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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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Roadblocks hamper emergency response system coordination

Federal funding and a lack of standards affect compatible communications at the state level.

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The Pipeline

Just like peaches and cream; Wi-Fi on steroids.

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DOD, military take hands-on approach to QDR

The writers of the Quadrennial Defense Review are now shifting gears to become executors of the guidance.<@SM>

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Diamonds in the data

Federal agencies increasingly use data mining to extract valuable info buried in large databases.

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Interior's NBC doubles shared services for federal savings board

The Interior Department’s National Business Center will provide shared services under both the Financial Management and Human Resources lines of business to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board starting next month.<@SM>

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Doan starts tenure at GSA with splash

Lurita Doan promised one thing in her first public address since taking the reins at the General Services Administration last month—change. Her first big one was bringing in Jim Williams, the program manager for one of the government’s highest-profile, politically toughest challenges—the U.S. Visit project at the Homeland Security Department.

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DHS Special Report | Forward Motion

Even as the Homeland Security Department has stumbled through project failures, stalled during leadership vacuums and withstood withering criticism, DHS has delivered some projects that serve as exemplars of technology management and are improving prospects for better project performance.<@SM>

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VA orders Microsoft products through veteran-owned reseller

The contract awarded to MicroTech is worth as much as $365 million.

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IG gives GSA passing grade on financials

The General Services Administration has made enough improvements in financial management to satisfy its inspector general and likely keep its biggest customer, the Defense Department.

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GSA report finds more benefits than costs for telework

Agencies save much more than they spend in equipping employees to work from home, but management support is still often lacking.

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Google unveils government search portal

It is targeted toward federal employees as a portal into the U.S. government that they can also tailor to their personal preferences.

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Black Box partners with Nortel

NextiraOne Federal, doing business as Black Box Network Services, is now the largest independent reseller of Nortel communications gear.

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UPDATED: FAA telecom outage reported at new Atlanta tower

The contractor blamed the outage on a maintenance interruption to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure service.