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Infrastructure plan: Governmentwide PKI key to cyberdefense
Protecting critical information infrastructures within the federal government requires the development of a governmentwide publickey infrastructure to ensure data integrity and user identification and authentication for traffic, such as email, carried over public networks.
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Government wooing best and brightest for cyberdefense mission
Don't want to join the Navy and see the world? Then how about hitching up with the Federal Cyber Services (FCS) and defending the nation's information systems?
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Former DISA chief goes global again with EDS
Electronic Data Systems Corp. tapped retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Albert. Edmonds, chief operating officer of the company's federal division in Herndon, Va., to spearhead the planned international expansion of its Government Global Industry Group.
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Army establishes Infowar "DMZ"
The Army plans to establish network security demilitarized zones (DMZs) at all its bases worldwide as part of a plan to beef up its cyberdefenses against network intrusions and attacks.
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DOD's deputy CIO leaving government for Internet start-up
John Hamre, who put the clout of his office behind information technology policies, issues and causes during his term as deputy secretary of Defense, will leave the Pentagon March 31 to become president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
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Hamre announces departure from Pentagon
John Hamre, who put the clout of his office behind information technology policies, issues and causes during his term as deputy secretary of Defense, will leave the Pentagon March 31 to become president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
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intercepts
aperless contracting Here we are in the second week of 2000, and as far as I can determine, the Defense Department still uses paper by the boxcar to execute contracts, despite promises by John Hamre, deputy secretary of Defense, that the entire process would be digital. (See story, Page 68) Now, I know that man had a serious Year 2000 preoccupation, but one still wonders when the Pentagon will even come close to meeting this goal.
Digital Government
Y2K rollover on Guam "a yawn"
Navy computer systems on Guam experienced such a routine millennium rollover that service personnel described it as a nonevent.
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DOD's IT shop find no Y2K glitches, hackers
One hour after midnight Zulu Greenwich Mean Time, which the majority
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DOD switches in Japan have no Y2K hiccups
The Defense Department's global network passed a key datecode milestone at midnight in Japan (10 a.m. EST), when four switches on that network running on Japan time switched to the Year 2000 without a blip.
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All submarine systems "go" at international date line
The 180 man crew of the USS Topeka nuclear attack submarine sailed the
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Koskinen says U.S. all clear for now; Russian scud a Y2K dud
A world that has been relatively calm during the Year 2000 rollover received minor jolt
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Army awards logistics modernization contract to CSC
The Army awarded Computer Sciences Corp. this week a $681 million contract to fully modernize the way the Army buys everything from helmets to helicopters.
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'Zulu' hour at Pacific Fleet uneventful
Key command and control systems used by the U.S. Pacific Command at its headquarters in Oahu, Hawaii, transitioned to the Zulu New Year, or midnight Greenwich Mean Time, with no Year 2000 date code problems.
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Navy's 7th Fleet in Japan rings in Y2K OK
Computer systems for the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan, clicked over to the Year 2000 with no problems ashore or afloat.
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DOD's key command system clears Y2K hurdle
The Defense Department's Global Command and Control System (GCCS) as we
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FAA installing last-minute Y2K patch
The Federal Aviation Administration started a rush project today to fix an undetected Year 2000 software glitch at the 21 en route air traffic control centers across the country.
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DOD to monitor bases worldwide
The United States and Russia have installed seven redundant communications links between national leaders in Washington and Moscow to ensure communications during the Year 2000 rollover, according to a message from the U.S. Defense Attache Office (DAO) in Moscow obtained by FCW.
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NSA playing IT catch-up
The director of the National Security Agency has called for a sweeping overhaul of the super-secret agency's management and information systems to bring it up-to-date with the exploding pace of change in telecommunications and information technology. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden is calling for
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PCs, laptops, GPS help find missing
Honolulu To fulfill their mandate to identify and return the remains of the Americans still missing in action from the Vietnam War, the selfdescribed 'jungle detectives' assigned to a task force to look for the remains rely heavily on a database that contains the records of all 2,043 Americans
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