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Agencies act to secure the future
In the charge to protect computer systems against cyberattacks, the National Security Agency and the State Department are two prime examples of agencies that have taken a proactive approach.
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Secure middleman
When one agency receives an electronic transaction created using a private key that corresponds to a public key issued by the sender's certificate authority (CA), the receiving agency has to determine that the certificate carrying that public key originated from a trusted source.
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Navy merges paperless initiatives
The Navy has taken a major step toward simplifying its electronic procurement process by combining the efforts of two major paperless contracting programs
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Navy enlists handhelds
Navy pilots and their crews face an avalanche of forms and checklists that must be completed before, during and after every flight, even the most routine training missions.
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Online informants
Agencies winning favorable comments from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for posting useful, searchable data on their Web sites
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Feds faulted for tough IT hiring requirements
Anyone filling a junior technical position on the Army's Software Support Services Umbrella 3 contract must have at least three years of experience. No recent college graduates will be considered.
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Programming the Palm
In order to build a handheld computerbased interface to the base's flight tracking software system, personnel at the Naval Air Station in North Island, Calif., used a tool from Pendragon Software Corp. called Pendragon Forms.
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Planes, trains, autos all on one site
A new World Wide Web site being launched this fall will bring together information about planes, trains and automobiles, helping people ranging from the general public to expert researchers obtain data that would normally require visiting multiple Transportation Department offices and Web sites.
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Misguided guidance
I applaud the onrush of electronic government, but I want to make two points about the GPEA guidance published by OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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Streamlining DOD travel regs
The Defense Integrated Travel and Relocation Solutions Office, an office of the secretary of Defense, is trying to re-engineer the fragmented and time-consuming way permanent-duty travel is coordinated.
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Bridge players
The Treasury Department is overseeing construction of the Federal Bridge Certificate Authority
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Pentagon racing to reform procurement
New acquisition process will provide contractors with greater flexibility and enable DOD to field systems before they become obsolete
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Choosing wisely
A recent experience at the doctors office makes me wonder whats become of my health plan.
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How it works
Researchers use multiple laser beams and a crystal of ceriumdoped, strontium barium niobate crystal to create and read a 3dimensional holographic image of an object.
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Army lab explores new dimension in data storage
Army researchers in July expect a major breakthrough in 3D holographic technology that eventually could be used for storing vast amounts of visual data, potentially revolutionizing applications for command and control, simulation, security and Hollywood moviemaking.
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Cyberdefense mired in Cold War
A false sense of cybersecurity has allowed costly Cold War-era Pentagon programs to siphon money from IT and security programs
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Hill, OMB debate putting info online
On one thing both sides agree: Over the past four years, the federal government has made substantial progress toward making information available to the public via the Internet.
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Energy chastised over security
The scandal over two missing computer drives containing nuclear secrets from the Los Alamos National Laboratory is raising new questions about whether the Energy Department can handle security at its defense facilities
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Citizen PKI project under way
A distant cousin to the Federal Bridge Certificate Authority (FBCA) is the General Services Administration's Certificate Arbitrator Module (CAM)
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