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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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Eye on the sky — from your desktop.

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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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Kobuszewski: The new green

Going green may be easier to achieve than you think — if you’re willing to use refurbished IT.

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Top 10 tech hits at 25.

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Editorial: Praising experimentation

Web 2.0 technologies may be difficult to assess in terms of ROI, but there is potential in those technologies.

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IT execs ask: What can IPv6 do for me?

Preparations to install IPv6 on government backbone networks are in full swing, but who's asking, "How can IPv6 improve government services?"

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FlipSide: A few minutes with Gr'goire Gentil

Gentil's company has made an inexpensive, eco-friendly PC that he said should appeal to people who don't like to fix things.

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OMB security mandates pile up

Agencies say the most onerous policy requires them to log database extracts.

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Next up, e-discovery challenges

Amended litigation rules force governments to rethink their electronic document options.