DOD project hits the books
Defense Department moves to standardize business language before going online with its new financial system.
Hackers are ready for IPv6'are you?
One of the arguments for moving to version 6 of the Internet Protocols is that it will offer more security. This may well be true in the long run. But for the time being, IPv6 is likely to introduce more complexity and create more problems than it solves.
Will IPv6 networks be ready to handle government's needs?
The next version of Internet Protocols is essential to the Defense Department's net-centric vision, and the government has committed to having its networks running IPv6 by 2008.
Another FedBizOpps protest goes to federal court
The revamp saga of the federal government's FedBizOpps.gov procurement site shows no sign of drawing to a close, as one of the losing bidders has filed a claim with the Court of Federal Claims in Washington.
Realizing the benefits of IPv6 will take time
As agencies begin the transition in earnest, they'll be looking for practical advantages to the new protocol.
England in as deputy secretary of Defense
President Bush used the congressional recess on Wednesday to appoint Gordon England as deputy secretary of Defense.
USPS seeks help as it reviews encryption policies
The U.S. Postal Service is reaching out to industry as it undertakes a broad review of its data encryption policies.
Servers with more memory
Server builder Appro International Inc., of Milpitas, Calif., has introduced a line of 1U and 3U servers based on single-or dual-core AMD Opteron processors.
Protecting airwaves
AirDefense Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., has released AirDefense Enterprise 7.0, a wireless security platform that detects intrusions by analyzing real-time events in the context of historical data.
Windows and Common Criteria...
Microsoft Corp. recently earned EAL 4+ certification for a fistful of operating-systems software, including Windows Server 2003 SP1 Enterprise, Server and Datacenter Editions, Windows XP Professional SP2 and Embedded XP SP2.
WebMethods and Common Criteria
Web services company WebMethods Inc. of Fairfax, Va., announced last month that its flagship integration suite WebMethods Fabric received Common Criteria security certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership.
Compliance management steps up
Agencies in need of technology that can help formulate security policy and check systems for compliance with FISMA might want to look at the new Command Center management solution from Scalable Software Inc.
Microsoft does CRM
Last month, Microsoft Corp. rolled out an upgrade to its customer relationship management software. That's right, Microsoft sells CRM.
Software of the future
Installing software on a computer, with all the Registry settings and OS changes it entails, is a laborious, untidy process. To the extent agencies can virtualize programs so they're available as services but still run locally, they could see big advantages.
INTERNAUT: I came, I saw, I Wiki'd
If Wiki solutions are going to enjoy any sort of future in government IT shops, project managers and content owners need to learn a valuable lesson from the recent Wikipedia fiasco.
Metadata among 2006 IT priorities
According to GCN's exclusive survey of federal, state and local readers, metadata will play a key role in several critical IT initiatives.
To tag or not to tag
As search engines become more powerful, agencies debate the usefulness of metadata.
EDITOR'S DESK: Resolve to let go
Here is a list of things the government should resolve not to do in 2006.
ANOTHER VIEW: Boomers need to leave a workforce legacy
As my peers and I begin to contemplate the next phase of our lives'and what we have and have not accomplished as career civil servants'it occurs to me that we need to make some changes in the way we hire and retain IT professionals in civil service.
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