Digital Government
Peer-to-peer in practice
'Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies' addresses peer-to-peer's potential and avoids becoming trapped in intellectual property law.
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DOD creates cybercrimes position
DOD has created a senior executive service position to oversee its computer forensics laboratory and investigator training program.
Digital Government
NASA 'RETI' to tap universities
Space agency relaunching program for Research, Education and Training Institutes
Digital Government
The Circuit
President Bush evidently agrees with at least one Clinton policy ? the need to protect computer systems that are vital to the nation's security
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Intercepts
Just the Facts What's the story behind the Defense Collaborative Tool Suite? The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Information Systems Agency sponsored an effort to get the armed services to adopt one or two collaborative software products by Oct. 1.
Digital Government
PictureTel combines PC, Internet, video
Company launches 600 Series to enhance, integrate information sharing
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Taking the work out of hiring
Automated system speeds the process and keeps applicants informed
Digital Government
NASA tackles planetary-size backup job
At the NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) in the Earth and Space Data Computing Division at Goddard Space Flight Center, the role of tape subsystems that support NASA supercomputers is nothing less than mission-critical, said Ellen Salmon, mass storage team leader at the Greenbelt, Md., facility.
Modernization
FAA charts course for WAAS
The Federal Aviation Administration remains committed to incrementally developing its satellite navigation system but also acknowledged that the business case for a key system in that effort may have changed.
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Bureaucratus: You booze, you lose
A case recently decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals should send a warning signal to those who don't consider drinking on the job a serious offense.
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Commerce CIO to leave
Roger Baker, chief information officer at the Commerce Department, has resigned
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GSA sounds 508 false alarm
Memo asks Webmasters to clean out noncompliant, unused files from Web servers
Digital Government
FirstGov looks to e-gov fund
With only $3 million in the budget proposal, FirstGov is planning to draw on Bush's new egov fund
Acquisition
Arkansas' tax filing adds jobs
By setting up an electronic tax return system, the state is also bringing jobs to a depressed area
Digital Government
IRS board counters Bush budget
The board has recommended an IRS budget 8.9 percent higher than the administration's request
Digital Government
Governments court tech firms
Governments are still bending over backwards to bring technology companies to town
People