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FDA seeks regular mark downs

The agency wants to receive monthly volume discounts as part of an IT services contract.

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Help for deaf, hard-of-hearing workers

Library of Congress offers employees the option of video-relay phone service.

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Don’t be surprised by e-discovery

Government and legal experts suggest 5 steps for improving your ability to produce records needed for legal proceedings.

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FOSE: Abuzz about info strategies

Here are some highlights from the FOSE Exposition and Conference that brought federal officials and company executives together for three days of networking and education.

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Storage smarts: a class act

Federal employees and organizations find value in obtaining specialization and certification in storage technologies.

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SOA experts: Learn to speak business

The next major hurdle for enterprise architecture is convincing agency managers that it solves business problems

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Employee buy-in key to infrastructure change, experts say

Managing cultural change is a major hurdle when agencies transition to new IT infrastructures, FOSE panelists said.

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Some Defense program costs up as much as 323 percent, report finds

Major weapons programs overruns include C-130 modernization, polar-orbiting project and Future Combat Systems.

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Defense radio program not fully tested, GAO reports

NSA security certification and key networking functions have yet to be demonstrated on new generation of Army radios.

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SaaS is waiting to be noticed

Early adopters make case for software as a service, but many agencies are not buying it.

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Krieger preaches SOA gospel

Defense Department official favors providing some IT services at no cost for a period of five years.

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DOD refines architecture strategy

Business transformation office links EA to Global Information Grid strategy

Cybersecurity

NIH told patients about security breach weeks after incident

Personal data on 2,500 individuals had not been encrypted, an apparent violation of an Office of Management and Budget memo directing agencies to encrypt all personally identifiable information stored on mobile devices.

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Letter: Government is going over the line

Many recent government actions have stretched the limits on government as outlined in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

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GAO: Overruns, delays plague satellite programs

Lawmakers told initial costs have increased by billions of dollars and development has stretched on for decades.

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Defense kicks off satellite communications contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency's follow-on procurement for commercial satellite services could be worth $500 million a year and may attract a large field of bidders, ranging from small businesses to large systems integrators.

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Survey: Users still compromising federal computer networks

Survey results predict significant growth in identity management to combat security weaknesses.

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House panel OKs tech funds to protect borders

Bill backing development of new technology for border patrol and maritime security draws rare bipartisan support.

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DHS' network monitoring system ready for upgrade

Robert Jamison, undersecretary at DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate, said the Einstein program will look for malicious code in real time.