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NASA testing biometrics over Internet
NASA will begin testing the Internet as a means for sending and authenticating the biometrics information of NASA officials accessing secure networks
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Ethentica touches federal, state markets
Ethentica Inc. will provide information security products and services to Lockheed Martin Information Systems' federal and state customers.
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Utah makes game of budget process
Utah officials are offering an online exercise to give citizens a civic reality check about governance
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Older workers can catch up on savings
FCW.com's Friday Financials column outlines higher retirement plan contribution limits
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Warner taps Va. technology chief
EDS executive George Newstrom to replace Donald Upson as Virginia's secretary of technology
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Wireless notebook goes anywhere, slowly
Melard Technologies' Scout2 is rugged, small and has wireless capability, but it could use a faster processor
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Security-enhanced Linux prototype available
The National Security Agency has developed -- and is releasing to the public -- a prototypical security-enhanced Linux operating system
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Census closes offices, scanning centers
The Census Bureau has closed 520 offices that gathered data for last year's head count and has shut down its three data-scanning centers
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Security exec picked for board
Microsoft's chief information security officer is in line to be vice chairman of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
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Agency turns to XML for tax returns
The California State Board of Equalization will use XML to store tax return data, and it won't need major changes to its infrastructure to get it done
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Industry partners help battle cybercrime
A Michigan sheriff's department is recruiting IT companies to help them understand and track down cybercriminals
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IRS online didn't tax one's patience
Taxpayers on average called up the IRS' Web site in less than three seconds during the 2000 tax season, according to a new GAO study.
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SPSS updates data mining tool
Government agencies seeking to mine data for any of a wide range of purposes have a new tool at their disposal
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Info portal keeps projects humming
Agencies interested in using a portal to share information and collaborate on projects have a new option in Hummingbird's EIP 4
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Tidemark upgrades transaction tool
With the revamped eConnect, people filing permits can get e-mail updates about their application and tap into GIS databases
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Contractor downplays NMCI delay
EDS' assumption of responsibility for the Naval Air Systems Command's PCs, networks and servers has shifted from Dec. 15 to Jan. 12
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