Web Headlines

Headlines from around the Web for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008
Compiled by Melanie Bender

Who’s Afraid of IPv4 Address Depletion? Apparently No One.

NetworkWorld

Who’s afraid of IPv4 address depletion? Not IT professionals, according to a new survey due this week by BT INS, a Mountain View, Calif. consulting firm. Only 16 percent of IT professionals consider IPv4 address depletion "a huge concern that has or will soon force us to migrate to IPv6," according to a BT INS survey of 310 IT professionals that was conducted in December 2007.

DHS, State Push ‘Passport-Lite’

Government Computer News

As the Homeland Security Department moves forward with its People Access Security System (PASS) card, travel document security professionals inside and outside government continue to question the use of radio frequency identification technology in the cards.

IT Pros, Remote Workers Fess Up to Security Lapses

NetworkWorld

Two separate security surveys this week on network access control reach similar conclusions: Employees have immoderate access rights, and management should face up to the challenge of reining in out-of-control access without sacrificing productivity gains.

CIA Monitors YouTube For Intelligence

InformationWeek

U.S. spies, now under the Director of National Intelligence, are looking increasingly online for intelligence, becoming major consumers of social media. "We're looking at YouTube, which carries some unique and honest-to-goodness intelligence," said Doug Naquin, director of the DNI Open Source Center, last October. "We're looking at chat rooms and things that didn't exist five years ago, and trying to stay ahead.

E-Notification Coming Soon For H-1B Visa Employers

InformationWeek

This spring, when employers flood the U.S. government with petitions to hire H-1B visa workers, those companies likely will have a new convenience -- electronic notification from the Homeland Security Department about whether those applications have been approved.

Clarity Sought on Electronics Searches

The Washington Post

The seizure of electronics at U.S. borders has prompted protests from travelers who say they now weigh the risk of traveling with sensitive or personal information on their laptops, cameras or cellphones. In some cases, companies have altered their policies to require employees to safeguard corporate secrets by clearing laptop hard drives before international travel.

Some Public Notices Find Home on Web

USA Today

At a time when consumers look to the Internet for everything from apartments to jobs, state lawmakers are considering ending the publication of government notices in newspapers, posting the information online instead. Federal and state statutes have required notices about such matters as condemnation of property or changes in regulation be brought to the public's attention in newspapers since the nation's founding.

Bush Wants a Security Clearance Reform Plan by April 30

Federal Computer Week

White House officials have issued a memo that directs agencies responsible for security clearances to have a plan that would speed the clearance process on the president's desk by April 30.

New Trends Plague Polls in California

The Sacramento Bee

The president of the California Voter Foundation was turned away from her Sacramento polling place because officials couldn't find her name on the precinct's rolls. Her frustrating experience was emblematic of the glitches plaguing the election process in Tuesday's statewide presidential primary. Precincts ran low on ballots, poll workers gave voters bum advice, and the final results won't be known for days.