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New squadron tests space weaponry

A new Air Force squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., will test prototypical weapons for controlling space

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Navy builds virtual community

The Navy has developed a portal to offer SWOs deployed worldwide easy access to information

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State debuting dynamic site

The State Department is archiving its current Web site and replacing it with an overhauled, databasedriven site

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DOD exec to thwart cyberspies

In its annual report, the Pentagon says it intends to create a national counterintelligence executive

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IT firms unite to share security info

Nineteen companies formally announced the creation of a fourth center to help protect the nation's critical information systems

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NOAA builds networks in Africa

NOAA, with the help of USAID, is building a communications network in Africa to talk about the weather

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DOD network attacks level off

The number of detected attacks on unclassified DOD networks has leveled, according to JTFCND commander, speaking at the AFCEA AsiaPacific conference

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Allied IT funding vital

NATO must commit resources to developing abilities outlined in the Defense Capabilities Initiative, Defense Secretary William Cohen said

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State examines online news service

The State Department is looking into 'cyberstations' that would carry news drawn from local, state, national and international sources

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Experts: E-gov examples shine abroad

If the new president needs some ideas about egovernment, he ought to look at Bulgaria, a group of government experts advises

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Students' site scores State award

The State Department gave its firstever Digital Diplomacy Award to three students who created a Web site to draw attention to world hunger

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Computer-based exercise joins U.S., Norway

Sailors aboard a Navy ship conducted a computerbased training exercise last week with Norwegian counterparts thousands of miles away

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Navy assessing intranet outside U.S.

The Navy is conducting a business case analysis to expand NMCI to its installations outside the continental United States

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Responding internationally

International cybercrime attacks on missioncritical government or private computers from across national boundaries is an increasing threat. Can governments respond?

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Building a global web

Pentagon officials hope the Smart Sensor Web, like the World Wide Web, will serve the international community because so many conflicts and peacekeeping efforts have a distinct international flavor.

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Data on demand

The Pentagon is collaborating with five countries on the Smart Sensor Web project, a sweeping effort to weave together the most extensive sensor program across the Defense Department into one World Wide Weblike battlefield system.

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Net diplomacy

It has become a cliche, but it's true: With the explosive growth of the Internet in the past decade, no one does business the same way anymore.

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The limits of Net diplomacy

The Internet may be able to deliver previously banned or unedited information into the heart of repressive regimes, but the effects that information may have are limited.

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DOD tackling global logistics

The armed services are attempting to streamline logistics systems to speed accurate data to warfighters, enhancing their ability to make battlefield decisions

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Internet diplomacy on the rise

The challenge for the State Department is to use the Internet to further its diplomatic mission, according to Ira Magaziner, a former White House adviser