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HSARPA seeks the best of the new

When officials at the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency invited the private sector to present the latest and greatest technology to combat terrorism, they were inundated with more than 500 white papers.

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Real genius

Changing security needs spark innovative tech development

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Army buys Linux cluster

The Army Research Laboratory bought a 2,132-Intel processor Evolocity II from Linux Networx.

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Emergency alert system yields valuable lessons

Oregon's Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security (RAINS) is an emergency alert system rather than a system for cybersecurity alerts

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Voting bill still stalled

Legislation to have touch-screen voting machines generate a paper record remains stalled in the House.

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What tomorrow may bring

Government challenges industry to develop software to help predict terrorist actions

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Pushing the integration envelope

DHS faces technical, cultural issues as it combines 22 agencies

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Pentagon to cancel Comanche

DOD will announce the termination of the Comanche helicopter program, according to Defense and industry officials.

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DHS pursues performance

The Homeland Security Department is employing performance-based contracting methods, a move consistent with the organization's use of commercial best practices.

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Tips for partnering with vendors

In a field as cutting edge as pattern-recognition technology, where satisfactory shrink-wrapped solutions are few and far between, choosing which vendors and which promising products to work with can be challenging.

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Air Force centralizes, streamlines IT purchases

It's a new strategy from the Air Force Information Technology Commodity Council.

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DOD, VA look to link

Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department are working to coordinate the delivery of benefits and services to veterans who leave active service.

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DHS goes commercial when it can

The commercial sector may serve as a template for how Homeland Security Department officials structure the agency, but the extent to which DHS borrows from industry will vary depending on the project.

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Where pattern recognition fits

Most pattern-recognition applications often operate in conjunction with existing data repositories and content management systems to add structure to unstructured data, such as e-mail messages and field intelligence reports.

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Par for the course

Why the fairway has become an extension of the federal IT market

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Staying off spammers' lists

A bit of behavior modification can make a difference.

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NASA sets Web mark

Space agency officials say the recent landings on Mars are the most popular federal event ever in terms of Web traffic.

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DOD pulls plug on Internet voting overseas

After initially defending its Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment against criticism that it was not secure enough, the Pentagon cancelled SERVE plans for this fall’s presidential election.

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DHS will be shopping at DOD’s EMall

The Homeland Security Department earlier this month announced it will use a tailored version of the Defense Department’s EMall portal to buy goods and services from existing DOD contracts. EMall will also carry items that can be procured through DHS contracts.

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U.S., Mexico expand border lanes

New border security measures include expansion of dedicated electronic commuter and commercial lanes.