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NIST releases standards for securing domain names
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recommends enforcing content control of DNS name resolution using integrity constraints.
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Telelogic updates development tools
Lifecycle Suite is only one of several new or upgraded offerings set for a June launch.
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Military interoperability test begins
Cisco Systems is providing the core network infrastructure for the exercise, which started today in Lager Aulenbach, Germany.
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House committee wants report on access control system standards for DOD facilities
House Armed Services Committee also asks comptroller general to determine if system can ensure legitimacy of cards.
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Energy contract stirs conflict
Problems with large government IT contracts grab headlines every day, but small awards can be just as much trouble. Just ask the Energy Department. A recent award, to a software supplier whose offer was priced substantially higher than two competitors and rated lower on technical merits, is one example.
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Fortress on the Hill
Capitol Visitor Center has 580,000 square feet underground, but officials won’t say whether it is a congressional bunker
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Agencies chip away at BSMs
GAO has for years critiqued the efforts of federal agencies to modernize their business processes and the IT that drives them. A report released earlier this year highlighted a continuing lack of discipline on processes including requirements management, testing, data conversion, system interfaces, and risk and project management.
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Editorial: Opportunities abound
The Bush administration’s pandemic plan is rife with opportunities for the government IT community.
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How to chill out
It isn’t sexy, but IT managers will tell you that keeping a data center properly cooled is an ongoing challenge. An average rack of servers once consumed roughly five kilowatts per hour. Today it’s not unusual for a rack of servers to consume seven, 15 or up to 30 kWh in ultradense, blade-filled racks. That’s expensive—and hot.<@SM>
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HUD’s team effort
In its Vision 2010 document released in February, the Housing and Urban Development Department laid out its modernization strategy around its core lines of business. To get there in about four years, the department will rely on portfolio and project management—the basic tenets of any large system modernization effort.
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Put an end to manual penetration testing
Core Impact automates the task of finding security vulnerabilities.
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OMB to spell out financial LOB process
If competition is the foundation of the Office of Management and Budget’s Financial Management Line of Business Consolidation initiative, the administration’s migration planning guidance will be the blueprint agencies need to really understand how to assemble it.<@SM>
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USPTO proposes pilot of Peer to Patent program
The Patent and Trademark Office has partnered with the New York Law School to adopt a program, which uses a volunteer peer review process to evaluate patents.
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UPDATED: Standard will identify 'green' computers
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a voluntary manufacturing standard this week that will help computer buyers select eco-friendly products.
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Collaboration gets DOD’s modernization on track
In just over a year, the Defense Department has made more progress on its business systems modernization project than it did in the past 10. <b>Paul Brinkley</b>, deputy undersecretary of Defense for business transformation, and his team in the Business Transformation Agency have been largely responsible for the turnaround.<@SM>
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Addeo to leave AT&T
May 31 will be the final day for the former federal division chief.
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