People
Conspiracy theories abound
Denialofservice attacks against highprofile ecommerce Web sites have conspiracy theorists pointing the finger at Uncle Sam
Digital Government
Asleep at the security wheel?
Security experts take aim at government and industry for lacking a sense of urgency in beefing up network security
People
Business reform on track at Pentagon
Secretary of Defense William Cohen's Annual Report to the president and Congress paints an optimistic picture for the future of ebusiness practices at DOD
People
Pentagon targets recruitment, high-tech training
The Defense Department is taking measures to ensure it attracts and retains the best and the brightest of the nation's young people to run the military's hightech systems
People
Intelligence, logistics placed under microscope
The war in Kosovo uncovered a mixed bag of successes and needed improvements in the Pentagon's intelligence and deployment planning operations
People
Report sheds light on NATO's high-tech problems in Kosovo
The Pentagon's final report to Congress on the air war in Kosovo unearths NATO information technology shortfalls that forced the U.S. to bear much of the combat burden
People
Pentagon budget guided by Kosovo lessons
The Defense Department's final After-Action Report to Congress on the 78-day air war in Kosovo describes a pressing need for future IT investments
Digital Government
Intell's computer balancing act
The intelligence community has long been a leader in the development of cuttingedge information technologies. But, as last week's events demonstrate, that position is imperiled by the attempt to balance security and privacy with better access to information.
People
Privacy group to Senate: FIDNet must go
The Electronic Privacy Information Center told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the administration's plan to protect information systems from cyberattacks will give the government unprecedented online monitoring capabilities
People
Agent Orange studies to hit the Net this year
The Air Force plans to make available by the year's end all raw data and analysis associated with a study into the health effects of the Agent Orange herbicide used during the Vietnam War. But a congressional study has criticized the service for dragging its feet on making the data available via the Internet and other electronic media.
People
Fair or foul?
Federal employees declared victory in 1997 after skillful lobbying defeated the Freedom from Government Competition Act, which many of the government's 1.8 million civilian employees feared would send the bulk of federal jobs to the private sector.
Digital Government
Intel to release improved mobile processors
Intel Corp. on Tuesday plans to announce additions to the company's line of mobile Pentium III processors that incorporate a unique technology that conserves battery life by enabling users to choose between optimum desktop performance and batteryoptimized performance.
Digital Government
NSA grapples with Linux security
The National Security Agency, the supersecret arm of the Defense Department responsible for signals intelligence and information systems security, last week tapped Secure Computing Corp. to develop a secure version of the Linux operating system.
Acquisition
Federal union questions price tag of Army logistics pact
Official documents delivered to Congress just days before the Army awarded a $681 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. for the Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program (WLMP) place the total cost of the program at $533 million $148 million less than CSC's winning bid.
Digital Government
Y2K fizzles at DOD bases in Europe, Middle East
To the surprise of many in the Defense Department, the Year 2000 arriv
Digital Government
DOD to declare victory over Y2K
The Pentagon kicked open the portal to the twentyfirst century today wi
Digital Government
Pentagon issues final Y2K alert to commanders
With just eight days left before the longawaited Year 2000 date change, the Defense Department has issued a final alert to local commanders to ensure that they are prepared and has advised units overseas to be prepared for local disruptions, opportunistic computer network attacks and attacks by hostile forces.
Digital Government
Report: Pentagon's IT funding skewed
Despite consistent pleas by the Defense Department's top brass for more money to beef up significant shortfalls in modernization and readiness, the department in its fiscal 2000 budget used $1.2 billion from its operations and maintenance account to fund information technology systems development.
People
Critical procurement system running out of headroom
The Defense Department's program for fielding the $326 million Standard Procurement System may soon come to a screeching halt at various Navy and Marine Corps installations unless a solution can be found for the system's skyrocketing storage requirements.
People
Pentagon confident Russian nuclear plants will withstand Y2K
The Defense Department this week delivered thousands of fire extinguishers and dozens of fire trucks, computers, printers, fax machines and mobile radios to Russia, where they will be used to bolster the safety of that country's nuclear storage facilities during the Year 2000 date change.
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