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TIGTA: The IRS lacks secure Web servers

With unauthorized servers, the Internal Revenue Service risks having someone illicitly access taxpayer and personally identifiable information.

Modernization

Pointers: Recommended readings 08-25-08

Check out these Web sites and other online resources.

People

Polishing your Twitter skills

Twitter users tell newcomers to dive in into the Twitter world while providing a few tips.

People

Psst! Are you Twittering yet?

It’s no secret: Using Twitter’s short and sweet message blasts can be a great way to communicate.

People

DHS seeks Privacy Act exemptions

The Homeland Security Department wants to exempt its new immigration-related Fraud Detection and National Security Data System from some provisions of the Privacy Act.

People

Analysis tool exempt from some privacy laws

The Homeland Security Department has exempted a new data analysis tool from some provisions of the Privacy Act.

People

Tracking a cyberattack

During the conflict between Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, attacks were launched against Georgia’s Internet infrastructure by unidentified attackers.

People

Buzz of the Week: A cyberwar paradox

There was an odd juxtaposition last week between the Russian/Georgian conflict and the Defense Department’s cyber warfare efforts.

People

Twitter takes flight in Congress

Political advocates and the presidential campaigns have spurred broader use of the social-networking technology among lawmakers in recent weeks.

People

Missing laptop found, but security questions remain

A vendor in TSA’s Registered Traveler program temporarily lost a laptop containing the unencrypted personal enrollment data of thousands of program participants.

People

The tech challenge

Fusion center advocates face technical challenges dealing with accessibility and data-sharing across classified and unclassified data platforms.

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What next for fusion centers?

The infrastructure for a locally run, nationwide intelligence-sharing network is ready. Now what?

People

Feds set sights on small screen

Experts say diving into Web video isn’t as expensive or difficult as might be expected.

People

Life in the tech age

An Internet marketing consultant provides tips and comments on technology in today’s world…including Bluetooth earpieces.

People

Who is watching your online image?

Social-networking expert Andy Beal advises agencies on how to manage their reputations in a Web 2.0 world.

People

DOD broadens PKI parameters

The Defense Department has decided to accept public-key infrastructure certificates from outside parties for the first time.

People

Williams GSA nomination blocked; options weighed

Bush administration has some options to get around the hold, according to observers.

People

Sharing information – and fears

Information sharing environment has made progress, but its future is unclear.

Digital Government

Letter: P-R-I-V-A-C-Y

A former Bush administration official points out that privacy policies are only as good as the mindset of those enforcing them.

Digital Government

Privacy Act II

Debate continues about whether lawmakers need to rewrite privacy rules to accommodate new technologies.