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Symantec toughens mobile security
Client Security 2.0 combines antivirus, firewall and intrusion-prevention tech for remote users and handheld devices.
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IRS to use Symark software
Symark's PowerPassword will be used to strengthen the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information on Unix servers.
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Veritas launches document storage management software
Veritas Software Corp. of Mountain View, Calif., has released software that will help agencies automatically file and dispose of electronic documents.<@SM>
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New network cuts Pa. county's costs
The third largest county in Pennsylvania expects a new fiber-optic system to pay for itself by July 2005.
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9-11 Commission keeps network secure
Tech managers with the commission have set up a VPN.
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You can take it with you
Handhelds close to delivering anywhere Internet access, but security, display issues remain
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Army comes to attention on biz apps
The Army needs help.<@SM>Faced with wrangling its financial systems into a coherent structure, it’s turned to integrators for a hand with an effort that has so far eluded the service.
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MCI to settle overbilling claims
MCI will pay the Justice Department $27 million to settle claims that it overbilled government customers under the FTS 2001 contract.
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Va. power co-op lights up broadband
The Central Virginia Electric Cooperative's Broadband-Over-Powerline system will get a pilot test in Nelson County.
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The human touch
If human resources departments haven’t always emphasized the human element of their work, traditional HR management systems have barely tried.<@SM>Most legacy systems, many of them homegrown and outdated, generally support payroll processing and core functions such as benefits administration, and time and attendance.
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E-forms on the fly at BLM
E-forms and smart cards are intertwined at the Bureau of Land Management. “Together they reduce the cost of operations,” Bob Donelson said. “They merge the physical with the logical.”
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Bush budget shortchanges IRS, oversight board says
The Bush administration’s proposed fiscal 2005 budget will hamstring the IRS’ ability to upgrade it systems properly, the IRS Oversight Board says in a report it’s releasing today.
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California CIO works to rebuild trust in his team
Faced with the wreckage of a collapsed IT department, a government teetering on bankruptcy and a new boss whose most famous role is as an evil cyborg, California CIO <b>J. Clark Kelso</b> still sees his state as “the land of dreams and innovation. We’ve overcome challenges before.”
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SBA approves Qwest subcontractor program
The agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency have given their seal of approval to the company's Small Business Program, company officials announced today.
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Iraqi telecom pact goes to Boeing
Boeing received a $35 million contract to provide telecommunications services to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
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