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Army reviews current, future data storage needs
The military service is assessing its data storage capacity.
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GAO disputes savings reports
Auditors find Forest Service lacked data to prove it complied with spending limits.
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Some agencies must plan for TIC initiative, officials say
Limiting government Internet connections seen creating challenges.
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Letter: Added IP addresses with IPv6 useful for security
The services available with IPv6 do not exist in IPv4, which requires additional layers of application to be written, with often unanticipated consequences and few, if any, standards.
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Home is where the work is
Federal teleworkers navigate the ins and outs of life in a home office environment.
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Government still suffers from information insecurity
Ensuring only authorized users have access to data is among the top challenges facing agencies, says GAO.
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Google's Dave Girouard on Google-ization
Google executives now want to be players in what they believe will be the next game-changing event in technology: the transition to software as a service.
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GSA ensuring offerings are IPv6-compliant
The agency sets up teams to focus on emerging technology, communications and contract portfolios.
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IPv6 in France
Despite high-profile research efforts and government involvement, IPv6 observers say France, although a standout among European countries, lags behind the Asian leaders in actual deployments.
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IPv6 in Canada
Canada is moving less aggressively toward IPv6 than the United States is, according to experts.
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IPv6: How the rest of the world lives
Federal Computer Week looks at developments in three countries -- Canada, France and Japan -- representing a wide range of IPv6 development and deployment.
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The IPv6 elevator speech
FAA's Mark Powell says transition managers must be ready to deliver a short, memorable speech about IPv6.
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Most agencies still wary of SaaS
But DOD and GSA see software as a service as a way to reduce development costs.
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Housing board encrypts mobile data on smart phones
The Federal Housing Finance Board is using Trust Digital's security software to meet information security requirements.
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NIST releases a draft compliance guide for IPv6
The draft profile describes initial plans for testing whether products can integrate with other products built to NIST’s specifications.
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GSA expands Alliant awards by one
Technology contract is on hold while waiting for a federal claims court ruling
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Panel: DOD software is at risk
Military should consider financial-industry model of documentation and code checks
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Letter: What are the benefits of software as a service?
One reader writes that the number of services being offered as essential is not acceptable and may not be necessary. Yet, at the reader's agency the high purchase costs are obvious.
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