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A prescription for preventing service outages
Configuration management databases can alert managers to dangerous interactions.
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Griffiths: A time for software as a service
The Defense Department could make a good business case for on-demand applications.
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Doan urges balancing rules and results
Lawmakers are busy offering legislative fixes for recent government contracting concerns.
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Training could be the missing leg of IPv6
Experts say few agencies are paying enough attention to the need for training.
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Agencies uncertain about move to Vista
Transportation, Army and possibly others put holds on Vista to await testing results.
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Pa. chooses PKI to manage first-responder access cards
The standardized digital infrastructure will allow state officials to adjust to emergencies by distributing personnel where they’re needed most.
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Flyzik: Another argument for IPv6
Trapped indoors by wintry weather, Jim Flyzik imagines a day when the director of OPM could declare a "virtual office" workday.
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Data management a growing challenge for Army
The service is discussing data consolidation for back-office operations and considering whether it should build one megasystem or multiple systems focused on specific functions.
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Spring forward, plan ahead
How severely will the change in daylight-saving time affect IT systems? Worse than you might think, according to one observer.<@SM><@SM><@SM><@SM>
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HHS moves to consolidate HR processes
The Health and Human Services Department has embarked on a program to aggregate human resources data from its 40 physical locations into a single system.<@SM>
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A net gain from outsourcing?
The Homeland Security and Interior departments plan to use Networx for the switch to managed network services.
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USPS awards mail automation deal
The U.S. Postal Service awarded an $874.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. to provide technology that will further automate mail processing.
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The tools of the master forecaster
Five business intelligence applications that can help agency managers track changes and make better decisions about their programs.
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DOD to build medical data storage model
The Defense Department and Microsoft will jointly develop a medical data warehouse prototype for the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application
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Diplomatic patches
The State Department undertakes an ambitious program to centralize software patching and improve its neglected IT security at posts around the globe.
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Geospatial standards
The Open Geospatial Consortium will develop geospatial standards for use on the Web.
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Oracle vendor purchase may boost agency strategic smarts
Oracle’s planned purchase of Hyperion may result in software that allows government customers to more easily merge their strategic plans with their operational data.<@SM>
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