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Colorado shuts down registration system because of unreliable data
The cost of inconsistent data is becoming clear for some states.Colorado halted its use of a new $13 million vehicle registration software program earlier this year because of data reliability problems.
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Data organization and validation strategies
Creating standard data architectures is especially difficult for state and local governments that have been collecting information in various forms for decades or in some cases, even centuries, said Vivek Kundra, chief technology officer of the District of Columbia.
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Dirty data is no longer a little secret
Kentucky’s large-scale approach should make information more reliable and easier to share
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FCC aims to improve disaster communications
The agency has redesigned an online database that lets communications companies such as wireless, broadcast and cable providers update infrastructure data during a crisis.
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Transportation wants to share more services with FAA
Server virtualization, for example, could enable DOT and FAA to use each other as backup for continuity of operations instead of having individual COOP sites.
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20 years of marvels and missteps
Come along for Federal Computer Week's guided information technology tour.
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Crisis leaders are a special breed
Harvard researchers develop yardstick to predict decision-making abilities.
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Virtual servers, real threats
Agencies face new security management challenges when they adopt server virtualization.
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Let software perform guard duty
Think of network access control as the sentry that keeps unsafe computers off your network.
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Security is telework's weakest link
Lawmakers and federal officials focus on raising teleworkers' security awareness.
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FBI CIO: Culture inhibits info sharing
Zalmai Azmi said the intelligence community isn't used to the concept of sharing information and therefore worries about security and leaks.
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Kolcun: Software 2.0
Microsoft and others can no longer dictate how organizations will use their software.
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Gadgets that don’t play by the rules
Beware of employees bearing smart phones, IM services and peer-to-peer file sharing software.
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Personal data: Up close and impersonal
Encrypted indexing techniques let security agencies exchange information more freely without sacrificing personal privacy.
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DHS issues first large task order under Networx
The agency wants to build its OneNet intranet for sensitive but unclassified information through the governmentwide telecommunications contract.
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DOD to close intell reporting database
Criticism and questions about the legality of the Threat and Local Observation Notice led to its demise.
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Talcove: A business case for IPv6
What’s exciting about the transition to IPv6 are the broadband applications it will enable.
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