Internaut: To keep up with PKI, agencies need XML, and vice versa
It's a daunting task to get multiple federal agencies to agree on an Extensible Markup Language standard for data sharing.
Power User: Speed up remote Net access and slow down attackers
If you work in a field office that's networked only through the Internet, and if recent attacks have made you a bit nervous about reaching your mission-critical Web sites, store the site names in a local DNS translation table.
Spam is no tasty treat for federal IT managers
Spam is a real pain in the can for government systems managers.
Preparedness campaign hits the Web
The Homeland Security Department has launched a site, <i>Ready.gov</i>, to augment its national publicity campaign for terrorism preparedness, which secretary Tom Ridge will unveil today.<br>
VoiceCon: Government voice, data are converging
Despite continuing security concerns, the federal government is moving faster than the private sector into voice over IP technology, a security expert says.<br>
What are the rules of cyberwar?
How well can the Bush administration's rules of cyberwar, widely rumored this week to be in the drafting stage, correspond to Geneva Convention principles?<br>
Navy Knowledge Online portal focuses on learning
The Navy's Knowledge Online portal has been attracting about 1,000 new users each day since its enterprise-wide rollout last month.<br>
WEB EXTRA: Mission Control -- Individuals aren't the only users of government services
Important performance improvement imperatives are now linked to the federal budget process.<br>
Georgia awards portal integration contract
Georgia last week awarded WebMethods Inc. a $2.8 million contract to integrate data and applications for the state's Web portal.<br>
Internet attacks are slowing but gaining sophistication
Overall attack activity on the Internet decreased during the last six months of 2002, according to a semiannual cyberthreat report from Symantec Corp.<br>
OPM adds fee-for-service online courses
The Office of Personnel Management yesterday introduced a fee-for-service component to the government's online learning portal.<br>
NIMA head says Web will transform agency
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has released a capstone document to technology vendors that spells out how the agency plans to unify its assets into a series of geographic information systems accessible from a Web browser.
Better patch management could have slowed Slammer
The worm that slowed Internet traffic around the world over the weekend didn't come as a complete surprise, Symantec Corp. president John Schwarz said today.
Web services are the future, panelists say
In a few years Web services will be silent fixtures inside computer screens, seamlessly translating and linking applications, panelists at a Washington trade show said today.<br>
IBM pushes Web services to mainstream
The government's installation of application servers is helping push Web services into the mainstream, IBM's director of Web services technology says.
Web services vendors find common ground
Their debate was billed as a showdown, but representatives of four Web services companies found a surprising amount to agree on, including the importance of using Extensible Markup Language and three other core specifications.<br>
FAA was ready for the Slammer, CIO says
System scanning and attention to patches helped the Federal Aviation Administration dodge the weekend's Internet worm.<br>
Navy will design a single face for its apps
The Navy is a few weeks away from establishing a policy that will serve as a blueprint for building an enterprise portal to replace thousands of portals in use throughout the service. <br>
Indiana network slammed by virus
The virus that shut down Internet access as far away as South Korea this weekend also disrupted online government services in America's heartland.<br>
HSD launches e-mail system and Web site
The Homeland Security Department has an e-mail system to connect its employees scattered across almost two dozen agencies, as well as a Web portal, at <i>www.dhs.gov</i>. <br>
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