OPM launches Katrina Web site for feds
The Office of Personnel Management today unveiled a Web site to centralize information for federal employees affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
USPS urges Katrina victims to e-file address change requests
Bracing for a historic number of relocations, the U.S. Postal Service is asking those displaced by Hurricane Katrina to use the Internet to file change of address requests.
Energy Department using Web to collect price gouging data
The Energy Department is collecting information on possible price gouging at the gas pump through its Web site.
Yahoo Konfabulator
Even though it is called a 'desktop,' the backdrop display on your PC certainly doesn't have very many of the handy tools usually found on top of your actual desk.
IRS requires professional e-filers to use approved encryption
The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency's Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.
Hurricane Katrina jolts NOAA's Web traffic
Traffic on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Web site has increased exponentially in response to public interest in hurricane Katrina.
Copyright's IE-only site catches heat
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is caught in the middle of a heated online debate about a proposal to limit full use of a new copyright registration Web site, even if temporarily, to only one browser.
NMCI's mobile users pick up more speed
Mobile users of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet are getting high-speed access to the portal. The Navy expects to deploy a software broadband to 60,000 employees who use notebook PCs by December.
Fuel for thought
For anyone concerned about gasoline prices'and that might be a few people'the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have a useful Web site: www.fueleconomy.gov.
Arizona hears the call of IP telephony
Several agencies move to a converged IP network and see immediate benefits.
Air Force personnel warned of personal data breach
The Air Force has begun notifying more than 33,000 airmen throughout the service that much of their personal information was stolen from the online Assignment Management System.
Web-based tools help CDC put medical know-how where it's needed
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to have a single, if challenging, job: acting as the public health department for the federal government.
It Pays to be Persistent
The Energy and Defense departments are minimizing 'document not found' messages by using persistent identifiers.
New app will help Navy keep tabs on its records
NEW ORLEANS'After more than five years of planning, the Navy is getting an enterprise records management system via the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet portal.
Quadrennial review to focus on new threats
The Defense Department will soon be asked to anticipate events two decades into the future.
NIST relaunches database of IT vulnerabilities
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has completely rewritten its old ICAT vulnerability Web site and relaunched it as the National Vulnerability Database, a more timely and comprehensive source of information about IT security threats.
Justice launches distributed site of sex offender data
The Justice Department has launched a Web site that lets the public search for sex offenders in their communities.
Test drive: Windows Vista shows promise for security
Late last month, Microsoft Corp. released the first official beta version of Vista, aka Longhorn, aka the next version of the Windows operating system.
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet now accessible via laptop
The Navy recently deployed a broadband solution to enable users to log onto the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet portal from their laptop computers.
Education is best defense for targeted phishing, CISOs say
Security exercises conducted by West Point and New York state's CISO found that many e-mail recipients fall for phishing scams that appear to have been sent from within their own organizations.
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