Utah's award-winning Web site
Utah's official web portal has earned multiple awards during the past two years in recognition of its innovative use of technology.
Citrix offers advanced management
Citrix Systems' new product line brings advanced management and automation capabilities to the Citrix and Microsoft virtualization platforms.
Agreement reached on security controls for IT systems
Consensus Audit Guidelines are seen as the first step toward standardizing best practices for securing government, contractor and other critical IT systems.
USA.gov, GobiernoUSA.gov move into the Internet cloud
The General Services Administration announced it will soon begin using cloud computing as the primary means for hosting and supporting the government’s official information Web portals.
Guidelines released for secure use of digital signatures, hashing
Two new publications from NIST provide guidance for randomizing message input for digital signatures and for using hash algorithms
Redcom products make JITC’s approved list
Redcom’s integrated VOIP and TDM products make DISA’s Joint Interoperability Test Command’s list of approved products for the Defense Switched Network.
Checklist: cross-domain identity management
What to consider before starting on a cross-domain identity management system.
More on Macs in the enterprise
Links for more of GCN's coverage of Apple's foray into the enterprise.
Windows 7 is a step in the right direction
The beta version of Windows 7 has attractive interface features, faster performance than Vista and security elements that will appeal to feds, such as the ability to require encryption on all key drives that connect to the network.
IT cost-cutting estimates add up
MeritTalk, an online community for government IT, workforce and policy leaders concluded that the government can save $23.6 billion through open-source applications, virtualization and cloud computing.
Adobe's big production
With Creative Suite 4, Adobe delivers best-of-class products in nearly every niche of digital document, Web, image and sound production.
Hacker nation
Security companies getting caught with their Internet guard down should serve as a warning to agencies increasingly conducting business on the Web.
Coming: $7.2B for broadband, Internet access
The new economic stimulus law allots $7.2 billion for expanding broadband connections to underserved areas.
An ID for all domains
Cross-domain authentication systems are difficult to implement, but they could be the only way to give some workers access to all the resources and data they need to do their jobs.
Government data breaches on the decline
Government agencies catch a lot of flak for data breaches, but a new survey reports that although data breaches overall are increasing, the number involving agencies is falling.
Up to the job
With accurate colors, consistent brightness and a reasonable price, the 20-inch AL2016WBsd from Acer is well suited to nearly any office environment.
Mapping the country's changing biomass
Researchers are using satellite and other data to map the amount of vegetation covering the United States, which is important for assessing the effects of global warming.
Howard S. Smith | Will robotics advance on the battlefield?
Howard S. Smith, who designed the first automated supermarket checkout machines, explains why he thinks robots could soon replace soldiers on the battlefield.
Malicious PDFs exploit zero-day vulnerability and Adobe Reader
Small number of targeted attacks keeps the threat level low for the time being; signatures are available and a fix is coming.
Making FDCC stick
Army contractor shares secrets to deploying and maintaining Federal Desktop Core Configuration.
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