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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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Blade PCs get a new edge

Virtualization and other tricks help make the case for a data center approach to PCs.

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Lawmakers extend oversight to P2P

Federal employees unknowingly expose sensitive data via peer-to-peer networks.

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Save costs by knowing your data

Classification tools help storage managers gain efficiency and find stored files faster.

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DHS to update 20-year-old immigration system

The department is seeking project management support services for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division's Office of Detention and Removal.

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Technology briefs

NIST releases revised crypto standard; Hands-free recharging; Fading Windows?

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Will WiMax save the day?

In theory, WiMax can blanket a city with affordable and fast wireless data service, but how often that will happen remains to be seen.

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