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GPO info gets saved
Two of the government's most popular sources for federal records reaffirmed their commitment to the preservation of electronic government information
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Managing with courage
I am writing this column fresh from a fascinating experience teaching a group of Senior Executive Service (SES) managers in an executive education class at Harvard University
People
Attack of the worms: Feds get wake-up call
Latest round of attacks prompt call for more aggressive patch programs
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IRS hires former OMB official as privacy czar
The Internal Revenue Service hired a former Office of Management and Budget privacy analyst to serve as taxpayers' privacy advocate
People
Navy purchase cards hacked
Defense Department officials said last week that hack attacks compromised about 13,000 Navy purchase cards
Digital Government
Streamlining PC configurations
ClearCube blade PCs offer agencies ease of management and support
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How to pair smart cards and biometrics
Biometric systems, which measure physical or behavioral characteristics to verify a person's identity
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Work progresses on contactless interoperability
Government agencies continue to pursue smart card interoperability for both contact cards and, more recently, the contactless variety
Acquisition
Fed funding essential for supercomputing
Appropriate and sustained federal funding is essential to the future of supercomputing in the United States, according to an interim report published by the National Research Council.
People
An immersion excursion
In early 1994, Oklahoma City had never experienced a major disaster, save a few tornadoes, and officials had no real reason to expect one
People
DOD experiment tests transformation
The Defense Department will conduct an experiment this week testing network-centric warfare operations
Modernization
First responders racking up minutes
Many cities are looking to reduce high first responder wireless phone bills
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Getting Smart
Measuring the real strides that smart card technology is making across government can be tricky
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Combining Functions
Another issue for contactless cards is the large installed base of proximity cards and readers for physical access
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Finding a balance
Whenever one discusses privacy issues, it is important to begin with a truism that has become cliche
Modernization
Mobile IP nets on the go
While work continues on the core mobile ad hoc network (MANET) routing protocols, other mobile networking methods are being deployed and tested, including mobile IP networking
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