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GSA considers establishing IPv6 program office
John Johnson said the agency is working on the idea to help guide GSA's compliance with the mandate to transition to the next-generation protocol.
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Tools for managed network services are coming together
Networx and the IT Infrastructure Line of Business Consolidation effort are poised to push agencies into outsourcing at least some of their networks responsibilities.
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McManus: Opportunities lie beyond IPv6 deadline
The changeover is not about the protocol or telling people that IPv6 offers an almost unlimited number of IP address, he said. It’s about what the protocol enables.
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Providers look for a level playing field
OMB has not decided how to resolve inequities in the 1932 Economy Act.
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Leaders want reporting on same page
Common accounting code could weed out some of the ‘thousand flowers.’
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NIST releases info security documents
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published two new interagency reports designed to help auditors, inspectors general and senior management understand and evaluate information security programs.<@SM>
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Industry sends DOT mixed message on GPS backup system
An aviation group supports shutting down the land-based Loran navigation system, but Boeing said the system could be useful if GPS services were disrupted.
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Companies join forces to bring software management to feds
Palamida and Merlin International specialize in compliance and risk mitigation solutions.
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FBI tracks secret 'wiretaps' with multilevel security
The FBI has launched an application that monitors the preparation of requests for secret wiretaps by using several levels of classification, according to the security level of the user.<@SM>
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Sorting SOA fact from fiction
7 truths about service-oriented architecture that savvy leaders can take to the bank.
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DISA budgets $205.2 million for NCES over three years
The agency also plans to spend nearly $270 million on DOD networking programs and more than $113 million on spectrum initiatives, according to its three-year spending plan.
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Data loss gets personal
Security experts say hackers are going straight for information in 2007.
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Democrats used good data to win midterms
Party scrapped worn-out computers and old voter files for newer technology.
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In-Q-Tel invests in StreamBase Systems
The CIA-funded venture capital firm sees intelligence value in StreamBase's complex event processing software.
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FEMA preparedness panel planned
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will establish a new National Advisory Council to provide advice to it on all aspects of emergency preparedness and response.<@SM><@SM>
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Database security is crucial, experts say
At the RSA conference in San Francisco, Oracle’s Hasan Rizvi talks about stronger access controls and AppSecInc. debuts security suite.
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New House VA committee chairman laments latest laptop loss
"There is no excuse for storing sensitive personal information about our veterans on portable government equipment that is not secure,” said Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.).
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DISA plans new top-secret presidential network
The network and a multimedia Crisis Management System will serve multiple fixed locations, Air Force One and the presidential helicopter fleet.
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Express bus
The PCI Special Interest Group has released version 2 of the PCI Express specification.
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