White House threatens veto over provisions of Defense authorization act
Senior advisers may recommend the president veto the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2006 over provisions related to terrorist detainee operations.
Employee-industry partnership wins A-76
The award of a $900 million IT services contract to a partnership of Energy Department employees and private companies has stirred controversy because of the lack of bidders from the private sector.
GCN Special Report: World customs groups try to get standards in order
Whatever standards the United States puts in place to safeguard the flow of goods into and out of the country, those standards are only as good as the willingness of trade partners around the world to embrace them.
GCN Special Report: At L.A. and Long Beach, a raft of security worries
For the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation's largest and third-largest ports based on volume, sheer size has proven to be a constraining factor in improving security.
GCN Special Report: Port insecurity
In the late-night hours of April 3 at the Port of Los Angeles, 29 Chinese nationals were apprehended as they tried to sneak out of two containers that had been unloaded from the NYK Artemis.
Project looks at ways to hunt worms
The announcement last month by United Kingdom officials that Trojan horse worms have been selectively targeting government networks was an unwelcome'though expected'development, according to computer security experts.
Alexander nominated for NSA directorship
President Bush has nominated Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander to be director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service.
Prime contracts awarded for $1.9 billion DESP II
The Air Force Materiel Command, Ogden Air Logistics Center, has awarded prime contracts to 10 companies for Design Engineering and Support Program II.
Feds' next challenge: targeted data attacks
Federal agencies are facing a new set of low-level but targeted Trojan horse software cyberattacks aimed at obtaining specific information from PCs.
Industry groups urge Senate ratification of cybercrime treaty
A coalition of industry associations and individual companies from different sectors of the economy are asking the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ratify the Convention on Cybercrime adopted through the Council of Europe.
Gen. Peterson picked for Air Force CIO spot
Maj. Gen. Michael Peterson has been nominated by President Bush to become the Air Force's next CIO as director of the newly formed Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer. Peterson also has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general.
Feds feel bite of cybercrime
There is something about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that seems to attract cybercrime.
Peterson nominated for Air Force CIO spot
Maj. Gen. Michael Peterson has been nominated by President Bush to become the Air Force's next CIO as director of the newly formed Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer.
Vaccine data warehouse gives Ohio shot in the arm
If there is ever a biological attack or fast-moving epidemic in the United States, Ohio will be prepared.
Digital arms race shows cybersecurity threat facing U.S., expert says
The United States faces the threat of a cyberspace attack, and the evidence of that emerging threat can be held in the palm of your hand, according to one expert in the computer security industry.
Other agencies could benefit from NMCI's hard-learned lessons
The long travails of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program offers numerous lessons that can be applied by federal agencies designing very large contracts, and by integrators looking to bid on them.
EDS' fortunes could hinge on option years
Not long after it was awarded in October 2000, the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract turned into a financial and practical drag on Electronic Data Systems Corp.
Navy sets up Microsoft license for overseas network
The Navy has signed a three-year enterprise agreement with CDW Government Inc. to deliver Microsoft Corp. software to Navy installations outside the United States.
Marines became reluctant partner
When the Navy embarked on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project, some observers say, the Marine Corps balked.
Intranet still rides on DISN
One quirk of the NMCI contract is that, even though some credit EDS' contract win to the fact that the company had already set up its own wide area network, NMCI doesn't use it.
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