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Intercepts

Three-letter envy; Segway: A modern-day chariot?; Air Force stocking stuffer

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Ohio official blocks touch screen voting

Makers of electronic voting machines must fix security weaknesses before Ohio voters will be allowed to use them, a state official said.

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Treasury to expand info center

The department and industry partners plan to launch a new, expanded version of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

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Council ideas save Air Force $4 million

Three commands consolidated PC purchases by following strategies developed by the Air Force Information Technology Council.

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DFAS gets a new Shine

Pat Shine will be acting director for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.

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US-VISIT lacks privacy assessment, Lieberman says.

The Democratic co-author of the E-Gov Act says the entry/exit system's biometric components should have been considered from a privacy standpoint.

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Security groups look at community needs, security governance

Five task forces formed at the National Cyber Security Summit have until March 1 to develop measures.

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Industry groups release security tools

TechNet and the Information Technology Association of America rolled out cybersecurity evaluations for companies to use.

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Hardware coming for defense credentialing pilot

The military will distribute DCIS equipment to four companies.

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Corpus Christi port buys security technology

Adesta will get $1.8 million to install cameras, software, sensors and an access control system linked on a fiber network.

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Reclamation drops 'acting' from CIO's title

Randy Feuerstein is now the Bureau of Reclamation's CIO ? period.

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GAO sees weak discipline of DOD purchase offenders

The Defense Department often does not take strong enough disciplinary action against abusers of purchase cards, the General Accounting Office officials say.

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Lieberman blasts Bush on terrorist lists

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee says the administration is taking too long to merge watch lists.

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OMB wants 2004 to be a breakthrough year for e-gov

The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to achieve "breakthrough performance," a top administrator says.<br>

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SF adopts crime mapping tool

Police in San Francisco use CrimeMAPS to plot crime data and filter it through geospatial layers.

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GSA may overhaul suspension database

A proposed rule would create a Web-based Excluded Parties List System

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Intelligence officials call for info-sharing organization

A federation or network of networks, is the cornerstone of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing plan.

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USC to study terrorism and economics

The university will get $12 million in federal funding to establish the first Center for Excellence under a Homeland Security program.

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Utah eREP merges welfare systems

The Utah Cares is the first component of the state's Electronic Resource and Eligibility Product.

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Entry/exit registration ended

Individuals tracked under the National Security Entry/Exit Registration system won't have to re-register anymore after a year and a month.