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Letters to the Editor
An FCW.com article last week about the IT worker shortage drew spirited responses from readers.
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Servers carry two brands, one contact
Micron and HewlettPackard Co. will offer a line of cobranded servers called micronpc.com HP NetServer
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USDA spreads wealth of online forms
The Agriculture Department has been given the goahead to share its online financial disclosure form with other agencies
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The defining moment
When a federal agency turns to an application service provider to outsource its email or enterprise resource planning applications, the ASP usually brings welcome relief from the burdensome operations and upkeep associated with those applications.
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The fine print
When paying a storage service provider to buy and maintain storage equipment for you, the servicelevel agreement is the contract that spells out the terms and conditions of the services you will receive
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Precisely imprecise
We like to think that we software developers are a precise bunch
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The limits of Net diplomacy
The Internet may be able to deliver previously banned or unedited information into the heart of repressive regimes, but the effects that information may have are limited.
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Net diplomacy
It has become a cliche, but it's true: With the explosive growth of the Internet in the past decade, no one does business the same way anymore.
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Info, not integration, key to better air system
When the Federal Aviation Administration delivers new technology for air traffic controllers as part of its modernization program, the FAA must ensure that controllers do not miss any critical information.
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Checking up on your ASP
Although a servicelevel agreement with an application service provider details system performance goals and support response times, how can an agency ensure that its service provider is delivering? The answer may be to invest in a monitoring service.
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VA devotes day to security
The Department of Veterans Affairs will hold a special event Nov. 3 to highlight the importance of computer security
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USPS seeks employee Web access
The U.S. Postal Service, which has called home computers and the Internet a threat to traditional mail, is proposing to supply its 800,000 employees with bargainpriced computers and free Internet service.
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SSA moves to curb identity theft epidemic
A virtual epidemic of identity theft is spreading across America, with criminals ripping off Social Security numbers and using them to get financial documents
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A law in need of a new look
The revelation that the federal Office of Drug Control Policy was using profiling cookies to collect data on visitors to its Web site was just one of several recent incidents that have raised concerns about how the government collects personal information online.
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'Cookies' prove persistent
Some agencies still have not complied with the Clinton administration's 4monthold rule on protecting the privacy of visitors to federal Web sites.
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