Cybersecurity
Back up data early and often, experts warn
SANS: As Internet vulnerabilities increase, watch your backup.
Digital Government
Report highlights high costs of ignoring health tech
Neglect of systems engineering contributes to nearly 100,000 preventable deaths a year, researchers conclude.
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Boeing’s JTRS fate due soon
Defense Acquisition Board set to decide role of contractor in massive radio communications project.
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GAO: TSA fixing Secure Flight privacy violations
The Transportation Security Administration has taken steps to fix privacy violations it committed in the Secure Flight passenger screening program, the Government Accountability Office reported.
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Senate confirms new director at NIST
Senate lawmakers Friday confirmed William Jeffrey as the 13th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Gateway gets Navy hardware deal
Computers will let sailors on ships and submarines use e-mail and videoconferencing to communicate with family and friends.
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L-3 lands Air Force research contract
The Air Force's science and technology program is exploring new technologies to improve warfighter readiness, logistics processes.
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GoLearn.gov changes its name
OPM wanted to end the confusion over the government's e-learning Web site and a vendor with s similar name.
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House: DOD, DHS must share more technology
DOD and DHS must do more to ensure that applicable counter-terrorism technologies reach first responders, lawmakers said.
Cybersecurity
Group says kids should learn cybersecurity
Cyber Security Industry Alliance says students should learn to be good cybercitizens with lessons on online security, ethics and safety.
Modernization
EDS to protest Army portal contract award
The company says the military did not choose the right service for AKO.
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Veterans Affairs posts Peaches 3 draft RFP
Under the full and open contract, which will consist of one base year and four one-year options, the department will be able to purchase a broad range of IT solutions.<@SM><@SM>
Modernization
DHS awards $2.7 million for radiation-detection tech
Rapiscan Systems wins contract to test device to accurately identify objects emitting radiation.
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Labor goes 5-for-5 on PMA
It took exactly three years for the Labor Department to reach perfection on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.
Modernization
Senate committee fully funds IRS modernization
Lawmakers approved $199 million for IRS modernization, which is the amount that IRS officials requested for the program.
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Senate committee seeks GSA reorg sign-off
A Senate Appropriations Committee spending bill would prohibit GSA from reorganizing without approval by the House and Senate appropriations committees.
Modernization