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SSA awards security support deal

SAIC has won a $45 million contract to provide security support services for the SSA Office of Finance, Assessment and Management

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Cookie control weak at DOT

DOT's inspector general blames weak technology implementation controls for the use of banned 'cookies' on bureau Web sites

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NASA divides security duties

NASA's new security office will assume responsibility for only part of the space agency's computer operations

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FedCIRC maps cyber battle plan

The Federal Computer Incident Response Capability is planning programs for the coming year to help agencies face cyberattacks

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Tool personalizes security warnings

NIST announces a service that will enable users to receive personalized security vulnerability notices

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Olympus focuses on value

For a small, inexpensive digital camera, the Olympus D460 takes nice, highresolution shots

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E-file tax credit wilts in Congress

President Clinton's proposal of a $10 tax credit to encourage taxpayers to file online died a quiet death in the 106th Congress

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Congress hits HUD on IT spending

Congress has criticized the Department of Housing and Urban Development for siphoning money from its IT budget to cover unrelated expenses

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Bit-by-bit strategy works in dot-com world

How do you ask local government officials for millions of dollars to keep pace with a dot-com environment that shifts its objectives every quarter?

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Three lines into voice over IP

Gateway. A gateway sits between a telephone system, such as a private branch exchange (PBX) or a central office switch, and a data network, such as the Internet, and translates calls from one format to another.

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An ounce of prevention

For schools and law enforcement agencies seeking guidance on security technologies

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Taking security up a notch

Every Thursday night, Dara Murray can be found donning her bowling shoes and shirt for a game with her local league at Shady Grove Lanes in Maryland.

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Lights years ahead

New responsive traffic-signal system aims to ease Chicago congestion

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Actions speak louder than words

The idea that telephone and data networks will one day converge onto a single wire is hardly debated any more. The big question now is: When?

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ISP starts storm service

An Internet service provider is launching an Internet-based severe-weather warning service for its customers this week, and the National Weather Service hopes other companies will follow suit.

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Forecast reveals hidden IT

GEIA forecasts that federal IT spending will rise 1.7 percent annually, from $38.9 billion in 2001 to $42.4 billion by 2005

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The Dara Murray File

Job: Director of Security Programs Staff in the National Science Foundation's Division of Information Systems since Sept. 22.

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Tracking IT funding

A sample of how much Congress allocated for information technology programs for fiscal 2001.

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How it works

The Real-Time Traffic Adaptive Control System (RT-TRACS) is made up of several modules.

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State and local eyes focused on Iowa's test

Iowa's return-on-investment process could be the template for IT evaluation programs that other states might put together, according to Bob Glasser, president of the State Information Technology Consortium (SITC).