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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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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.
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IPv6: Flying under the radar
Moving to a new generation of IP networking protocols is not yet a top priority for many feds, according to a Federal Computer Week survey.
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How many copies do you need?
Data deduplication wipes redundant data so you can reclaim storage and backup time.
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Wilsker: Work by any other name
Increasingly, organizations think of telework as part of their strategy for letting employees be mobile.
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GSA to name Schobert as ITS CTO
Fred Schobert also will be the director of the IPv6 transformation effort.
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DARPA seeks innovations in network monitoring
The agency’s Strategic Technology Office has created the Scalable Network Monitoring program to develop new approaches to network monitoring that can be applied regardless of a network’s size.
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OPM details plans to revamp financial systems
To modernize its systems, OPM will need systems implementation, application hosting services and software through a single acquisition process that will result in one contract.
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FCC helps Google's open-access bid
The commission ruled that consumers will be able to use whatever phone and software they want on networks that use a portion of the spectrum to be auctioned.
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Agencies can test Windows configuration using virtual machines
OMB has released the machines so agencies can install their own software within the virtual version of Windows to check and correct incompatibilities.
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