A menu of Bluetooth attacks
How would a potential hacker exploit the Bluetooth radio in your handheld device?
USAF taps Boeing for upgrades on 25 more C-17 aircraft
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing Co. a contract modification to upgrade 25 additional C-17 Globemaster IIIs with the Northrop Grumman Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures defensive system.
DHS to mount major IT security exercise
The Homeland Security Department plans to conduct a major cybersecurity preparedness and response exercise to be called Cyber Storm in November.
New FISMA standard advances toward finalization
The second of a series of Federal Information Processing Standards intended to guide agencies in complying with the Federal Information Security Management Act has been released for public comment.
Hacking Bluetooth
<b>Fact:</b> Having your name and number in Paris Hilton's cell phone directory is like openly publishing them on the Web.
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Another View: Transition'job opportunities on the horizon
The next five years will offer substantial career transition options for federal workers.
EDITOR'S DESK: Transportation security imbalance
If something constructive came out of the London bombing tragedy earlier this month, it was the renewed debate over how the United States spends its homeland defense dollars.
Jim Goodnight | Intelligence apps look to future
It's no surprise that SAS Institute Inc., the world's largest privately held software company, makes its home in Cary, N.C. With headquarters so near three of the state's top universities'Duke University, North Carolina State University in Raleigh and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill'the company has its pick of math and computer science graduates.
Army plans new command to integrate logistics
Logistics has always been a chink in the Army's armor.
DHS pilots RFID system to speed border crossings
As the Homeland Security Department adds data and verification requirements to its visa program, it's also trying to reduce the time required for international travelers to pass through U.S. entry and exit points.
OPM contract expands number of e-learning vendors
Federal agencies will have more than 59 vendors in six specialized areas to choose from for their online learning services under a new contract awarded by the Office of Personnel Management.
VA names Wooten to head enterprise program management office
The Veterans Affairs Department today named David Wooten, a retired Navy aviator and senior program manager, to direct its new enterprise program management office.
CMS assessing patient health record development for Medicare recipients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking industry comment to determine how involved the agency should be in the development of personal electronic health records for its target populations.
Technology issues figure in DHS spending bill conference
House and Senate conferees are poised to iron out significant technology issues in the chambers' differing versions of the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill for fiscal 2006 and the Bush administration's proposed budget.
Clark to step down as naval operations chief; Mullen is successor
Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of naval operations who has long been an advocate for transformational weapons systems and integrating Navy information systems with the other services, is retiring.
GAO: Census should make IT management consistent
The Census Bureau has yet to consistently perform actions related to IT management practices that it has put in place because it lacks clearly defined and written procedures, according to a new report.
NARA's e-records project on track for August award, GAO says
Everything is falling into place as the deadline nears for the National Archives and Records Administration to decide whether Harris Corp. or Lockheed Martin Corp. will run the Electronic Records Archive system, according to the Government Accountability Office.
GAO recommends improvements to FISMA reporting guidance
The title of the latest IT security report from the Government Accountability Office tells a familiar tale: 'Weaknesses Persist at Federal Agencies Despite Progress Made in Implementing Related Statutory Requirements.'
DOD bulks up supercomputing power
The Defense Department has purchased a new supercomputer to handle large jobs such as designing weapons and running large simulation programs.
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