SAML: The master key?
Cover story: GSA pushes the identity protocol for sharing credentials across organizational lines.
Security menaces for 2008
SANS Institute releases its list of attacks most likely to cause substantial damage this year.
Wireless rules for Oregon courts
High-speed connection links network and data facilities, supporting offices statewide.
States launch online voter registration sites
Minnesota, Ohio launch versions of an online tool to help military personnel and civilians living abroad navigate state and local voter registration requirements.
Meet me at AppExchange
Government-to-Government AppExchange is a peer-to-peer community where public-sector organizations can share on-demand software.
Congressional Web sites need work: study
Congressional Management Foundation evaluated more than 600 Web sites for both houses of Congress, their members and their committees'and found many of them lacking.
William Jackson | Web gets even more untrustworthy
Cybereye'commentary: The risk of visiting even a legitimate and trusted Web site has increased, and cannot be countered by blacklists or Internet usage policies.
Secure E-mail standard released
An international government-industry group has published specifications for a secure E-mail standard that is intended to let governments communicate securely and with their private-sector suppliers.
Library of Congress gets more interactive
The Library of Congress signs cooperative agreement with Microsoft to make the library's collection of historical artifacts more immediately available to patrons.
Mercury: up close and personal
NASA Web site to offer simulated views of what the Messenger spacecraft will see during its visit to the closest planet to the sun.
Don't have a cow?
Arizona's Agriculture Department recently unveiled a Web site for advertising lost and found livestock.
Karen Evans | The straight story on OMB's Internet connection policy
GCN Interview: The Office of Management and Budget's administrator for e-government and information technology clarifies the goals of the Trusted Internet Connections initiative.
Used munitions now on eBay
Online auction site now offers real, used military equipment at surprisingly affordable prices.
New year, new Storm Worm variant
MicroWorld Technologies identifies another variant of the venerable malware that is being spread through e-mails with the subject line 'Happy New Year' or 'Message for a new year.'
Two scripting languages refreshed
Both Perl and Tcl/Tk get new sets of features.
MathML hits 3.0
The World Wide Web Consortium has released a new working draft of a schema for representing mathematical notations in an Extensible Markup Language format.
Upgrade to help DOE transition to IP network
An upgrade of the Energy Department's voice network will help the agency maintain its existing voice services while transitioning to voice-over-IP capabilities.
FEC launches online tool mapping candidate spending
The Federal Election Commission launched a new online map tool that lets the public better track how congressional candidates are getting and spending their money.
ACSI: E-gov losing ground with citizens
The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index shows that citizens' enthusiasm for e-government may be waning.
Government IT security: Better than some, but could use work
Security awareness is good among government workers, and security practices often are better than in their private-sector counterparts, according to a recent study.
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