Breaking point
Don't be mistaken: Optical disks won't last forever.Many users think the disks are indestructible, but they are wrong, said Fred Byers, an IT specialist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Online Extra: OMB is defining final phase for e-gov projects
Each of the Office of Management and Budget's 25 Quicksilver e-government projects will be rolled out by the end of the summer, administration officials vow. Next: How they'll be used.<br>
Animal ID system speeds to a gallop
The Agriculture Department will accelerate development of an automated ID system that can trace an animal through the livestock marketing chain within 48 hours.<br>
NASA taps Accenture for more IFMP work
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has contracted with Accenture Ltd. to continue development and maintenance services for the space agency's Integrated Financial Management Program.
DHS slammed on database merger
The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee cited an assault by a deported felon in denouncing the administration's failure to provide FBI fingerprint data to the Border Patrol.<br>
Tax filers jumping on the e-train
Electronic filing of tax returns is running 9 percent ahead of last year, with more than 33.5 million returns e-filed through Feb. 27, the IRS said today.
TSA seeks weapons imaging devices
The Homeland Security Department's Transportation Security Administration plans to buy hundreds of machines that can detect concealed weapons carried by people entering airports.
Small-foot iMac has a lot of kick
The iMac all-in-one system with a 20-inch display is an amazing piece of hardware.Apple Computer Inc. invented the all-in-one way back in the days of the Mac Classic. A lot has changed since then, however.
USDA supports conservation planning software
The Agriculture Department has partnered with Deere & Co., of Moline, Ill., to provide agriculture management software.
Aces of space beat a full house
For most government workers, the most valuable piece of real estate is three or four square feet of space on their desks. Unfortunately, too much of that work area is hogged by a CRT monitor, keyboard, mouse and a CPU or two, not to mention a telephone and possibly a fax machine.
The lowdown on malware
<b>What's malware?</b> Software written for malicious purposes, such as:<ul><li>viruses, or programs that spread through altered or 'infected' data files</li><li>Trojan horses, or software that poses as something else to get a computer user to execute its function</li><li>spyware, or software that tracks the activities of a computer user and reports them back to the developer</li><li>back-doors, or software that provides a way for a hacker to circumvent security and gain access to functions of the computer the software is installed on.</li></ul>
Dangers in disguise
Pundits often throw around the phrase 'digital convergence' to describe how Internet and computing technologies are changing everything from television to telephone calls. But there's another, somewhat less friendly digital convergence happening on the fringes of the technology world'the merging threats of unsolicited e-mail marketing and malicious software.
Pushing for cybersecurity, e-gov
Sen. Susan Collins was born into a political family. Her mother and father each served at separate times as the mayor of Caribou, Maine. So it came as no surprise when her first job out of college in 1975 was working on the Washington staff of Maine Sen. William Cohen, an author of the Clinger-Cohen Act. After 12 years of working for the Republican lawmaker, Collins served as a cabinet secretary for Gov. John McKernan for five years and as head of the New England regional office of the Small Business Administration for a year.
GSA's new handbook reflects the rise of smart cards
With more than 4 million smart cards in use governmentwide, agencies are ready to take the technology beyond the experimental stage.<br>
DOD's James ships out to private sector
A veteran Defense Department IT manager has joined SI International Inc. as senior vice president of defense and intelligence business development.
Incoming
<b>Better mileage</b>. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, under its Connectionless Networks program, has hired seven contractors to develop techniques for reducing the amount of energy required for data transmission.
Marine Corps logistics systems are better on MERIT
Until a little over a year ago, managing the Marine Corps' logistics systems was a case of having too many balls in the air.'We had so many [systems] that were trying to collect and report on readiness data, and information generally was 30 to 90 days old,' said Michael A. Williamson, deputy director for studies and analysis for the Logistics Command in Albany, Ga.
AF sets sights on night-flight training
The Air Force is building a prototype system to simulate flying with night vision goggles to improve safety for F-16 undergoing training.Air Force officials said pilots need the simulation system, which will be delivered in September, because the service has seen a number of fatalities during night vision goggle training, in which pilots learned while flying.
VA offers IT buying services to agencies
Agencies can procure IT acquisition services through a new franchise program at the Veterans Affairs Department's Austin Automation Center in Austin, Texas.
FEMA frets about power line broadband
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is worried that sending data through power lines could disrupt its National Radio System.The agency responded to a notice of inquiry issued in May by the Federal Communications Commission on whether, or how, the agency should regulate an emerging technology called broadband over power line, or BPL.
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