Green on the inside
GSA uses 3-D, 4-D modeling and automated systems to improve buildings' energy efficiency.
Studies find Web sites rife with unpatched vulnerabilities
A pair of computer security reports shows that most Web sites remain vulnerable to hacker exploits.
FCC wants Enhanced 911 service for VOIP calls
The Federal Communications Commission has started the process for giving IP phone calls Enhanced 911 service.
Report: Lab certifying voting equipment failed to meet requirements
The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program has accused SysTest Labs of not meeting the program requirements for independent laboratories that certify voting systems.
Coda | Economic indicators for security industry are looking up
If the quality of swag at shows and conference reflects the econony's status, the beginnings of a turnaround might in sight for at least the security segment of the IT industry.
Cybereye | The next battlefield
Civil defense today means not a fallout shelter but a firewall.
FCC activates new reporting system
The online Disaster Information Reporting System gathers sensitive information about communications networks during disasters.
NSF makes first grants in ambitious computer research program
The National Science Foundation has awarded grants worth up to $40 million in the first round of what it expects to be a five-year program to encourage basic research to expand the limits of computer and information science.
Networks face another switch
Now that government network administrators have the IPv6 transition under their belts, a change in another Internet numbering system is under way.
The digital LBJ
Archivists at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum take on the challenge of converting LBJ's recorded phone calls from Dictabelt to digital.
Audio preservation: Balancing the new with the tried and true
Archivists at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum face a daunting challenge'how to ensure that this historical resource remains available 20, 50 or 100 years from now.
Lost in transcription
The recorded phone calls of President Lyndon Johnson contain a wealth of historical information, but getting at it is not always easy.
Computer modeling confirms cause of 9/11 building collapse
A three-year NIST investigation concludes that it was fire and not explosives or impact from debris that caused the World Trade Center Building 7 building to fall.
Scott Vanstone | Cryptography thrown an elliptic curve
GCN Interview: One of the inventors of elliptic curve cryptography talks about ECC's emerging role in providing strong security for public-key infrastructures.
Cybereye | The threats ahead
Infrastructure networking technology figures to be the hot topic during the next year when it comes to researching vulnerabilities.
Wanted: Programmers willing to work for minimum wage
Layoffs, as well as a decree by California Gov. Schwarzenegger that all state employees'including IT workers'be paid a salary $6.55 per hour, has left the Golden State in a precarious position.
NIST releases draft revision of guidelines for authorizing operation IT systems
Publication is part of an interagency project to harmonize C&A process across civilian, military and intelligence communities.
Risk assessment planned for voting systems
Election Assistance Commission assessment to create benchmark for new voluntary guidelines.
FCC plans public awareness blitz about digital TV transition
FCC commissioners will visit communities identified as being most at risk for disruption of TV service when analog broadcasts cease on Feb. 17, 2009.
Standard-issue security
The Committee on National Security Systems is preparing a unified certification and accreditation process for national security systems, that, with the help of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will be extended to all of government.
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