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Air Force to increase Guam's bandwidth
The move is necessary to support more planned operations, Pacific Air Forces' chief information officer said.
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NSA posts notice about faster, lighter crypto
With little fanfare, the federal government has been conducting a cryptographic modernization program for the past several years. Suite B is part of that effort.
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Standard approved for VOIP 911 calls
National Emergeny Number Association's vote is considered first step of major system development concerning IP.
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DISA keeps AlphaInsight for White House communications support
The firm has been supporting presidential communications for 10 years.
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Security, funding concerns slow IPv6 transition
Juniper IPv6 Summit features status reports and highlights approaching 2008 deadline.
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Digital security firms to merge
Axalto and Gemplus International unanimously approved terms of proposed merger of equals to create a new company called Gemalto that specializes in smart cards.
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IRS proposes tighter privacy rules
The IRS has proposed guidelines on the disclosure and use of income tax filer’s information by tax return preparers to strengthen privacy in the era of electronic filing.
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CIO Council releases guidance on EVM plans
The CIO Council released guidance earlier this week aimed at helping agencies develop an earned-value management program for major IT projects, as the Dec. 31 deadline approaches for agencies to come up with an EVM implementation plan.
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DOD’s architecture work finally gets down to business
The Defense Department has made more progress since the spring than it ever has on improving the management of its business systems.
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Companies form IPv6 test center
The center, created by Spirent and v6 Transition, will allow federal agencies to test networks' and products' IPv6 capabilities.
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New targets, new threats emerge
Attackers focus on unpatched client applications, network operating systems
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DISA upgrades teleconferencing
A new high-speed, fiber-optic network to provide up-to-the-second, IP-based audio and videoconferencing.
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No downtime for USPS managers
Postal agency faces new challenges in issuing mandatory electronic identity cards to 1 million employees and contractors.
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Vendors bank on HSPD-12 mandate
Secure federal identity credentials bring new opportunities and risks
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Macromedia and Jabber collaborate on collaboration
Partnership will allow firms to combine collaboration and messaging technologies.
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HHS, CMS fall short on managing IT investments
A lack of regular reviews by the Health and Human Services Department of HHS agencies’ IT investments by the IT investment board leaves 90 percent of the investments without appropriate executive oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office.<@SM>
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TCE deadline extended by one week
The Treasury Department has extended the deadline for bids on the Treasury Communications Enterprise contract from today until next week.
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Telecom mergers could aid disaster recovery
States should think about the improvements in service delivery and network reliability that the merging of companies will bring, an official says.
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