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Iraq foils high-tech weapons inspections
Iraq has dismantled an automated video surveillance monitoring system installed by the United Nations at several weapons facilities, the CIA reports
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More than an update
Technically, the ICAC2 document updates the previous manual, published in 1994. But it actually is an overhaul that better accounts for some of the newer technologies used on the battlefield, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, the Conventional AirLaunched Cruise Missile and the Army Tactical Missile System.
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DLA taps Andersen for systems revamp
A hot competition to modernize information systems at the Defense Logistics Agency ended Aug. 10 when the agency tapped Andersen Consulting to provide up to $389 million in systems integration services for the Business Systems Modernization program.
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Des Moines takes e-gov plunge
City has chosen Netgov.com to create a Web site in which people can search an events calendar and pay tickets online
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Toxic info to stay off Web
Fearing that the global reach of the Internet will prove too helpful to terrorists, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have issued a final rule for keeping information about potentially deadly chemical spills at U.S. industrial plants off government World Wide Web pages.
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Policy revision aims to defeat friendly fire
Military officials in recent years have become increasingly worried that the sheer number of weapon systems to fill the airspace of the future battlefield will overwhelm battlefield command and control efforts and lead to a rise in deaths by friendly fire. But a recently published joint operations manual should ease many of those fears.
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Firm nabs FirstGov portal pact
A Northern Virginia company has been hired to build FirstGov, the federal government's official Internet portal.
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Navy handheld pilot program
Capabilities: Sending and receiving e-mail, coordinating daily and weekly schedules, and consolidating and coordinating checklists and databases.
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Ohio county court records go online
Butler County, Ohio, launched an Internet site last month that enables people to search court records.
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Air Force reaps savings
The Air Force announced last week that it saved $88,000 by using online reverse auctions to buy computer equipment.
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All Palms on deck
The Navy last month installed 32 infrared wireless communications ports and deployed 115 handheld computers aboard one of the most technologically advanced warships in its fleet as part of a pilot project that is changing the way sailors communicate at sea.
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Who wants to be a spy?
The CIA has broadened its recruitment efforts and is fishing for resumes on the Internet for its next generation of spies.
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Lieberman a boost to IT ticket
Electronic government advocates hailed the selection of Sen. Joseph Lieberman as the Democratic vice presidential candidate as a boost for information technology issues.
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Infosec education needs revamping, professor warns
One of the nation's top educators in information systems and security calls for a revolutionary change in the way the government, academia and industry cooperate
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FirstGov: All bark, no bite
We were hopeful about the plan that set out to develop a World Wide Web service to ?quot;promote access to government information organized not by agency, but by the type of service or information that people may be seeking.?quot;
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Feds lag behind states in e-gov efforts
Even though it's better financed, the federal government is jumping into egovernment at a slower pace than its brethren at the state and municipal levels, which are under intense pressure to provide online services,
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What helps, hampers the infosec profession?
According to a report by professor Corey Schou, chairman of the National Colloquium on Information Systems Security Education, efforts to address the shortage of skilled information workers have been hampered by:
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