Digital Government
Cookies: Trick or treat?
The Internet 'cookie,' like an urban legend, has been around for years, but the topic resurfaces periodically to strike fear in the hearts of the uninitiated. The cookie, unlike most urban legends, is rooted in fact, but it is not necessarily as scary as it's made out to be.
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Citizen PKI project under way
A distant cousin to the Federal Bridge Certificate Authority (FBCA) is the General Services Administration's Certificate Arbitrator Module (CAM)
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Energy chastised over security
The scandal over two missing computer drives containing nuclear secrets from the Los Alamos National Laboratory is raising new questions about whether the Energy Department can handle security at its defense facilities
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Hill, OMB debate putting info online
On one thing both sides agree: Over the past four years, the federal government has made substantial progress toward making information available to the public via the Internet.
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Cyberdefense mired in Cold War
A false sense of cybersecurity has allowed costly Cold War-era Pentagon programs to siphon money from IT and security programs
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Army lab explores new dimension in data storage
Army researchers in July expect a major breakthrough in 3D holographic technology that eventually could be used for storing vast amounts of visual data, potentially revolutionizing applications for command and control, simulation, security and Hollywood moviemaking.
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Agencies seek security metrics
As if creating information security programs is not hard enough, most government agencies are now realizing that they have no way to measure the effectiveness of those programs.
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How it works
Researchers use multiple laser beams and a crystal of ceriumdoped, strontium barium niobate crystal to create and read a 3dimensional holographic image of an object.
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Choosing wisely
A recent experience at the doctors office makes me wonder whats become of my health plan.
Acquisition
Learn to share
Almost anyone can talk the talk, but the General Services Administration and other agencies are walking the walk with shareinsavings contracting pilots.
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IBM equipping schools nationwide
A private company that manages 108 public schools nationwide has chosen IBM Corp.'s hardware and software to equip its K-12 network.
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Pentagon racing to reform procurement
New acquisition process will provide contractors with greater flexibility and enable DOD to field systems before they become obsolete
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Bridge players
The Treasury Department is overseeing construction of the Federal Bridge Certificate Authority
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Hill revives FBI project
An ambitious FBI project that will give its agents the ability to share and sift through information on active investigations is back on track, after a new World Wide Webbased strategy persuaded Congress to infuse it with money.
Acquisition
Online market set to go
FedBid.com, which combines online credit card purchasing and reverse auction technology to give agencies a new way to make small purchases, opens for business today.
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Report: Measuring IT's impact on society
The National Science Board's biennial report to the president recommends a large agenda for future research on the impact of new IT on society
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Streamlining DOD travel regs
The Defense Integrated Travel and Relocation Solutions Office, an office of the secretary of Defense, is trying to re-engineer the fragmented and time-consuming way permanent-duty travel is coordinated.
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Misguided guidance
I applaud the onrush of electronic government, but I want to make two points about the GPEA guidance published by OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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