next year -- and that means more scrutiny than ever for IT projects.
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USDA to deploy "mad cow" system
Tracking system could make it easier to trace and check spread of disease.
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D'Amato joins IT firm
Daniel D'Amato has joined AlphaInsight Corp. as vice president of its security solutions division.
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FAA awards help-desk contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen Optimus Corp. to provide a local-area network and help-desk support.
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Energy partnership improves efficiency
An Energy Department program to improve companies' energy efficiency includes a Honeywell/Ember project to develop wireless networking applications.
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Web cams installed for D.C. traffic
TrafficLand's Web site has 52 roadside camera feeds.
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Courts office leaps onto Linux
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts hired PEC Solutions to convert the company's Solaris machines to Linux systems.
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NIST releases security level guidance
The National Institute of Standards and Technology put out a draft to help agencies reach the proper level of security on information systems.
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GAO officials find flaws in NASA finance system plans
The space agency should operate within a defined enterprise architecture, General Accounting Office officials say.
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Northrop Grumman added to NASA contract
Prime contractor InDyne added Northrop's Information Technology unit to the Kennedy Integrated Services contract.
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Public Tech to produce E911 guide
The nonprofit research group said it would have a guide and Web site to help emergency call centers implement wireless E911.
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Brazilians hack 13 NASA Web sites
The Brazilian antiwar group DRWXR left messages about Iraq.
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Aurora first responders go wireless
The Colorado city is building a wireless local-area network so police and firefighters can access data quickly from vehicles.
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Fed Sources gets new COO
Joe Caggiano is a veteran of Deloitte & Touche, Arthur Andersen, WR Grace and Pfizer.
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OMB plans updates for A-130 circular
New guidance in security and privacy will form the basis for a major rewrite of the rules overseeing federal IT management, a senior official said.
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Kane to lead software group
The former CEO of Federal Sources will become president and CEO of the Software Productivity Consortium.
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Board calls for more funding for security unit
NIST's Computer Security Division needs more money than the 2004 budget will likely provide, says the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board.
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