Adapter breathes new life into old drives
GCN Lab Review: Don't put those old hard drives out to pasture just yet: Newer Technology's Universal Drive Adapter offers new life to old hard drives.
Data breaches at state, local agencies expose data about millions
Number of records exposed in breaches at state and local agencies outstripped those reported at federal agencies in the first three-quarters of 2008.
Now showing: OpenOffice.org 3.0
At first glance, the suite seems like a more polished OpenOffice.org 2.0, but many of the shortcomings present in older versions of OpenOffice.org have been fixed.
NIST guides for securing Windows XP
SP 800-68 Revision 1 offers guidance in securing Windows XP Professional systems running Service Pack 2 or 3.
Enduring advances in IT
The 2008 GCN Awards recognize 10 projects and five executives that have made or are making a significant difference in government IT.
A canvas for big ideas
Interactive whiteboards capture, disseminate office brainstorming sessions.
2008 GCN AWARDS
10 project teams and 5 leaders whose vision, persistence and innovation put the best available technologies to work in government.
Alabama's layered approach
Virtual Alabama grows into a powerful geospatial platform used by state, local and federal organizations.
IAE takes its own advice
GSA's Office of Acquisition Systems streamlines government procurement with the Integrated Acquisition Environment.
Working knowledge
With Intellipedia and other services, ODNI takes data sharing in the intelligence community to a level never seen before.
AFGET's got the goods
The Automatic Identification Tracking Office at Robins Air Force Base shows what RFID and GPS can dp.
Cultivated data
Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service was sick of typing forms, so it created a Web-enabled system for its documents that declare plant health in exports.
Documents managed
HHS cuts its own paperwork with a system now being used by other agencies.
Gimme shelter
In the wake of hurricanes in 2005, the Housing and Urban Development Department built the National Housing Locator System, a Web-accessible depository in information on affordable and appropriate housing to assist people left homeless by a disaster.
A host of benefits
The Labor Department's GovBenefits site eliminates duplication among agencies offering federal benefits by hosting agencies' online eligibility tools.
EPA's meta(data)-morphosis
The Environmental Protection Agency's geospatial metadata system makes information more accessible and useful while enforcing federal mandates.
The Navy's global enterprise
The Navy implements one of the world's largest Enterprise Resource Planning systems, using commercial software and Web technologies.
Croom joins new Lockheed unit
Former DISA chief to lead strategy at new cyber security center; former DHS exec Holcomb to lead technology effort.
Fresh downloads: Adobe Flash, Open Office
New Flash promises better sound; new Open Office supports PDF/A.
Revised standards for hashing algorithms get final approval
A revised and streamlined federal standard for secure hash algorithms has been approved by the secretary of Commerce.
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