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The federal enterprise architecture: Where it fits

The Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 called for agencies to adopt an IT architecture to govern the management and acquisition of new IT.

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Enterprise architects talk the business talk

More people now see EA as a planning and management tool, not a technology project.

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Pointers: Recommended reading

This week's finds: Research beyond Google; The real snail mail; Web 2.0 meets presidential politics; After the flood.

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NOAA awards contract to manage huge stores of environmental data

Goal is to make it easier for researchers to search the petabytes of weather information the agency collects.

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Edgerton: June 30: The deadline is here

The latest IPv6 milestone ought to generate more discussion than it has.

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Get a Life!: Do not disturb

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Verizon nabs Postal Service Networx contract

Deal worth $16.4 million is another sign business is picking up on huge telecom agreement

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BBN field tests portable translator

BBN Technologies has developed a translation device that enables a two-way dialogue between speakers of different languages.

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A new life for talk-to-text?

Efforts of speech-recognition developers could pay off as a smart application for smart phones.

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Letter: AtHoc not a de facto alert platform for military

A reader finds a source comment misleading about AtHoc's alert platform being a "'de facto' alert platform for the Navy and Air Force."

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IG: IPv6 deadline challenges DHS

The Homeland Security Department is falling behind in meeting an immediate deadline to demonstrate its support for IPv6, the department's inspector general finds.

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Telework

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Pointers: Recommended reading

FCW points you in the direction of interesting blogs, Web sites and products dealing with all things information technology.

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Networx: A revolution on hold

Agencies show little interest in transforming telecom operations.

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Federal IT managers give themselves high marks in information security

But survey shows feds are less likely to have secured systems compared with states, local governments and industry.

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What's Brewin: Honoring medics, corpsmen on the real Memorial Day

An abbreviated honor roll of the 212 medics and corpsmen who have fallen in Iraq.

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Defense boosts bandwidth of global network to meet battlefield needs

Rising demand attributed mostly to satellite and video images from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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GAO: Trusted shipping program needs work

Auditors say Customs and Border Protection needs to improve the technology behind the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program.

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GSA gives Alliant a second look

Agency tries to debunk claims of flaws in the procurement selection process.