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Federal-state e-authentication project pays off

When employees for the City of Chicago file reports on the discharge of wastewater into public waterways, they fill out an online form and press a few keys.

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Army awards e-learning contracts

The contracts support a program that gives soldiers access to college and vocational courses online.

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Carroll appointed as CIO for Ohio

Gov. Bob Taft said Carroll was ideally suited to set strategic directions for information technology operations in the state.

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DOD builds health library for deployed troops

An online library will help service members and others understand the risks that come with the assignment.

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How strong is your password? NIST has some formulas

Entropy is a measure of disorder within a system.

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DISA extends date for circuit bids

Sept. 1 is now the deadline for placing bids to provide circuits that will connect bases nationwide to GIG-BE.

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Incoming

Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of Naval Operations who has long been an advocate for transformational weapons systems and integrating Navy information systems with those of the other services, retired late last month.

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Army pilots automated logistics system

IBM products help soldiers remotely repair vehicles and replenish supplies.

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Navy gives new office IT budget authority

IT office to manage $2 billion in spending onn enterprise-wide technology systems.

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State to buy PDAs for telework overseas

A pilot program last year showed that State personnel want international access to the Internet and their calendar and contacts.

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Arkansas renews deal with NIC for e-government services

Arkansas has awarded a three-year, multimillion-dollar contract renewal to NIC Inc. to continue providing e-government portal services.

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PSST: the password is...

Passwords are among the oldest and still most commonly used forms of authentication.

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DOD IG finds trouble with GSA buys

Many purchases the IG studied lacked proper planning or did not follow acquisition regulations.

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OPM: Student loans can pay off

Federal agencies can repay as much as $10,000 for an employee in a calendar year, which can be an incentive for them to stay.

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DHS readies IT acquisitions

Agency plans two major buys, one for leading edge solutions, the other for commercial products.

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Architecture efforts coming to a head

Among the initiatives slated for delivery in September are federal enterprise architecture products for records management and geospatial information.

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GSA gets new inspector general

The General Services Administration's new inspector general is Brian Miller, a former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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AFCEA Bethesda chapter elects new slate of officers

Phil Kiviat, a consultant with Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates, is the new president.

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Justice sex offender Web site goes live

The Justice Department has launched a Web site that allows the public to search for sex offenders in their communities.

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Intercepts

Beaming up the White House. How do you say 'task order' in Romanian? An In-Q-Tel for Navy? SRA's big signing. Meyerrose slotted for DNI CIO job?