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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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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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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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