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Andersen Consulting lends expertise to intell agencies
Contract promises to free up three of the Pentagon's top intelligence agencies from daily administrative burdens
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Navy focuses IT training on info ops
The Navy has revamped its training program for information technology technicians and officers, focusing on the skills required to conduct network-centric warfare and information operations.
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Navy taps into Microsoft's popular Flight Simulator product
Armchair jet jockeys play Microsoft Corp.'s Flight Simulator on their PCs to capture a bit of the thrill of the real thing, which replicates an actual flight experience closely enough that this week the Navy made its customized version of Flight Simulator standard issue for all student naval aviators.
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Critical Bosnia communication contract up for grabs
The Army is seeking bids on the integral communications network that links U.S. forces in Bosnia with a satellitefed widearea network.
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Y2K global glitch list complete
The International Y2K Cooperation Center will release Monday a global scorecard on what it terms the minor impact of bad year 2000 date code had on computer systems worldwide.
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FBI beefs up cyberagent squads nationwide
The FBI plans to reinforce its mission to counter cyberattacks with the formation of new investigative teams specializing in computer intrusions and attacks at all 56 of its field offices around the country. The agency also plans to assign at least one computer forensics examiner to each field office.
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National security plan calls for security standards
Federal agencies planning information technology procurements will need to incorporate information assurance products, systems and services into major purchases, according to a new national computer security plan announced by President Clinton.
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Infrastructure plan: Governmentwide PKI key to cyberdefense
Protecting critical information infrastructures within the federal government requires the development of a governmentwide publickey infrastructure to ensure data integrity and user identification and authentication for traffic, such as email, carried over public networks.
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Government wooing best and brightest for cyberdefense mission
Don't want to join the Navy and see the world? Then how about hitching up with the Federal Cyber Services (FCS) and defending the nation's information systems?
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Former DISA chief goes global again with EDS
Electronic Data Systems Corp. tapped retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Albert. Edmonds, chief operating officer of the company's federal division in Herndon, Va., to spearhead the planned international expansion of its Government Global Industry Group.
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Army establishes Infowar "DMZ"
The Army plans to establish network security demilitarized zones (DMZs) at all its bases worldwide as part of a plan to beef up its cyberdefenses against network intrusions and attacks.
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DOD's deputy CIO leaving government for Internet start-up
John Hamre, who put the clout of his office behind information technology policies, issues and causes during his term as deputy secretary of Defense, will leave the Pentagon March 31 to become president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
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Hamre announces departure from Pentagon
John Hamre, who put the clout of his office behind information technology policies, issues and causes during his term as deputy secretary of Defense, will leave the Pentagon March 31 to become president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
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aperless contracting Here we are in the second week of 2000, and as far as I can determine, the Defense Department still uses paper by the boxcar to execute contracts, despite promises by John Hamre, deputy secretary of Defense, that the entire process would be digital. (See story, Page 68) Now, I know that man had a serious Year 2000 preoccupation, but one still wonders when the Pentagon will even come close to meeting this goal.
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Y2K rollover on Guam "a yawn"
Navy computer systems on Guam experienced such a routine millennium rollover that service personnel described it as a nonevent.
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DOD's IT shop find no Y2K glitches, hackers
One hour after midnight Zulu Greenwich Mean Time, which the majority
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DOD switches in Japan have no Y2K hiccups
The Defense Department's global network passed a key datecode milestone at midnight in Japan (10 a.m. EST), when four switches on that network running on Japan time switched to the Year 2000 without a blip.
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All submarine systems "go" at international date line
The 180 man crew of the USS Topeka nuclear attack submarine sailed the
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Koskinen says U.S. all clear for now; Russian scud a Y2K dud
A world that has been relatively calm during the Year 2000 rollover received minor jolt
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