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Interior loses Internet service following court mandate
Most Interior Department agencies began their first full week without Internet service today, as they complied with the Dec. 5 order of U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth to disconnect their systems from the Internet. The judge’s order stemmed from longstanding litigation over mismanaged American Indian trust funds and the vulnerability of the trust fund databases to hacking via the Internet.
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Security efforts can't be mailed in
Agencies need to ensure that their e-mail systems are as secure as possible
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Intercepts
White House to Name DOD Deputy CIO? DOD Enlists Private Sector to Bring Cheer; NORAD Tracking ... Santa
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Pushing the envelope
Greater product complexity and user needs raise the stakes for agency e-mail plans
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Dot-gov by design
Getting government Web sites to effectively provide information and transactions remains an elusive art
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IRS takes on old-style paperwork
The IRS has signed a licensing deal for software to scan reams of paper documents into its computer databases
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Tapping a data mother lode
CIA spin-off sees wealth of information in e-mail, Web pages and other sources
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Place security before politics
Bureaucratus column: Federal employees probably will be paid twice as much as their private-sector counterparts, attracting more skilled workers
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Siebel picks its targets
Vendor views customer relationship management as central to homeland security, e-government initiatives
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Logistics update pays dividends
The Air Force this month begins testing an update to one of its central logistics systems that could help supply its forces in the Middle East
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Gauging IT investments
A new process to evaluate information technology investments using science, statistics and mathematical models is getting so much attention that even the government's statistical experts will take it for a spin early next year
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Managers peg e-gov, culture as top concerns
Improving electronic services, not security, is the No. 1 challenge, according to study
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SAIC lands Spawar contract
SSC San Diego acquires engineering services to support voice and data communications
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Navy finds a more efficient mail call
Lotus Development Corp.'s Domino is helping the Navy streamline electronic communications with the ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets
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Ending a moot debate
Editorial: The debate over a national identification card has been unfortunately cast as Big Brother vs. civil liberties
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Pangea focuses on assistive technologies
The Pangea Foundation is developing a suite of middleware technologies to help application developers construct Web pages with assistive capabilities embedded in them
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Unions ready to fight Bush management plan
The Freedom to Manage initiative could be losing some of its momentum
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Latest FAIR lists set up battle lines
The latest list of federal jobs that are potential candidates for outsourcing has drawn stark battle lines between the private sector and government workers
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IT in play at Olympics
A new State Department visa system screens coaches and athletes for terrorist connections
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