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Fed patch service needs work, agencies tell GAO
Commercial security patch tools and services offer better solutions, but OMB may want to require use of the PADC service after it improves, GAO says.
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Police fret over funding cuts
Law enforcement chiefs called on the federal government to fully restore cuts to a pair of two local law enforcement funding programs that affect, among other things, communications programs.
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Market researcher predicts outsourcing growth
Fiscal pressures and aging workforces will limit the in-house resources governments can devote to IT, according to a report from Input.
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Washington Management buys Fed Sources
The Washington Management Group, which specializes in the Federal Supply Schedule bought market intelligence provider Federal Sources.
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NSA licenses cryptography tech
The National Security Agency has licensed cryptography technology from Certicom Corp., based in Ontario, Canada.
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Maryland lawmakers question Diebold voting
Democratic legislators call for additional scrutiny of touch screen voting machines the state bought.
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PeopleSoft, ESRI track responders
Geographic information system specialist ESRI and PeopleSoft extended their partnership to provide Web-based resources for tracking first responder assets during emergencies.
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Digital certificate clearinghouse needs work
The Federal Bridge Certification Authority must be upgraded before it can be used for the entire government, a federal IT official says.
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Alabama agencies embrace new system
It's not even a year old, but Alabama's integrated IT system for courts and law enforcement already has thousands of users.
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Alaska adopts criminal data mining
A consortium of Alaskan law enforcement agencies will use Coplink to analyze disparate pieces of data for investigative leads.
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JNetDirect aims for government
The company formed when Juldi acquired NetDirect wants to expand its government business.
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FAA radar goes digital
The Airport Surveillance Radar-11 system will replace analog radars and provide improved digital data on aircraft and weather.
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Coming onstream
Streaming media was all the rage in the commercial sector a couple of years ago
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Rescuing a good idea
When it comes to government procurement, one thing unlikely to bring about significant cultural change is a lot of talk
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NIC offers Web-in-a-box
The company that run's Oklahoma's Web portal wants to sell a simple, cost-effective solution that would help smaller state agencies establish a Web presence.
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For cybersecurity, it's share and share alike
Executives warn that groups must work together to protect infrastructures
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Performance flogs Tampa facial tech
Viability of facial-recognition systems left in question, privacy issues linger
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