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Headlines from around the Web for Monday, Jan. 14, 2008
Compiled by Melanie Bender

Multinational Government Agencies, Vendors Set Electronic Collaboration Security Plan

NetworkWorld

The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program, a shared effort between British and American defense agencies and aerospace partners to devise technologies for secure electronic collaboration, this week said the group has settled on a secure e-mail specification for future use.

DHS Bankrolling Behavioral Profiling System

ComputerWorld

Under the umbrella of the Future Attribute Screening Technologies Mobile Module, the Department of Homeland Security has been developing technologies to support Project Hostile Intent, an initiative to build systems that automatically identify and analyze behavioral and physiological cues associated with deception.

No, The Tech Skills Shortage Doesn't Exist

InformationWeek

Moving beyond anecdotal impressions and vested interests, employment and economic data examing the IT workforce in the United States paint a picture far from foreboding. It's one in which the IT labor market is clearing and none of the indicators demonstrates a systemic shortage.

Report Finds TSA's Traveler Web Site had Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Government Technology

The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's report on information security breaches at the TSA's Traveler Redress Web site noted the following security vulnerabilities: it was not hosted on a government domain; its homepage was not encrypted; one of its data submission pages was not encrypted; and its encrypted pages were not properly certified.

Personal Devices Create a Dilemma for Corporate IT

eWeek

Charged with enabling productivity while securing data and keeping costs in line, IT professionals must not only understand the productivity case for a mobile device that is a telephone, an e-mail terminal and a Web browser â€" and may also be a computer and GPS device â€" but also find a way to manage it in a manner akin to handling standard office PCs.

Company gets kindergartners' Social Security numbers, data

The Dallas Morning News

Texas school districts are handing over Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other sensitive information about the state's kindergarten students to a private software company without permission from the children's parents. State education officials who set up the arrangement insist that the information is safe.

Report Lauds VA's Focus on Quality Care, Health IT

Federal Computer Week

The Veterans Affairs Department has improved its quality of health care through management initiatives and use of health information technology, the Congressional Budget Office said in an interim report. VA's accomplishments come during a period of increased demand for its services from soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

GPS Technology to Help Monitor Maryland Juveniles

The Baltimore Sun

Gov. Martin O'Malley announced on Friday a high-tech monitoring system for juvenile offenders based on Global Positioning System technology, which would enable police officers to track the exact movements of 200 of Baltimore's most troubled youth.

NH Supreme Court Announces Policy on Technology, Media Access

Union Leader

The new policy is designed to improve media access to, and the public understanding of, court proceedings. It covers the use of electronic devices in courtrooms statewide.

Washington Launches Online Voter Registration

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Would-be voters in the state now can seek to enter their names on the voter rolls over the Internet, with Washington last week joining Arizona as the only states to offer online voter registration.