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Looking for Buy-in
Of course, none of this will come to pass if the 13 divisions at HHS don't buy into it. But Burns believes the project has a good chance of succeeding because Enterprise Infrastructure Management will centralize IT management without changing the decentralized nature of HHS.
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The Circuit
Scientists at the Energy Department's laboratories don't like polygraphs one bit, according to a new report from the House Intelligence Committee. Investigators said employees at one laboratory wear buttons that say, 'Just say no to the polygraph.' Other lab employees expressed the view, 'You trusted me to win the Cold War, now you don't.'
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Closing a deadly digital divide
Cancer institute seeks Internetsavvy solutions to spread vital information
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Supercomputer souped up
IBM Corp. shipped the most powerful supercomputer in the world to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory last week, enabling scientists to monitor the condition of nuclear weapons without having to detonate them.
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GAO again fails Energy security
The Energy Department was forced to take two of its laboratories off the Internet for as long as a week after hackers attacked computer systems at least four times, the General Accounting Office said in a report made available on June 30.
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Spreading the word
The National Cancer Institute suggested other programs that could help spread the word about cancer prevention
People
Supercomputer blows away all others
A new IBM supercomputer will help determine the condition of U.S. nuclear weapons without detonating them
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Technology cracks genetic code
Scientists have completed a rough map of the human genome a milestone using computer technology that is expected to pave the way for a new age in medicine
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DOE ignored year-old security report
The latest security lapse at the Los Alamos National Laboratory underscores how little the Energy Department has done to follow security steps outlined in a report compiled by a presidential commission.
People
Steering a course to a less taxing government
Early in the morning, Midori Morgan-Gaide is not thinking about computer systems.
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The circuit
When the Federal Trade Commission asked Congress to pass legislation requiring Internet companies to follow 'fair information practices,' House Republican leaders saw the request as fair game in the preelection guerrilla war they are waging on the White House. The FTC wants a law requiring ecommerce companies to give consumers 'conspicuous' notice when personal information is collected, options on how their personal information can be used, a chance to see what the company has collected on them and assurances that their information will be kept secure.
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Energy orders tighter security
Tough new security measures follow the latest security breach at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Web inventor: Let it be free
Tim BernersLee says Web formats should be standardized but that the Web should be free to develop unfettered by government interference
Acquisition
NIH to open bidding on major IT contracts
Bidding opens July 3 for CIOSP 2, a $10 billion program, and Image World, a $15 billion program
Digital Government
The Customs crisis
The agency's ailing import system shows how old ways of funding put IT infrastructure at risk
People
Energy chastised over security
The scandal over two missing computer drives containing nuclear secrets from the Los Alamos National Laboratory is raising new questions about whether the Energy Department can handle security at its defense facilities
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The Circuit
With all the angst over missing computer hard drives at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rep. Bart Stupak (DMich.) was quick to point out that his public library is better at keeping track of library books than the government is at keeping track of nuclear secrets.
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