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Industrial control systems security needs more work
Expert says standard antivirus protection and encryption technologies applied to industrial control systems could shut them down.
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MCI completes Totality acquisition
MCI has completed its acquisition of Totality, a privately held firm that provides remote managed services.
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Some agencies use performance measures to make decisions: GAO
A Government Accountability Office report identifies agencies that have demonstrated that using performance measures and practices can improve effectiveness.
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OMB: No new money for IPv6
Federal agencies have all the money they need to make a mandatory transition to the next generation of IP, a top OMB official said.
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Mitre: FAA telecom overhaul could face cost overruns
A report urges the agency to get the project back on track before existing contracts expire.
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CMS builds a model for health e-records
Most doctors have no idea how to implement an electronic health records system and have little trust that the federal government does either.
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Thinking nationally, starting locally
Several states already have taken steps toward establishing local health information infrastructures.
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Commentary: Demonstrating the potential, closing barriers for health IT
Modern health care is fundamentally an information-based activity. So, in the 21st century, it is surprising how little IT has penetrated the health care sector.
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Justice submits its security tool as the standard for every agency to follow
Using a homegrown accountability client, the Justice Department is attempting to become a Center of Excellence for the Cybersecurity Line of Business Consolidation initiative.
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Local terminologies pose barriers to change
They’ve all agreed to drive on the right side of the road, but to implement the change gradually.
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Operation health IT
A consumer in the not-too-distant future will go to a drug store and pick up a prescribed medicine, knowing that the pharmacist has received an electronic order from a physician.
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OPM, VA push standards from the purse
The administration’s biggest ally in getting doctors’ offices and hospitals to use electronic health records just might be under its own control.
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IRS to e-filers: Use approved encryption
The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency’s Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.
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SI nabs IPv6 transition task
The integrator will support DOD's move to the new Internet technology.
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GSA sends hurricane relief
The General Services Administration has been sending supplies and services to the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Linda Combs | OMB banking on financial upgrades
When President Bush nominated Linda Combs to be the next Office of Management and Budget controller, the confirmation process was almost second nature to her.
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Networx award dates pushed back
The Networx telecommunications contract will be awarded later than originally planned, said General Services Administration Administrator Stephen Perry.
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Army plans to upgrade intelligence analysis system
The Army will upgrade Pathfinder, a widely used but two-decade-old intelligence analysis system.
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