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Georgia Tech, Oak Ridge team up
The close proximity of their computational resources supplies the networking and power to maintain some of the largest computer systems in the world.
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GSA's Suda moves to Agriculture
Robert Suda, assistant commissioner for information technology solutions at the Federal Technology Service, will leave GSA.
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Boston's transit authority plans to modernize telecom system
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority awards a $7.8 million contract to install an interoperable voice and data communications system.
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IRS should extend e-filing goal to 2011: Oversight Board
The IRS should extend its goal to have the overwhelming majority of income tax returns filed electronically from 2007 to 2011 to extend the benefits of the momentum it has created, the IRS Oversight Board recommended today.<@SM>
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Experts: Countries make dangerous cyber adversaries
They often have more resources and can attack more effectively, one expert says.
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USPS to update automated forms
The U.S. Postal Service wants to convert its automated forms into intelligent documents that can accept digital signatures.
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Agencies' business apps modernization will be risky
Agencies must determine what applications to maintain, update or drop and make sure that whatever is implemented aligns with the department’s enterprise architecture.<@SM><@SM><@SM><@SM>
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Secure Border Initiative on fast track
DHS plans to issue a solicitation for a multibillion-dollar security initiative that will rely heavily on technology.
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Avaya, AT&T join for VOIP migration
The alliance combines AT&T's global IP network and network design expertise with Avaya's enterprise IP communications technology.
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Northrop exits one business, launches another
The company shifts its business focus, dropping its reseller operation and adding a new segment to focus on logistics support.
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GSA: Complexity causes Networx delay
Governmentwide communications contract proved to be too complex to award this summer as planned, agency says.
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Federal XML group starts strategic markup language
The CIO Council’s XML Community of Practice has started building an extensible markup language-based schema that agencies could use to encode their strategic plans.<@SM>
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Battelle issues modest R&D forecast
Federal government spending on research will increase by 1.8 percent, to $96.6 billion, according to the Battelle Memorial Institute's annual forecast.
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Tech could redefine 'car talk'
The Federal Highway Administration is researching ways to enable cars to communicate with traffic signals.
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DHS releases more detailed infrastructure plan
The National Infrastructure Protection Plan now includes an executive summary and requirements for the department's operational risk-management framework.
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Innovations abound at CES
Vendors display advances in notebooks, flat-panel monitors and new headsets
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Social Security seeks VOIP plan
Agency would be the largest in the federal government to switch to voice over IP, potentially easing the worries of others contemplating a similar shift.
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Citrix product gets Common Criteria certification
Presentation Server 4 is a major component of Citrix's Access Suite products.
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IRS tightens business rules management
The IRS has put in place processes to manage the business rules that drive its new taxpayer database in response to issues that challenged the agency’s Business Systems Modernization program.<@SM>
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