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Government smart card spec gets updated
The newest version of the Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification is critical to the General Services Administration's Smart Access Common ID contract
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Fudging on fees
Since 1995, the General Services Administration has financed its schedule purchasing program through the collection of a 1 percent (soon to be 0.75 percent) Industrial Funding Fee (IFF)
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Close-up: Worms
Microsoft Corp., the Federal Computer Incident Response Center and many other organizations first put out alerts back in mid-July for the vulnerability used by the Blaster worm and the Welchia variant
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The circuit
A Cab Ride Home: Priceless; The 'D'oh!' Approach; Critical Infrastructure Indeed; Nonstandard Standards; Model Ready to Sashay
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Smart cards of different stripes
Differing priorities mark DOD, DHS and TSA efforts
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First responders gear up
Editorial: Perhaps the pace is not as swift as some would like
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Finding a balance
Whenever one discusses privacy issues, it is important to begin with a truism that has become cliche
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Combining Functions
Another issue for contactless cards is the large installed base of proximity cards and readers for physical access
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Getting Smart
Measuring the real strides that smart card technology is making across government can be tricky
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Work progresses on contactless interoperability
Government agencies continue to pursue smart card interoperability for both contact cards and, more recently, the contactless variety
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How to pair smart cards and biometrics
Biometric systems, which measure physical or behavioral characteristics to verify a person's identity
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Streamlining PC configurations
ClearCube blade PCs offer agencies ease of management and support
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IRS hires former OMB official as privacy czar
The Internal Revenue Service hired a former Office of Management and Budget privacy analyst to serve as taxpayers' privacy advocate
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Managing with courage
I am writing this column fresh from a fascinating experience teaching a group of Senior Executive Service (SES) managers in an executive education class at Harvard University
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GPO info gets saved
Two of the government's most popular sources for federal records reaffirmed their commitment to the preservation of electronic government information
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U.S. making supercomputing push
Task force to propose initiatives to boost high-end computing
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Webwire
Collins to question TSP; IG says DISA made improper payment to MCI; Telework Web site updated; NWS awards $48 million contract
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