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Army opening biometrics center
The Army is on the verge of opening a new R?#038; Amp;D facility for developing advanced biometrics technologies
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One last Y2K lesson: 'People get the job done'
The Year 2000 Information Coordination Center officially closes this month, owing much of its success to teamwork
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Infosec poses allied communication challenge
The war in Kosovo offered examples of how lack of planning and restrictive security policies can hamper allied interoperability
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Army transformation built around IT
The rapid explosion of information available to potential foes is driving the Army's transformation to a lighter and more lethal force
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Reno: Band together against cybercrime
Attorney General says cybercrime has to be fought internationally through the cooperation of law enforcement and industry
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Alliance forms for e-gov industry standards
GovWorks, a provider of electronic government services, has announced an alliance to establish a code of e-gov conduct
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Software a 'Click' for smaller governments
Tidemark Solutions is unveiling products that target smaller governments that do not have the resources to provide e-gov applications
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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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