National Guard couple weds via Internet
Shadow Evans and Richard Everton, both sergeants in the Massachusetts National Guard, were married earlier this month by videoconference'the bride in Iraq and the groom in Colorado.
NIH sets A-76 competition for help desk
The Health and Human Services Department is starting a competition for IT help desk services at the department's National Institutes of Health, under the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76 to reduce government costs.
Putnam, Davis seek changes to Clinger-Cohen
Reps. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) and Tom Davis (R-Va.) last week added proposed language to four sections of the 1996 Clinger-Cohen Act, which governs how agencies make their IT investments.
Admiral Munns moving up from NMCI command
Rear Adm. Charles L. Munns, director of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, will leave his position later this year to take over as commander of the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force in Norfolk, Va.
Senate gives workers A-76 protest rights
The Senate last week moved a step closer to giving federal employees the right to protest public-private competitions to the General Accounting Office.
OPM launches teleworking seminar online
With only about 14 percent of eligible federal employees teleworking, the Office of Personnel Management is looking to the Web to promote its benefits.
DHS takes on human resources
The Homeland Security Department is considering proposals from five companies it invited to compete for an unadvertised, $175 million human resources project.
Deep Web
Scientists at federal agencies have filled billions of database fields and millions of Web pages with their research results. Until recently, much of it was inaccessible to commercial search engines.
MediaRacer 1000 boosts video security
When you can't tell whether a grainy surveillance video is showing a suspect or your own mother, it means the security network is not very well arranged.
The lowdown on firewalls
<b>What is it?</b> A firewall is nothing more or less than a filter that attempts to block data streams you don't want to enter or leave your network. They accomplish this in several ways, including blocking all traffic over some ports. A firewall also can restrict traffic according to originating IP addresses or by constantly monitoring the stream of data and trying to determine which traffic is legitimate and which may be malicious.
Interagency committee identifies steps to citizen-centered Web site
The Interagency Committee on Government Information last week recommended seven steps agencies can take to make their Web sites more accessible.
A fluid line of defense
Firewalls are an essential element of network protection, though they're not the whole package.
Incoming
<b>Training contract</b>. The Army has awarded a $74.1 million contract to AT&T Government Solutions of Vienna, Va., to develop simulated battlefield training systems under its One Tactical Engagement Simulation System program.
Defense medical records system is rolling out ahead of schedule
Defense Department officials say military units are already ahead of schedule in meeting a recent mandate by President Bush for federal agencies to keep electronic health records of personnel and their families.
Transit group seeks common farecard system
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates Metrorail and Metrobus in the national capital area, wants to make its farecard system compatible with the common ID card being developed for federal employees.
Power User: Security trumps backward compatibility
Government agencies are seldom in the forefront when a new operating system comes along, and that's good sense. The only time I risk installing brand-new software is when I'm being paid to evaluate it.
Handhelds keep USPS managers in touch
As the government sharpens its focus on agencies' ability to maintain services in the wake of a disaster, the Postal Service has turned to handheld devices.
Blu-ray: The next generation of disk
As agencies such as Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives move from 650M of storage per CD-ROM to DVDs that can store 4.7G, the optical-disk industry itself is advancing beyond DVD.
Data to go
A field agent trying to defuse a bomb has no time to hurry back to the office and look up details about the explosive in question.
Letters to the editor
The article 'Cleansed agency data may still ID individuals' that appeared on the GCN Web site (go to <a href= "http://www.gcn.com">www.gcn.com</a> and enter 250 in the Quickfind box) misrepresents not only the specifics but also the tone and thrust of my presentation at the National Conference on Digital Government Research.
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