Digital Government
Hill: Block FOIA
The Clinton administration's plan to protect critical networks from cyberattacks may get the bipartisan congressional support it needs this week in the form of legislation that shields companies' data when it is shared with federal security officials.
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Grant to train unemployed for IT
A Department of Labor grant will help workers in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia
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System Administrator
The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.
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CIOs need status, support
If federal chief information officers are to be successful, they must have status and support among the agency administration, officials from government and industry told Congress
Digital Government
Tuning up the warehouse
As government agencies cram their data warehouses with more information, federal information technology managers need to ensure those important decisionsupport systems don't get bogged down.
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When travel pay falls short
An Agriculture Department employee who took a sick day while traveling on business in Chicago found that he had to wage a legal battle to recoup his per diem expenses for that day off.
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Security survival training
The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.
Acquisition
Card fees a tough sell
The amount of goods bought by federal employees wielding government purchase cards is soaring: $10.2 billion worth in fiscal 1999, with an expected increase of 20 percent in fiscal 2000.
Digital Government
Y2K center closing shop
The Clinton administration plans to shutter the Year 2000 Information Coordination Center.
Digital Government
Census tests security
The Census Bureau has hired a company to try to break into its Internet site and brought in the supersecret National Security Agency to test Census security systems
Digital Government
Locking up agency information
If the CIA had owned PageVault software, the John Deutch scandal never would have happened, contends PageVault developer Authentica Inc. And if its WebVault product were available for the Energy Department to use, Wen Ho Lee might be just another scientist.
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Carrying on a family's public service tradition
The family history of K. Adair Martinez is full of people in military and public service, so it seems natural that she is eagerly taking on the job of chief information officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration.
Digital Government
OMB takes new tack on security budget requests
Concerned about the lack of oversight for multiagency initiatives to secure the nation's critical computer systems, the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council have formalized a process for coordinating requests for security funding.
Digital Government
Playing good defense
As the NCAA college basketball tournament winds its way to the final, it may be useful to think about playing defense in a different arena: agency software development.
Acquisition
Purchase card fees pinch vendor profits
The government purchase card, which has become big business over the past several years, is proving to be too much of a good thing for some computer companies.
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Army silences computers
The Army plans to modify its PC and laptop contracts to include a special security device that automatically disables integrated microphones that hackers could use to listen to classified or sensitive conversations.
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Magnificent Discretion
The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.
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E-government unplugged
The promise of anytime/anywhere instant communication has been bandied about for some time, but thanks to recent breakthroughs in wireless technology, that promise is on the verge of becoming reality, albeit a still flawed one.
Digital Government
FAA slows GPS plans
The Federal Aviation Administration is pulling back the throttle on its muchbeleaguered satellite navigation program.
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