SoBig a nuisance
It is not the fastest spreading worm ever and it is not the most destructive, but for sheer nuisance value the latest variant of SoBig has to rank at the top of the list. <br>
Redax for PDF gets files ready for FOIA
A plug-in redaction tool for Adobe Portable Document Format documents runs inside Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and 5.0 to fulfill Freedom of Information Act and other privacy regulations.
AFGE elects new president
The American Federation of Government Employees yesterday elected John Gage as its new national president at its annual convention in Las Vegas. <br>
Administration will review Section 508 compliance
Executive branch agencies will soon undergo a mandatory survey of their IT accessibility to 54 million disabled Americans.
FDA develops strategies for safer food, drugs
The Food and Drug Administration released an action plan yesterday to improve public health, accelerate the drug approval process, and ensure the safety of the domestic food supply. <br>
DARPA aids machine-read Web projects
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which pioneered the Internet, is funding languages and tools for the Semantic Web, a World Wide Web Consortium project to make online documents machine-readable.
Smart passports will soon face up to tough scrutiny
A year from this fall, Americans will begin to travel with the State Department's new intelligent passports.
@Info.Policy: Legislate IT security? When pigs fly
One line that always gets a laugh from an audience is, 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you.' Or how about, 'I'm from Congress, and I will pass legislation to improve computer security.' Bet you're rolling on the floor over that one, too.
Video AI tool watches border crossings
At the Canadian border, the Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection Bureau is using intelligent video surveillance technology to analyze arrivals.
Cyber Eye: Time to get serious, Marcus Sachs says
'The media needs to get the message out,' Marcus H. Sachs told attendees at last month's Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas. 'There is a lot of hyperbole out there' about breaches but little real improvement in cybersecurity, he said.
NASA financial system runs risks, GAO warns
NASA's financial management system, built from multiple off-the-shelf applications, could fail at interoperability, the General Accounting Office has found.
Air Force realigns acquisition management
Air Force officials yesterday announced a reorganization of the service's acquisition management structure, including its command, control and combat support acquisition programs. <br>
Hackers compromise Navy purchase cards
Hackers recently broke into a Navy system and gained access to 13,000 Navy purchase cards, according to Defense Department officials who are investigating the incident. <br>
Spam is a meaty challenge for FTC
Spam presents the Federal Trade Commission with its most significant test, one that cannot be solved by legislation alone, chairman Timothy J. Muris said at the Aspen Summit. <br>
Court official charges Interior destroyed data
The Interior Department unlawfully destroyed computerized information on fees for oil and gas companies that run pipelines across Navajo lands, an official for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said. <br>
Fire Forecaster
With a $600,000 NASA grant, Alaska's Natural Resources Department is using satellite imagery to improve firefighting and emergency response.
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Federal IT can serve the interests of love and marriage, when pressed.
Letters to the Editor
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Babe in the IP
In a recent interview with GCN, Marc Andreessen, one of the original developers of the Mosaic and Netscape browsers, commented that this past spring marked the 10th anniversary of Mosaic. Then he said something remarkable: It would probably be another 15 years before browser computing really took hold.
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