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SSA's Web site taps in to Nixon tapes

MAY 1Anyone interested in what President Nixon had to say about Social Security can hear it from the horse's mouth, via links on the Social Security Administration's Web page.

By GCN
May 1, 2001

HHS and Labor sites hacked over weekend

APRIL 30Web sites at the Labor and Health and Human Services departments were hacked Saturday.

By GCN
April 30, 2001

OPM takes step into virtual world

APRIL 30The Office of Personnel Management has put the first batch of information from its Central Personnel Data File, Uncle Sam's governmentwide human resources information system, on the Internet.

By GCN
April 30, 2001

ASP concept is foreign to most feds, survey finds

APRIL 30Federal information technology executives are largely in the dark about application service providers and how their services work, a recent survey found. But respondents familiar with ASPs said such services offer benefits in areas such as better services and reduced costs.

By GCN
April 30, 2001

AT&T protests FTS 2001 awards, seeks new competition

APRIL 30AT&T Corp., an unsuccessful bidder on the General Services Administration's multibillion-dollar FTS 2001 program, has filed a protest of contracts awarded to Sprint Corp. and WorldCom Inc. and wants the competition reopened.

By GCN
April 30, 2001

AES encryption products expected soon

APRIL 30Products certified for the new Advanced Encryption Standard should be available almost as soon as the proposed standard receives formal approval, officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said last week.

By GCN
April 30, 2001

Ready or not, DOD rolls out smartcards

The Defense Department next month will begin a 13-month rollout of Common Access smart cards to 4 million active military, reserve and civilian personnel.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

Hey, federal kiosks need 508 fixes, too

They didn't meet to talk about systems accessibility; they mostly see their new group as an avenue for addressing the digital divide problem.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

On the trail of cybersmugglers

Federal agents helped rout an alleged Internet child pornography ring last month when four suspects in the United States and five in Russia were arrested.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

Agencies falling short on PDD-63, councils report

Slipshod implementation of Presidential Decision Directive 63 threatens the government's ability to meet its deadline for establishing protections for the nation's critical infrastructures, according to a new administration report.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

Hill panel laments IT security weaknesses

The government's failure to secure its information systems is leaving the federal infrastructure open to significant risk, witnesses this month told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

E-commerce raises the threat ante

One of the CyberSmuggling Center's major challenges is keeping up with constant changes in technology.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

Ancient wisdom coupled with IT helps border agents track criminals

Customs Service patrol officers along a 70-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona combine centuries-old tracking skills and high-tech devices to catch drug smugglers.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

GSA releases final FAR rules on Section 508

The General Services Administration last week released the final Federal Acquisition Regulation guidelines for making acquisitions comply with Section 508.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

IGs: Agencies' sites remain cookie jars

Designers revamping federal Web sites often turn agencies' servers into cookie monsters, a posse of inspectors general found in a review for lawmakers.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

Army's first digitized division touts success at war game

At every turn, danger lurked.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

Tax sites not taxed by heavy April traffic

Major tax Web sites performed well as the April 16 federal filing deadline loomed, according to site analyses.

By GCN
April 27, 2001

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SSA's Web site taps in to Nixon tapes

MAY 1Anyone interested in what President Nixon had to say about Social Security can hear it from the horse's mouth, via links on the Social Security Administration's Web page.

HHS and Labor sites hacked over weekend

APRIL 30Web sites at the Labor and Health and Human Services departments were hacked Saturday.

OPM takes step into virtual world

APRIL 30The Office of Personnel Management has put the first batch of information from its Central Personnel Data File, Uncle Sam's governmentwide human resources information system, on the Internet.

ASP concept is foreign to most feds, survey finds

APRIL 30Federal information technology executives are largely in the dark about application service providers and how their services work, a recent survey found. But respondents familiar with ASPs said such services offer benefits in areas such as better services and reduced costs.

AT&T protests FTS 2001 awards, seeks new competition

APRIL 30AT&T Corp., an unsuccessful bidder on the General Services Administration's multibillion-dollar FTS 2001 program, has filed a protest of contracts awarded to Sprint Corp. and WorldCom Inc. and wants the competition reopened.

Navy steams to the Web

APRIL 30The Navy is well into Web-enabling all of its business applications, Rear Adm. Kenneth Slaght told the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Jointable Technology Symposium in San Diego last week.

AES encryption products expected soon

APRIL 30Products certified for the new Advanced Encryption Standard should be available almost as soon as the proposed standard receives formal approval, officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said last week.

Feds create a stat 'Napster'

Peer-to-peer networking is making its government debut at <a href="http://www.FedStats.gov">www.FedStats.gov</a> and <a href="http://www.MapStats.gov">www.MapStats.gov</a>.

Ready or not, DOD rolls out smartcards

The Defense Department next month will begin a 13-month rollout of Common Access smart cards to 4 million active military, reserve and civilian personnel.

Hey, federal kiosks need 508 fixes, too

They didn't meet to talk about systems accessibility; they mostly see their new group as an avenue for addressing the digital divide problem.

