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CIOs look into the 'e-future'
Annual State of the States briefing includes much discussion on various states' pursuits of e-government
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Letters to the Editor
The path to every federal employee having a truly personal computer would be a business case. ['A vision for egovernment,' Federal Computer Week, April 10] This would be a more aggressive approach and would yield a more analytical outcome.
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Sample of Internet Security Systems' consulting services
British Standard 7799 risk assessment.
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NASA plans knowledge database
In the wake of the Mars Polar Lander crash and recent space shuttle malfunctions, NASA is establishing a knowledge management team and plans a 'lessonslearned database' it hopes will head off such disasters in the future.
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Net access aids malaria study
New project speeds research results from remote parts of Africa
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A notebook with a desktop's face
If your agency is thinking about replacing an aging fleet of desktop computers with powerful new notebooks, take a serious look at Gateway Inc.'s Solo 9300. The large screen, fast processor and many other features make this new system capable of anything a desktop PC can do with the added bonus of portability.
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Lockheed takes blame for mishaps
The latest in a series of discussions about NASA's Mars exploration program points to unnecessary risks and poor management by NASA and contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
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Micron lands Inacom Government
After months of negotiations, Micron Electronics Inc. announced April 11 it had acquired Inacom Government Systems Inc. for an undisclosed cash amount.
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CD scraper gets approval
While most compact disk users exercise care to avoid scratching them, Roger Hutchison has built a whole business on scratching and scraping CDs to the point that they are unreadable.
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Letters to the Editor
The cost to the government to become more inclusive in providing better access to services for persons with disabilities by adopting the proposed Access Board recommendations for accessibility is minuscule, not extravagant ['Access regs too pricey?' FCW, April 3].
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Hill probes IT management
Four years after Congress passed a law requiring top IT managers to defend spending tens of billion of dollars on information technology every year, two senators have asked agencies to show how well they have complied.
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Agencies pushed toward PKI
Amid the drive to put more government services on the Internet, federal officials are urging agencies to secure information systems and are providing the technical and legal tools to help.
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Minor Web security threat surfaces
Microsoft has acknowledged a minor threat posed by a 'backdoor' password in server software that could be exploited to gain access to Web pages
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Does this ASP have bite?
An application service provider (ASP) is in the business of offering your organization access, for a fee, to a remotely hosted computer application. Your users most likely would access the application using Internet protocols and a standard Web browser. The ASP takes care of all the details arranging for computers to run the application, software and hardware maintenance, and their side of the telecommunications connection.
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Postal Service becomes a dot-com
The U.S. Postal Service launched a new World Wide Web site last week that not only offers new services, but a new address as well
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IRS requests more IT funds
The Internal Revenue Service needs more money for its longterm modernization program to replace a system that still uses tape to store taxpayer data.
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Beyond.com adds license tracking
Beyond.com recently released the latest version of its Enterprise Download Manager with a new licensetracking feature.
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Compaq flat panels prepped for future
In some government workplaces, space is at a premium. One way agencies can stuff more technology into tighter spaces aboard a submarine or a mobile command center, for example is to use flatpanel displays.
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