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IT managers eye multiple priorities: survey

Senior agency IT managers report their priorities are spread across a number of areas in fiscal 2006, including ensuring their agencies receive a significant return on investment for their systems, information security and the federal IT budget.

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Agencies see value in EVM, but struggle to cash in on it

Although the government for the most part is embracing the concept of earned-value management, some agencies are going to be hard-pressed to meet upcoming Office of Management and Budget deadlines this month.<@SM>

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Defense's business transformation chugs forward

In sending Version 3.1 of its business enterprise architecture to Congress last week, the Defense Department took another incremental step toward better data standardization and interoperability.

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NIST says agencies should begin move to stronger hashing tools

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is urging agencies to begin migrating away from the flawed SHA-1 hashing algorithm in favor of stronger algorithms.

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N.Y. counties turn to Salient to boost efficiency

The state's Association of Counties is pushing the company's software to help county officials gauge their performance.

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National Guard chooses Perceptive document software

ImageNow will provide access to documents and data security in support of the bureau's medical readiness initiative.

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DOD delivers BEA Version 3.1 to Congress

The Defense Department will meet its second congressionally imposed deadline today when it hand-delivers the latest iteration of its business enterprise architecture and enterprise transition plan to several congressional Defense committees.<@SM>

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DISA picks AT&T for defense network

AT&T will supply circuits and manage network bandwidth for the Defense Information Systems Network under the three-year contract.

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Panel: Feds can spur use of interoperability standards

The government can help industry vendors understand the cross-disciplinary nature of interoperability efforts, experts say.

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IPv6: Where's the return on investment?

Even if there is no immediate return on investment, agencies must reprioritize funds to make the transition to IPv6, experts say.

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I’ll take my astro-shirt in an XL

Before astronauts can get to Mars, they have to address the problem of getting a good night’s sleep.

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Integrators tackle interoperability

Ensuring that IT systems work together is important, but there is no one way for contractors to approach the job.

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Tech blogs on call

10 places to track the buzz in the blogosphere

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Interoperability still plagues DHS

New report expected to hit agency for foot-dragging on communications

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GAO finds gaps in secure credentialing

Auditors warn that agencies might miss the program’s October deadline

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Mirror Image takes on Akamai

Upstart firm wants to take on a major market leader for Internet content and storage

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FOSE puts a spotlight on technology

Attractions include RFID, security, e-documents

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Identity management requires card smarts

Building the brains behind mandatory ID card programs won’t be easy.

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MetaMatrix manages Web services data

Company's Dimension 5 acts as a bridge from existing data sources to the XML-based requirements of new applications.

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FedTeds to become mandatory for sensitive procurement data

Eight agencies currently use the Federal Technical Data Solution system, an online temporary repository of sensitive but unclassified technical procurement data that is linked to the FedBizOpps.gov Web site. But soon every agency will be required to use the system, also known as FedTeds.