On the trail of cybersmugglers

Federal agents helped rout an alleged Internet child pornography ring last month when four suspects in the United States and five in Russia were arrested.

Agencies falling short on PDD-63, councils report

Slipshod implementation of Presidential Decision Directive 63 threatens the government's ability to meet its deadline for establishing protections for the nation's critical infrastructures, according to a new administration report.

Hill panel laments IT security weaknesses

The government's failure to secure its information systems is leaving the federal infrastructure open to significant risk, witnesses this month told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

E-commerce raises the threat ante

One of the CyberSmuggling Center's major challenges is keeping up with constant changes in technology.

Ancient wisdom coupled with IT helps border agents track criminals

Customs Service patrol officers along a 70-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona combine centuries-old tracking skills and high-tech devices to catch drug smugglers.

GSA releases final FAR rules on Section 508

The General Services Administration last week released the final Federal Acquisition Regulation guidelines for making acquisitions comply with Section 508.

NIST reworks crypto rule

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is readying Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 for cryptographic devices'the first major update to the umbrella crypto standard since 1994.

IGs: Agencies' sites remain cookie jars

Designers revamping federal Web sites often turn agencies' servers into cookie monsters, a posse of inspectors general found in a review for lawmakers.

Army's first digitized division touts success at war game

At every turn, danger lurked.

Tax sites not taxed by heavy April traffic

Major tax Web sites performed well as the April 16 federal filing deadline loomed, according to site analyses.

MAY 1&#151;Anyone interested in what President Nixon had to say about Social Security can hear it from the horse's mouth, via links on the Social Security Administration's Web page.

APRIL 30&#151;Web sites at the Labor and Health and Human Services departments were hacked Saturday.

APRIL 30&#151;The Office of Personnel Management has put the first batch of information from its Central Personnel Data File, Uncle Sam's governmentwide human resources information system, on the Internet.

APRIL 30&#151;Federal information technology executives are largely in the dark about application service providers and how their services work, a recent survey found. But respondents familiar with ASPs said such services offer benefits in areas such as better services and reduced costs.

APRIL 30&#151;AT&T Corp., an unsuccessful bidder on the General Services Administration's multibillion-dollar FTS 2001 program, has filed a protest of contracts awarded to Sprint Corp. and WorldCom Inc. and wants the competition reopened.

APRIL 30&#151;The Navy is well into Web-enabling all of its business applications, Rear Adm. Kenneth Slaght told the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Jointable Technology Symposium in San Diego last week.

APRIL 30&#151;Products certified for the new Advanced Encryption Standard should be available almost as soon as the proposed standard receives formal approval, officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said last week.

Peer-to-peer networking is making its government debut at <a href="http://www.FedStats.gov">www.FedStats.gov</a> and <a href="http://www.MapStats.gov">www.MapStats.gov</a>.

The Defense Department next month will begin a 13-month rollout of Common Access smart cards to 4 million active military, reserve and civilian personnel.

They didn't meet to talk about systems accessibility; they mostly see their new group as an avenue for addressing the digital divide problem.

Federal agents helped rout an alleged Internet child pornography ring last month when four suspects in the United States and five in Russia were arrested.

Slipshod implementation of Presidential Decision Directive 63 threatens the government's ability to meet its deadline for establishing protections for the nation's critical infrastructures, according to a new administration report.

The government's failure to secure its information systems is leaving the federal infrastructure open to significant risk, witnesses this month told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

One of the CyberSmuggling Center's major challenges is keeping up with constant changes in technology.

Customs Service patrol officers along a 70-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona combine centuries-old tracking skills and high-tech devices to catch drug smugglers.

The General Services Administration last week released the final Federal Acquisition Regulation guidelines for making acquisitions comply with Section 508.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is readying Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 for cryptographic devices'the first major update to the umbrella crypto standard since 1994.

Designers revamping federal Web sites often turn agencies' servers into cookie monsters, a posse of inspectors general found in a review for lawmakers.

At every turn, danger lurked.

Major tax Web sites performed well as the April 16 federal filing deadline loomed, according to site analyses.

MAY 1Anyone interested in what President Nixon had to say about Social Security can hear it from the horse's mouth, via links on the Social Security Administration's Web page.

APRIL 30Web sites at the Labor and Health and Human Services departments were hacked Saturday.

APRIL 30The Office of Personnel Management has put the first batch of information from its Central Personnel Data File, Uncle Sam's governmentwide human resources information system, on the Internet.

APRIL 30Federal information technology executives are largely in the dark about application service providers and how their services work, a recent survey found. But respondents familiar with ASPs said such services offer benefits in areas such as better services and reduced costs.

APRIL 30AT&T Corp., an unsuccessful bidder on the General Services Administration's multibillion-dollar FTS 2001 program, has filed a protest of contracts awarded to Sprint Corp. and WorldCom Inc. and wants the competition reopened.

APRIL 30The Navy is well into Web-enabling all of its business applications, Rear Adm. Kenneth Slaght told the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Jointable Technology Symposium in San Diego last week.

APRIL 30Products certified for the new Advanced Encryption Standard should be available almost as soon as the proposed standard receives formal approval, officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said last week.