HHS hopes to improve health IT interoperability in 2008
The HHS fiscal 2008 budget brings the exchange of health data closer to reality as it funds more standards development and tackles privacy issues.
It's all about the privacy
The big trends at this year's RSA computer security conference are the escalating efforts by criminals to steal personal info online and efforts to stop them.
Army awards wireless security contract
The Army's I3MP has awarded a contract to install wireless intrusion detection and prevention systems at 20 sites throughout North America.
Much work remains to secure U.S. cyberinfrastructure, industry group says
DHS finally named an assistant secretary for cybersecurity last year, and the Senate ratified the first international treaty on cybercrime.
Funding request for retirement system just a start for OPM
The Office of Personnel Management's retirement systems modernization program is the agency's top fiscal priority in 2007.
Justice IT funding appears flat
Domestic agencies generally fared poorly in the 2008 budget proposal, and law enforcement technology spending appeared to reflect that reality.
Web apps
Nexaweb Technologies Inc. of Burlington, Mass., has released version 4.5 of its Web application platform.
Express bus
The PCI Special Interest Group has released version 2 of the PCI Express specification.
Watching the servers
How do you make sure all the nodes in your Linux super-cluster are humming along?
Civilian agencies seek better data use in 2008 budget
Civilian agencies plan to more efficiently collect and share data with increases in the IT components of their fiscal 2008 budgets.
Border IT programs win in DHS budget plan
Border control technology projects won big in the administration's fiscal 2008 spending plan for the Homeland Security Department, while the CIO office and some other programs came under the budget cleaver.
IT budget request asks for increase of 3 percent to $65B
The federal IT budget would increase by about 3 percent to $65 billion under President Bush's plan for fiscal 2008.
Federal Web site introduces new analysis tools
Government watch groups can begin to expect more from ExpectMore.gov, the government-run site that reports on performance and progress of federal programs.
DOD to assess acquisition work force skills
Lawmakers are partially blaming DOD's shabby procurement record for the decrease in the number of trained acquisition professionals.
Wikis
MindTouch Inc. has introduced the DekiWiki Wiki appliance.
The bookmark club
You could think of the del.icio.us Web site as your browser's bookmarking feature on steroids.
Internaut: Budget Season: An IT Manager's Guide
Five steps IT managers can take to improve their chances for funding.
NIST prepares to hash out new standard
Invites public input in upgrading cryptographic algorithm.
William Jackson | Cybereye: First things first: Does data mining even work?
No one has definitively answered that question but, according to one critic, 'the executive branch is bewitched with this technology.'
Measure once, use often
The Defense Acquisition University uses data integration tools to gain new insights from existing information.
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