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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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SEC offers incentives for corporate XBRL filing
The Securities and Exchange Commission will offer public companies expedited reviews of their registration statements and annual reports if they volunteer for a test group as part of the SEC’s interactive data initiative.<@SM>
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SPI Dynamics takes aim at Web vulnerabilities
Two products protect Web applications that use Asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup Language.
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DOD sets real-world test of HSPD-12
An exercise to uncover operational problems with issuing and using uniform federal identity cards is set to begin in April.
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Meru tackles communications security
The company will offer a solution that protects at the radio frequency signal level.
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Alaska nears completion of Citrix deployment
The network technology for the Corrections Department allows remote employees to get better access to documents.
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Justice financial systems to be consolidated by IBM
Under the United Financial Management System contract, which has one base year and six one-year options, the company will combine six separate systems into one.<@SM><@SM><@SM><@SM>
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