Microsoft: Java worse than PDF as security threat
Java should be considered a top software security threat, even more so than Adobe PDF files, according to Microsoft's announcement issued today.
4G public safety network to undergo first tests
Telecom industry partners are being signed up for the public safety demonstration network being established by the Commerce Department to test LTE equipment for a 700 MHz nationwide public safety network.
What's on state CIOs' minds? Consolidation, cost control, health care.
Consolidation, virtualization, budget and health care are among the most critical policy or technology issues to be faced by state government in 2011, according to a recent NASCIO survey.
Kundra says agencies ready for real-time FISMA reporting tool
The CyberScope compliance tool, scheduled to go live Nov. 15, will replace annual paper reports on FISMA compliance with automated feeds of systems status.
Frustrated developers rip Microsoft in hidden source-code comments
Software developers working with Microsoft products express their frustrations with the company in comments hidden in source code.
DOD, DHS working on one-two punch for cybersecurity
The Defense and Homeland Security departments have launched an initiative to share analysts and coordinate their cyber operations to protect critical infrastructure in the United States.
Marathon looks to broaden fault tolerant computing
Marathon Technologies rolled out everRunMX software aimed at broadening the availability of fault tolerant computing.
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 released
Microsoft released its newest product update to System Center Configuration Manager 2007, which includes a handful of new features in its third version.
DOD cuts will slow overall fed IT spending growth
Federal spending on IT will increase slightly in the next five years. Who can expect to see their budgets grow and who faces cuts, according to new TechAmerica Foundation Vision survey forecasts.
Microsoft targets botnets in software security report
Microsoft released Volume 9 of its "Security Intelligence Report," which includes a section specifically honing in on the botnet problem.
The 2010 GCN Awards: 10 agency teams deliver 21st century projects
The 2010 GCN Awards highlight 10 IT projects -- and the men and women behind them -- that have earned this year's GCN Award for Agency IT Achievement.
Death (and close calls) by texting
After a near accident on the Capital Beltway, GCN Lab Director John Breeden II is beginning to see the value in products that lock down phones when users are in their vehicles.
Florida gets technical with evacuation maps
The Florida Coastal Mapping project combines data collection with disaster preparedness by collecting LIDAR data for coastal counties to estimate storm surge depths from hurricanes.
Texas biometrics program targets wanted illegal immigrants
Texas is going statewide with a Homeland Security Department program that searches the fingerprint records of inmates in local jails in search of illegal immigrants wanted for serious crimes. The controversial program is expected to be deployed in all U.S. counties by 2013.
Government takes the lead on IPv6 adoption
OMB's recent mandate for enabling IPv6 on public-facing government Web servers and internal agency networks is a welcome and much-needed step toward future-proofing the Internet.
Why the need for IPv6? Blame Vint Cerf.
The godfather of the Internet says it's his fault that we're running out of IP addresses.
How NOAA quickly developed an in-depth view of gulf oil spill
After the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon undersea oil well April 20, NOAA quickly established the Geospatial Platform to collect data from multiple agencies and make it available to the public and scientific community.
These are not your uncle's agency IT projects
The winners of this year GCN Awards for Government IT Achievement, many involving impressive scope, cross-agency cooperation and tight deadlines, are examples of how old barriers are being broken down.
Garing changed the game at DISA
When John Garing arrived at DISA in 1997, the agency was a fairly minor player in IT. More than a decade later, it's seen as an innovative developer of IT applications and services and a thought leader in developing areas such as cloud computing.
Cisco's Klein listens from the top down
Bruce Klein, who leads Cisco's federal division, earns high praise from government IT leaders for his approach to partnering with agencies.
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