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Leaders urge tighter transportation security
As systems become more interdependent, it's more important than ever to protect them, officials say
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Letter to the editor
Steve Kelman's column deriding two pending smallbusiness procurement bills in the House fails to take into account that the American taxpayer for whom he expresses such concern fundamentally wants a level playing field in this case...
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Don't just complain about security
It's time to take a proactive stance when it comes to getting security built into products, officials at the National Information Systems Security Conference say
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Groups still falling through the Net
Commerce report finds more African-Americans and Hispanics are online, but the gap between those groups and the national average is growing
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GSA forges smart card spec
After months of work, the General Services Administration and vendors have achieved what industry has been unable to do on its own: agree on an interoperability specification that will allow different smart cards to work together across government.
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Setting new boundaries
Geographic information systems may be the government's favorite computer application. GIS can map resources, count the population and plot planned improvements. But, historically, GIS applications have run in tightly controlled environments on desktop PCs and workstations.
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IBM Turbo-charges server
IBM Corp. on Oct. 16 unveiled its most powerful server ever in the multibilliondollar highend Unix market in an attempt to overtake market leader Sun Microsystems Inc.
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GIS goes mobile
The huge popularity of handheld computers as personal organizers is spurring many agencies to explore ways to take advantage of this lightweight, highly portable computing platform.
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Social Security Administration rules
Like millions of elderly Americans, Renny DiPentima's 90-year-old mother, Mary, expects her Social Security check to arrive on time.
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Congress clears Customs funding
Congress gives the U.S. Customs Service the money it needs to keep its massive computer modernization program alive for another year
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Europe takes lead on e-sigs
Just because agencies and corporations in the United States can legally apply electronic signatures to online transactions does not mean they have the technical ability to prevent fraudulent use of those signatures.
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Flagging interference on contracts
When going after a new contract, most vendors naturally will talk about themselves. If they speak of their competitors, they are likely to do so only in passing.
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Senate acts on information security
The Senate approved the Government Information Security Act as part of the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2001
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Keeping C first in CRM
Although the term 'customer relationship management,' or CRM, is a relatively new one, the concept has been around for years it's called customer service.
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Grants eye emerging tech
The Commerce Department made millions of dollars in awards this month through its Advanced Technology Program, which helps fund risky technology projects often overlooked by venture capitalists and established research institutes.
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Hold on! Help is on the way
It has never been easy for system administrators to keep their agencies' PC networks running smoothly, and it just keeps getting harder.
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Smart cards, smart strategy
For years, Europe has been the frontrunner in the use of smart cards, far ahead of the United States in both policy and application. While most U.S. agencies are only now moving to give all their employees smart cards, Spain, for example, has almost every citizen using smart cards to access government services and information.
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How to protect your laptop
It has never been easy for system administrators to keep their agencies' PC networks running smoothly, and it just keeps getting harder.
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