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More FOIA barriers considered
Sen. Jon Kyl is considering legislation that would help persuade industry to share cyberattack information with the government by shielding the data from Freedom of Information Act requests
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DOT studying threats to GPS
In response to a presidential recommendation, DOT charged the Volpe National Transportation System Center with studying the vulnerabilities of its Global Positioning Systembased infrastructure
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Red Hat debuts more scalable Linux
ERDAS Inc. has had its ERDAS IMAGINE 8.4 geographic information system certified to run on Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 2000 operating system.
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ERDAS geographic information software passes Windows 2000 test
ERDAS Inc. has had its ERDAS IMAGINE 8.4 geographic information system certified to run on Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 2000 operating system.
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FAA goals may fall short
The cost and time needed to fix safety problems in the FAA's WideArea Augmentation System may lead users to decide the program is not worth continuing to a level that would permit landings in low visibility
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GPS follows mobile security system
A New York school district is testing a new system that puts a tracking system into security vehicles
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New radio system in works for Kentucky
$22.8 million Motorola system is expected to offer officer increased clarity, particularly in rural areas
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Tech Center gives companies boost
An Oklahoma organization is recruiting tech-savvy people to help technology companies go commercial
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Texas law enforcement moves to satellite-based network
The new system will enable 1,500 offices to link with state law enforcement departments and federal agencies
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White House e-mail slips past scan
A casesensitive glitch allowed hundreds of thousands of incoming White House email messages to slip through undetected, leaving Congress and the Justice Department without email evidence in matters related to campaign finance, 'Filegate' and the Monica Lewinsky sexandperjury scandal.
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Truth or fiction?
What's the buzz in the postYear 2000 information technology world? Security, to judge from all the conference presentations and articles in the trade press, is clearly hot.
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Bill spells out security responsibilities
Agencies would be required to take full responsibility for the security of their information systems under a bill approved by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
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DOD takes loss in stride
The Defense Department is still committed to using commercial satellite services despite the loss of most of the Pentagon's multimilliondollar investment in the failed Iridium LLC satellite telephone system.
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FAA slows GPS plans
The Federal Aviation Administration is pulling back the throttle on its muchbeleaguered satellite navigation program.
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Playing good defense
As the NCAA college basketball tournament winds its way to the final, it may be useful to think about playing defense in a different arena: agency software development.
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OMB takes new tack on security budget requests
Concerned about the lack of oversight for multiagency initiatives to secure the nation's critical computer systems, the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council have formalized a process for coordinating requests for security funding.
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Locking up agency information
If the CIA had owned PageVault software, the John Deutch scandal never would have happened, contends PageVault developer Authentica Inc. And if its WebVault product were available for the Energy Department to use, Wen Ho Lee might be just another scientist.
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Census tests security
The Census Bureau has hired a company to try to break into its Internet site and brought in the supersecret National Security Agency to test Census security systems
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