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LexisNexis unveils Advanced Government Solutions package
A new set of offerings uses the firm's access to archived information to provide government users with specialized capabilities.
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OMB beefs up protections for sensitive information
Johnson spells out specific steps that agencies should follow to protect data that users take off site or access from remote locations.
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Duane Andrews moves to QinetiQ
Andrews was chief operating officer at Science Applications International Corporation before QinetiQ hired him as CEO of North American operations.
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VA’s IT centralization could slow security fixes
Lawmakers and oversight authorities are expressing doubts that the way the Veterans Affairs Department is centralizing its IT organization will ensure that security is marbled throughout its agencies.<@SM>
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Oasis OKs standard
A new open IT standard, capable of facilitating data sharing across local, regional, national and international governments and organizations, has been ratified by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.
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OFPP gets ready to move beyond Safavian
On the same day the former chief of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy was convicted, the White House’s nominee to lead the office Safavian once ran said he will make government contracting more transparent and accountable.
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DHS Special Report | Authentication, ID are in the cards
Robert Mocny, deputy program manager for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, has a simple vision for making the borders more secure.<@SM>It doesn’t have to do with 12-foot fences, or unmanned aerial vehicles or anything fancy. It is a simple card combining two technologies that have been around for decades—biometrics and radio frequency identification.
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Veterans’ benefits agency tightens data security
The Veterans Benefits Administration is taking additional steps to ensure that veterans’ data is secure.
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Dennett promises accountability, better prices
Paul Denett, the nominee to be Office of Federal Procurement Policy administrator, promised to be vigilant in assuring that the government gets the best prices on services it procures.<@SM>
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DHS Special Report | Can DHS meet IT cybersecurity expectations?
The Homeland Security Department’s stagnant cybersecurity program stands in stark contrast to its progress in other IT areas. The job of assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications remains open, as it has been since secretary Michael Chertoff created it last October.
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DHS Special Report | Integration takes root
A modest number of IT and security initiatives are now gaining traction in the Homeland Security Department—including border screening and targeting programs, port and harbor monitoring, and the use of geospatial mapping to improve disaster response, as GCN <a href="http://www.gcn.com/print/25_16/"><b>reported last week</b></a>. In this, the second of a two-part special report on DHS, GCN looks at several fledgling and pending IT projects that form pockets of promise.
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DHS Special Report | Component approach aiding IT infrastructure consolidation
Until last October, the Homeland Security Department did not even have a global access directory—a basic requirement for a large organization. Employees couldn’t find each other if they were in different DHS directorates. Now, secretary Michael Chertoff can send an all-department e-mail with a few select addresses instead of sending it to each component agency and ordering it to cascade through those organizations.<@SM>
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Phoenix teams with immixTechnology
Three Phoenix Technologies products are now available through immixTechnology.
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Key House leader pushes for FAA telecom project funding
Verizon lobbies to kill troubled FAA effort.
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Deadbolts for databases
Add-on tools offer the last line of defense for keeping hackers away from sensitive information
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DOD Global Broadcast System goes two-way
A DISA engineering team incorporated a commercial, two-way satellite TV standard into GBS.
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Supercomputing takes NASA to infinity and beyond
From science to space exploration, the world’s fourth-fastest computer is an agency asset.
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Taming mobile data
5 steps and 3 tools to stop sensitive information from walking out the door
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Migrating to IPv6
With deadlines looming, agencies need to get serious about upgrading their data networks to the next-generation IP.
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