Digital Government
Industry's FOIA shield debated
The bill would give companies an exemption from the Freedom of Information Act when sharing information about cybersecurity
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Flight and fancy at new NASA lab
Young people can plan a flight then take a trip around the country via computers
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Web resource open for minority businesses
The Minority Business Development Agency's Webbased locator system provides businesses owners with a single place to search for resources
Digital Government
Making knowledge accidents happen
Knowledge management is as simple as applying technology to 'knowledge accidents,' according to the CEO of Lotus
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Energy orders tighter security
Tough new security measures follow the latest security breach at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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No quick answer to ASP slowdowns
Citrix Systems may have come up with a partial solution to the lagtime problem ASP users encounter
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Review: Eizo flat panel thick with new features
Eizo's FlexScan L661 flatpanel monitor is a roomy display with a thin profile
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N.D. to build broadband network
By the end of this year, the network will connect 280 locations, building on the state's current frame-relay network
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Dell, Red Hat team up on Linux
Dell Computer Corp. is boosting its use of the Linux operating system on desktop and notebook machines
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FBI speeding access to files
An FBI project will give agents rapid Web access to a broad range of files voice, text, video, photographs
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Stolen laptop sparks anti-theft technology
Med student develops firms to sell stealthy software designed to track down stolen laptop computers within 15 minutes of their connection to the Internet
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NASA airs plans to Congress
The House Science Committee revisits NASA's failed Mars missions, placing emphasis on NASA's management of large projects and its testing of hardware and software
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Web inventor: Let it be free
Tim BernersLee says Web formats should be standardized but that the Web should be free to develop unfettered by government interference
Digital Government
Letter to the Editor
Your June 12 article, 'GSA fleshes out intrusion net plan,' states that the Federal Information Detection Network (FIDNet) 'first caught the attention of the nonvendor community last July when a newspaper erroneously reported that the program would monitor both federal and privatesector networks.'
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New firewalls defend the interior
Distributed firewalls can be the next line of defense against hackers who breach traditional firewalls by exploiting open ports and email servers
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Web sites play updating game
The federal government's World Wide Web sites are a work in progress ? redesign work on many of them begins as soon as they are loaded onto the Internet.
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Five layers of system protection
Under direction from the FAA Office of Information Systems Security, five layers of system protection will be examined at each Federal Aviation Administration facility:
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XML editor strengthened
SoftQuad Software Inc. last week introduced a new version of its popular XMetaL software that agencies can use to create content based on Extensible Markup Language (XML).
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New funding tools needed
The U.S. Customs Service, similar to many agencies that interact directly with the general public, is seeing its transaction volume rising sharply but its investment in information technology staying monotonously flat.
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