NGA earns higher profile, new home
Ground has been broken at Fort Belvoir, Va., for a new headquarters for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
U.K. researchers unsmudge fingerprints
U.K. researchers have developed a technique for identifying fingerprints that have been smudged, clipped, distorted or otherwise badly recorded.
Cyberspace still a dangerous neighborhood
Federal Trade Commission kicks off National Cyber Security Awareness Month by announcing a settlement in a case against a distributor of spyware.
How far should you trust an outsider to protect your infrastructure?
It's the worst nightmare for any agency IT official: A headline on Page 1 of the Washington Post that the company you hired to protect your network was looking the other way when hackers broke in.
Joint Strike Fighter training system deal goes to Cubic
The Joint Strike Fighter is a sophisticated combat jet that will be tailored to meet the requirements of the Air Force, Navy and Marines, and a number of allied nations.
House Dems balk at funding domestic satellite spying program
Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee called for a moratorium on funding the DHS office that will oversee the use of spy satellites for domestic law enforcement.
NOAA taps Intelsat General for GEONETCast deal
NOAA has awarded a contract to Intelsat General to provide continuous environmental data distribution over much of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Microsoft: Excel calculates correctly
The recently-reported bug affects the display of numbers, not the calculation, according to the software maker.
Fla. law enforcement to use Coplink tools
Coplink allows large amounts of data in many disparate forms to be organized, consolidated and analyzed over a secure browser-based platform.
Excel multiplication bug unearthed
If you have 850 of something, you might want to hold off multiplying that number by 77.1, at least if you're using Microsoft Office 2007's version of Excel. A bug recently found in the spreadsheet will return an incorrect answer.
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AdaCore updates avionics embedded development platform
Platform meets guidelines for using off-the-shelf development to safely build airflight-related apps.
DHS eyes Oct. TWIC enrollment
Department issues biometric specs for transportation credentials
USDA boosts archive retrieval
Agriculture Department is making digitized, archived publications more accessible to the public through a technology partnership between ZyLab, a maker of information access software, and Google.
EAC issues report on U.S. overseas voting for 2006
Election officials need to do a better job of educating overseas citizens of their rights to vote in federal elections and improve the delivery of ballots to those voters, according to the Election Assistance Commission.
William Jackson | Voting system requirements should be technology-neutral
Cybereye'Commentary: Congress should stick to tradition and keep its voting requirements technology neutral.
DISA considers 'capability broker'
The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving toward a decision that could lead to the establishment of an independent technology 'capability broker' to assist agency officials.
Get the right NAC, and then get NAC right
Network access control has more than its fair share of vendors, from network appliance manufacturers such as Cisco Systems to security software providers such as Symantec. How do you choose the right product?
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