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Lose the file cabinets
New PDF/A standard preps electronic documents for long-term archiving.
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Cyber Eye: For crying out loud, encrypt data at rest
The nation owes a debt of gratitude to California, which last year began requiring that companies doing business in the state notify consumers whose unencrypted personal data has been compromised. Because so many companies do business in California, the law has in effect become a de facto national requirement.<@SM>
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Hands on: In search of the perfect notebook PC
As vendors close gaps between laptop and desktop computers, the remaining shortcomings become more irksome.
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Voice over IP exposed
VOIP can lower telecom costs and help with network consolidation -- and cause security problems if not handled right.
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Adobe looks to add Flash
Macromedia's Flash Platform enables building of Web applications
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Smokers get the message
New Zealand study finds correlation between text messaging and smoking cessation.
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State and local health agencies get grants
The nation’s largest private funder of health care research and development will make grants totaling $2 million to state and local public health agencies.
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Tumbleweed upgrades file transfer
Tumbleweed Communications recently added security, authentication and reliable delivery features to its SecureTransport product.
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Business transformation puts DLA in the know
Business transformation is starting to pick up steam at the Defense Logistics Agency.
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Satcom industry presses for long-term buying
The leader of Americom Government Services renewed the call for the Pentagon to come through with new procurement policies for commercial satellite service.
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Called to Account
Over the past five years, agencies increasingly have left the General Services Administration’s Federal Technology Service holding the bag—a very large bag of money.<@SM>
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New Jersey chooses ACS for electronic benefits deal
ACS will provide transaction processing, call-center services, account management, Web-based transaction inquiry, online reporting, retailer management for merchants and automated teller machine access.
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Networx bidders get extension
The General Services Administration has extended the deadlines for the two Networx contracts by 30 days.
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FRITB calls on SI International for call center, support services
The new call center will initially handle 30 percent of the call volume for the Thrift Savings Plan, and eventually will handle half of all phone traffic for the plan.
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Massachusetts Medicaid services deal awarded to Maximus
The commonwealth of Massachusetts awarded a four-year, $72 million contract to Maximus Inc. for a range of customer services for MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program.
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Forest Service again awards recreation contract to Reserve America
The Forest Service has reawarded a $97 million contract to ReserveAmerica for a single online federal recreation information and reservation service.
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E-Government run amok!
In the first half of 2004, when the Environmental Protection Agency solicited public feedback for a proposed rule that would limit mercury output from power plants, it received almost 540,000 comments over the Internet.
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HHS seeking physician qualifications Web portal
The Health and Human Services Department is seeking industry information about developing a nationwide verification system for qualifications of health-care professionals responding to a public-health emergency.
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Saflink, Microsoft work on mobile security
Saflink developed software, based on NetSign CAC smart card middleware, specifically for Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PCs.
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