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House urges format for drug info

The House passed a bill that requires HHS to administer an electronic format for drug data and funds state databases for controlled substances.

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ActivCard cuts prices on ID tokens

The company will offer them for a one-time price of $15 a token.

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Digi-Data enters tiered storage

The company says its Storm Xtreme Array looks like a single storage system to users, even though it's distributed throughout a network.

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Attensity finds scattered data

Officials working for the In-Q-Tel investment say the software can be used for intelligence, law enforcement and logistics.

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Navy awards authentication contract

Pax Naval Air Station will use I/O Software's SecureSuite XS to secure computers and network resources.

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Forest Service to use AT&T backbone

The company also announced a $7.5 million contract to upgrade the National Gallery of Art's Collections Management System.

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Vendors building high-performance knowledge system

Server could help intell agencies find relationships, connect the dots

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Will they do Windows?

Some high-performance computing centers use clusters that run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.

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Emergency preparedness deadlines loom

Officials push for progress on managing national incidents

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Managing user identities

Compliance, security issues drive identity management makeover

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Plugging security holes

Automated patch management: If not a panacea, it's the next best thing for fixing vulnerabilities

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Cluster headaches

Emerging file systems aim to relieve pain of Linux storage bottlenecks.

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AFS keeps going

Andrew File System (AFS) was among the early distributed file systems, but it continues to play a role amid newer developments.

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Interior's Internet disconnect

Side debate centers on judge's order to block agency's Internet access

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Beyond patch management

A few companies are beginning to add capabilities beyond patch management to their software.

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CRM crosses over

One of the few emerging software categories to survive the dot-com crash of the early 2000s was customer relationship management software.

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Grants team proposes pods of systems, not one

A task force charged with finding the best way to manage grants spending has recommended the Office of Management and Budget build on a consortium model instead of a centralized platform.

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Border Patrol expands fingerprint searches

Two fingerprint databases can be searched at the same time to see if illegal aliens are wanted by authorities.

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App lets Air Force, Navy gain control of workflow

The first year the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii began using Concerto software to accelerate the flow of projects, officials cut overtime by $9 million.

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From complex to the commonplace, EPA calls its own numbers

The Environmental Protection Agency’s finance and budget workers used to spend late nights and weekends trying to decipher the agency’s budget figures.