Cybersecurity
Hacker indicted for infecting DISA, Navy computers
The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles issued an indictment last week against "a well-known member of the botmaster underground."
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Software that keeps score
Managers fine-tune mission performance with balanced score cards, but success takes much more than technology.
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Union balks at DOD HR changes
The American Federation of Government Employees will file a lawsuit to fight new personnel regulations that seek to tie pay to performance.
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CIOs struggle for clout
Survey by FCW Media Group confirms that frustration among public CIOs prompts short tenures despite long-term challenges
Digital Government
Energy uses Ciena optical network in research
The Energy Department's UltraScience Network will ultimately connect select sites with a high-speed optical network intended for use as a test platform.
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GPO awaits Web-harvesting technology
Agency seeks technology that can query specific classes of information.
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Intercepts
What you do with two pianos if you're not Ferrante and Teicher. The DISA pandemic plan. Hack attacks confirmed. The Ukrainian connection. The official word on RFID interference. Monkey see, monkey do.
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British Library, Microsoft to digitize 25 million pages
The plan is to digitize roughly 100,000 out-of-copyright books, which will be available through the new MSN Book Search beta service next year.
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Feds mishandle probationary hiring
A report finds that although supervisors can fire employees for poor performance, they rarely do.
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Gonzalez brings life lessons to IRS
New deputy CIO's role: Keep agency's modernization on track.
Digital Government
Congress agrees to boost NSF funding
Lawmakers agree to raise funding for the National Science Foundation by 3 percent in fiscal 2006.
Cybersecurity
Firm leverages unique qualifications
Founder of atsec wrote the book on IT security standard -- literally.
Digital Government
Defense work continues to boost CSC earnings
Echoing its results from its previous quarter, the company credits DOD work tempered by civilian-sector slowdowns for increased revenues.
Digital Government
EHR certification will be put to the test
Health IT commission will test its certification process for e-health record software products in December, with actual certification set for March.
Digital Government
Wisconsin automating health care information
A new board will develop a plan to automate all health care information systems by 2010.
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