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VA bolsters IT security

The VA has embarked on an innovative cybersecurity approach that could serve as a model for other federal agencies

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Report: Creativity needed

Homeland security requires unusual approaches to R&D, presidential council says

Digital Government

Letters to the editor

Serving Homeland Security

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DLA begins rollout of modernization system

The Defense Logistics Agency recently rolled out the first release of its $500 million modernization program

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IRS tests database, sets free-filing deal

The IRS has begun testing the Customer Account Data Engine, the database management system that will replace the nearly 40-year-old Master File and Integrated Data Retrieval System.

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CSC shuffles homeland security lineup

Computer Sciences Corp. is reorganizing its federal business units and sharpening its strategies to attract new business in the federal homeland security market

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VA restructuring IT management

Move gives more power to department CIO

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Annual leave no contest

Bureaucratus column: Can a fed be removed if he has years' worth of leave left?

Digital Government

Self-healing potential

self-healing is the ability of a Web environment to adjust for optimum performance using the analysis provided by new tools

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DOD putting fingerprint sensors to the test

Pentagon and Army officials plan to test how they can use fingerprint technology to more quickly verify users in the field

Digital Government

Texas launches health network

Communications network connects health organizations to improve surveillance and reporting of diseases and bioterrorism

Digital Government

The Circuit

The Rube Goldberg Solution; Interior Roadblocks; White Moves On

Digital Government

Gateway's new E series: Solid performers

Gateway's new E series of desktop computers is stylish in design and offers high value for the money.

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OMB biz case deadline set

OMB has given agencies until Aug. 21 to submit a list of joint business cases for systems that potentially could be combined across agencies

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No easy answers

Editorial: The issue of what is inherently governmental work and what should be left to the private sector is still unclear

Digital Government

Apple enhances Mac's enterprise credentials

Apple will roll out enhancements designed to make its Mac OS X Server operating system better equipped to manage large networks of users

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Filling the infosec ranks

Carnegie Mellon helps colleges improve information security programs

Digital Government

Datastrip offers new take on bar codes

Datastrip Products' DS Verify2D bar code scanner reads 2-D bar codes that contain text, a photograph and fingerprints on a standard ID card

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Firms target weakest link

Web applications more vulnerable to attacks

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VA realigning IT operations

VA secretary orders the reorganization of information technology operations at VA headquarters