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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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DOD unveils next-generation CAC

The new card complies with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 and has added security features, Pentagon officials said.

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The Pipeline

More than meets the eye; Boldly go where no GPS has gone before

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Policing terror

Pioneering law enforcement agencies use data sharing and analysis tools to step up anti-terrorism contributions.

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Semirugged Toughbook offers dual-core processing

The Toughbook CF-74 provides enough protection to withstand the bumps and spills of business travel.

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SBA: Small PC makers exist

The Small Business Administration made the announcement in a ruling denying a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule.

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Microsoft takes the Linux pledge, partners with Novell

The companies will work together on virtualization, management and document compatibility.

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Circuit

Only NASA can prevent forest fires; Read the fine print; Decode IPv6 and win prizes; Students hit the books to stop terrorists.

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Army extends broadband to helicopters

It has also started to deploy 38 palletized versions of its Joint Network Node in Iraq that will bring IP networking based on commercial gear down to the infantry company level.