HSD warns of cyberattacks, names officials to top IT posts
Shortly after President Bush set a 48-hour deadline last week for President Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face invasion, the Homeland Security Department reminded Internet users to be vigilant for cyberattacks.
Air Force CIO is fed up with A-76
The Air Force's IT team doesn't want to hold any more competitions under OMB Circular A-76.
DOE lab official: 'Monopoly' yes, cover-up no
A former top official at Los Alamos National Laboratory acknowledged this month that federal dollars were sometimes treated as 'Monopoly money,' but he denied trying to thwart investigations of theft and mismanagement allegations.
FOSE rolls with the IT times
There will be plenty of new IT for government on display at FOSE next month, but the biggest change will be the trade show's new home. FOSE will be the first event held in the new Washington Convention Center.
Judges choose product finalists
Security products are drawing increased attention in this year's GCN Best New Technology Awards at FOSE, a 5-year-old awards program that showcases innovative and unique services and products at the annual trade show.
2003 Best New Technology Award finalists
<p><font face="Arial"><big><strong>Application software<br></strong></big><br><strong>Boxlight Corp.</strong><br>Location: Poulsbo, Wash.<br><a href="http://www.boxlight.com">www.boxlight.com</a><br>Product: Project Director<br>Description: Projector management and control, wireless presentation control<br>Booth: 2519</font>
AF test center sees rise in technologies that sniff out bioterror threats
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.'When the military deploys to a battlefront, those back at home bases often play a unique role in speeding up development of new technologies for use in the field.
Contractors support systems on front lines
'The role of contractors has increased dramatically as the role of IT has increased,' said Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America. 'Seventy percent to 80 percent of the weapons have some sort of smart-weapon capabilities, as opposed to just 30 percent of weapons in the first Gulf War.'
Despite mixed results, feds make GPEA a priority
October will mark five years since President Clinton signed the Government Paperwork Elimination Act in the hope that Internet technology would change the way the government interacts with citizens. Although the Net has transformed how agencies do business, the government will fall short of GPEA's vision.
IGs: Watch those Social Security numbers
Fifteen inspectors general this month told the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency that federal agencies are lax in overseeing the use and disclosure of Social Security numbers stored in agency databases.<br>
Draft performance plan nearly complete
The first version of the performance reference model, one of five segments of the Federal Enterprise Architecture, could be ready in a couple of weeks, said Bob Haycock, manager of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office.
DISA plan calls for cutting 1,200 IT jobs
The Defense Information Systems Agency has a plan to consolidate its Computing Services Directorate over the next 30 months, which may result in the loss of up to 1,200 jobs.
S.C. agencies set to test wearable PCs
A dozen public-safety agencies in the Charleston, S.C., metropolitan area will begin testing wearable computers this spring.
NSA proposes security boost for Linux kernel
The National Security Agency is preparing to submit Linux security enhancements for possible inclusion in a future version of the Linux kernel, a senior scientist in NSA's Information Assurance Research Group said last week.
XP for tablet PCs will run apps in eight languages
A forthcoming beta release of Microsoft Corp.'s multilingual software for tablet PCs lets users log on and run applications in multiple foreign languages.
Citrix Systems adds options to software suite
Citrix Systems Inc. is broadening MetaFrame, one of the earliest remote access and management infrastructures for heterogeneous clients on Microsoft Windows networks, to handle conferencing and identity management.
How one state prepared for HIPAA rules
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's privacy rules that take effect next month run to 40 pages in the Federal Register 'in three columns, in tiny print,' said Mary Gerlach, CIO of New Mexico's Health Department.
DOD names three to direct financial management architecture
'Domain owners' will support implementation of a Defense Department a plan that will outline how 1,128 disparate financial systems, and hundreds more feeder systems, will be integrated into a single financial network. <br>
FTS 2001 now has high-speed wireless access
The General Services Administration has added high-speed wireless service from Sprint Corp. to the company's FTS 2001 telecommunications contract.
Xerox demonstrates copier software for the blind
Xerox Corp. today showed off new software that lets visually impaired users work the company's digital copiers through a connected PC and voice commands. <br>
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