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UPDATED: DISA to extend Verizon contract
The company provides bandwidth management for DISA's specialized network.
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Can AJAX find harmony on agency Web sites?
Hot coding technique is unable to hit fed Web pages because of accessibility questions.
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An 800-pound gorilla no more?
Unix still has staying power, but Linux continues to make steady gains in the federal market.
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OMB refines use of architectures
OMB is giving agencies a set of guidances designed to make integrating their enterprise architectures with their budget submissions easier and more effective.
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Doan’s plan for GSA's Renaissance
It’s appropriate that Lurita Alexis Doan draws inspiration from the Renaissance—after all, the new administrator of the General Services Administration is trying to pull the much-maligned agency through a rebirth of its own. In fact, Doan is not only aiming to reform GSA, but significantly alter government contracting.<@SM>
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Army pares down its data centers
The Army’s move to consolidate e-mail and application servers by the end of fiscal 2007 could save it more than $200 million. Regardless of potential savings, officials expect to improve security and administration by consolidating more than 200 processing centers to no more than seven.
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Two U.S. ports unveil emergency communications systems
Los Angeles and Houston install Web-based control centers that centralize functions to speed internal and external communications.
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Web 2.0 from A to R
How will your agency create new Web 2.0 applications? Most likely with one or more of the following technologies.
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IRS headquarters closed until 2007
Flood damage from heavy rains will keep the Washington office closed until the first of next year; agency said its IT systems not affected.<@SM>
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e-Gov meets Web 2.0
Progressive agencies have taken a step beyond early e-gov programs, using the Web as a platform for delivering interactive services, aka Web 2.0.
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Advisory committee on accessibility named
It includes international, federal and private organizations.
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A year later, still no DHS cybersecurity chief
Some IT industry groups are getting impatient waiting for the department to choose an assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications.
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U.S. Visit contract oversight is lax: GAO
The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program should strengthen its oversight of the contracts it is using to build a computerized border control system, according to the Government Accountability Office.<@SM>
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Planar debuts trade-friendly flat-panel monitors
New flat-panel 17-inch and 19-inch displays comply with the Trade Agreements Act.
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DOD to revamp contracting in Iraq
The Defense Department’s Business Transformation Agency has been charged with restructuring and transforming contracting processes and systems in Iraq.<@SM><@SM>
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E-Security stops data loss
The company’s Sentinel 5.1 monitors all security events on corporate networks
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