Digital Government
Security made simple
RedCreek Communications Inc. last week announced a new management tool for virtual private networks designed to let non-technical managers set and enforce security policies across an organization.
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Army caches hackers
The Regional Computer Emergency Response Team (RCERT) at Fort Huachuca has installed seven World Wide Web caches for Army customers across the country, according to Robert Kane, principal network security engineer for the team. Kane sets up caches to defend the public Web sites of various commands against being defaced by hackers.
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Qwest unifies management platform
A new World Wide Webbased network management platform is promising government telcommunications and network managers the opportunity to run their network administration and billing operations with the simplicity of online banking.
Digital Government
Clinton lifts GPS blinders
A White House decision last week to take the Pentagonimposed blinders off the Global Positioning System will lead to faster, better and cheaper government services, according to federal officials.
Digital Government
OMB: E-signatures a must
The agency that is leading the way to electronic government says 'digital signatures' that encrypt documents and messages probably offer the best assurance of privacy when citizens deal with government agencies online.
Digital Government
2001 IT spending up
Federal spending on information technology should increase 4.5 percent in fiscal 2001, according to Federal Sources Inc.
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New computers for tight fed space
IBM announced two simple and spacesaving computers that are wellsuited for federal offices
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Naval network maneuvers
If you buy the notion that the Internet will ultimately be connected to everything, if not everybody, then the Navy's desire to roll out a monolithic, allpurpose service network might seem prudent.
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FDA cache serves hungry surfers
The FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition hosts a World Wide Web site that logged about 5.6 million hits in March. With that kind of workload, the FDA needed to tune its server for maximum performance. For help, the agency turned to a Web cache from Cacheflow Inc. as soon as the technology became available a year and a half ago.
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DOD to boost health system
The Defense Department's Health Affairs office last week awarded two contracts totaling nearly $400 million to replace DOD's homegrown computer system with an automated information system.
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FAA agrees to $270M fix
The Federal Aviation Administration announced last week it would spend $270 million to address longstanding complaints from air traffic controllers about the design of one of its major automation programs.
Digital Government
NGA: States must nurture new economy
And the best way to do this is to work closely with the private sector, a National Governor's Report finds
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GSA joins smart card group
The General Services Administration has joined GlobalPlatform, an organization that promotes the implementation of multipleapplication smart card services by advancing international standards.
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Senators worried NSF overwhelmed
Senate appropriators questioned the National Science Foundation's capacity to handle a historic proposed $675 million budget increase and new program responsibilities
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NEA: Schools need $53.7 billion in technology
The report recommends states find a permanent funding structure to pay for schools' ongoing needs
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Love Letter virus mutates
Variations of the Love Letter virus known as 'Mother's Day' and 'Joke' continue to worm their way into computer systems worldwide today
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House committee extends tax ban
The Judiciary Committee voted to extend the current moratorium on Internet taxes until 2006
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DOD awards health system contracts
The Defense Department's Health Affairs office this week awarded two contracts worth nearly $400 million to replace DOD's home-grown computer system with an automated information system.
People
Survey: Americans e-mailing public officials
A survey by E-ThePeople.com found that 12 percent of the public has tried to contact a government official by e-mail, though only 5 percent of those were acknowledged
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