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Grid and bear it
Although proven in academia and research, grid computing struggles to find a place in the enterprise.
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Lost data prompts need for secretive stash
Options abound for encrypting data in enterprise and mobile storage devices.
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OMB proposes accounting standards
The Office of Management and Budget released a draft of a common governmentwide accounting classification structure as part of an effort to standardize business processes and data elements in support of the Financial Management Line of Business.
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USDA seeks encryption software for mobile devices
The department could buy as many as 150,000 licenses through blanket purchase agreements with businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
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Agencies improve financial rigor
All major federal agencies beat out the private sector for the second consecutive year by completing their Performance and Accountability Reports and financial statements on the 45-day accelerated schedule.
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Managing volunteers' safety
Web tracking app keeps Peace Corps’ IG office abreast of cases around the globe
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Apps can expand security scrutiny
On the heels of the Office of Management and Budget’s June call for wider use of encryption to protect sensitive data when it leaves agency premises or is accessed remotely, agencies are taking several approaches.
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Microsoft and Novell to play nice
Under a recently announced partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc., agencies will benefit from Windows and Linux applications that will work together more seamlessly.<@SM>
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OMB must sell e-gov to new 'in' party
If the White House couldn’t sell e-government to its own party on the Hill, what chance will officials have now that the Democrats control Congress? According to industry observers and former government officials, it could be a pretty good chance.
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New rules for FBI’s Sentinel project
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft of the fiscal 2007 spending bill, HR 5672, that covers the Justice Department and the FBI, includes both legal requirements limiting the bureau’s freedom in managing its biggest software project, and tart report language criticizing the bureau’s IT performance and slow response to congressional information requests.
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Interior launches FBMS in two bureaus, BLM next
The Department of Interior’s Financial Business Modernization System is up and running.
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Long view of IT oversight
FDA eases OMB 300 reporting requirements with portfolio management software.
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Senators to FBI: Get a VCF refund
The Senate’s draft of the appropriations bill for the Justice Department and the FBI would order the bureau to use “all means necessary” to try to recover funds from the vendor of its failed Virtual Case File project.
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Mimi Browning | Executive Suite: The myths and realities of IT cost savings
The perennial congressional question—“What did I get for the $200 million I gave you last year?”—can be difficult to answer.
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Intel introduces quad-core processors
They are expected to boost the performance of servers and workstations.
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N.Y. county chooses Salient for Medicaid
The Salient Performance Management solution will provide real-time access to transactional and select nontransactional program data, according to the company.
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Working group to offer IPv6 recommendations
The deadline for agencies to upgrade their network backbones to the latest IP version is less than two years away.
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