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5 wireless mistakes to avoid

Deploying WLANs requires network management, security skills

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Office code opens to gov't

The offer applies to the government of any nation using Microsoft products.

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5 Web services that matter

Extending applications beyond the enterprise

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CA bundles storage apps

BrightStor r11.1 includes BrightStor Storage Resource Manager, SAN manager and CA-Vantage SRM.

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Complexity slows FAA Delphi rollout

The Federal Aviation Administration’s installation of a new financial system has created a steep learning curve for its users.

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TSA site lets travelers check wait time

The Transportation Security Administration didn’t wait around when it decided to put security checkpoint length-of-wait information online.

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Md. untethers Sailor

The Maryland network that connects libraries, agencies and citizens is moving into the wireless world.

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Sharing-in-savings leaves many in the dark

There’s been much talk this year about the potential in government for share-in-savings contracting, in which a vendor provides some or all development funds for a project and gets paid out of the resulting savings.

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Paper Cut

The Office of Management and Budget last year began requiring all Exhibit 300 data to be tagged in Extensible Markup Language—a change that distressed more than a few agency planners.

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Five lines-of-business projects are under way

Finance and human resources are two of five lines-of-business consolidation efforts.

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SBA attributes agency ‘greening’ to better management, accountability

Not too long ago, the Small Business Administration’s IT projects were in disarray. But management practices instituted by Stephen Galvan, now SBA’s chief of staff and chief operating officer, and deputy CIO Jerry Williams started to take hold. <@SM>

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Navy may face problems with DD(X) engineering development models

As the Navy builds and tests 10 subsystems under its multibillion-dollar DD(X) warships program, the Government Accountability Office has found that none of the technologies used in the engineering development models will demonstrate a high level of maturity before a contract is awarded for construction of the first ship.

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From e-forms to workflow

When sales representatives from Adobe Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. come calling to chat about electronic forms, they will say that e-forms and workflow are closely intertwined.

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Power of the portal

Technology has always been an enabler for knowledge management, but “for the first time portal technology is now the driver,” the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.’s Elsa Rhoads says.

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OMB to call for shared finance and HR apps

The Bush administration is crafting a plan to outsource the government’s financial and human resources processing to vendors and federal service centers. <b>Tim Young</b>, OMB’s associate administrator for e-government and IT, has said the plan involves “...IT hosting services at a minimum."

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Army centralizes IT services and applications

The Army’s third version of its knowledge management portal will make it easier for users to share a key resource—information.

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Mobotix upgrades camera system

The new M10-Day/Night features a megapixel sensor with 1,280 x 960 resolution, a frame rate of up to 25 frames per second and a light sensitivity 10 times higher than previous models.

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Networx stays on track

Despite lingering concerns among some industry executives, a sweeping new telecommunications contract is rapidly solidifying, GSA officials said.

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Linux Standard gets upgrade

It includes an application binary interface for C++ and support for both 32- and 64-bit chips.

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Input sought on governmentwide case management system

The Office of Management and Budget and the Justice and Homeland Security departments are asking for vendor input on how to develop a governmentwide investigative case management system.