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DOD attacks encryption bill
Senior Defense Department officials yesterday launched a fullscale offensive against a bill that would lift all controls on the export of strong encryption technology, increasing the risk to national security from terrorists, drug cartels and other criminals, the officials said.
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DOD investigating computer 'mob tactics'
The Commerce Department today announced the winners of a massive governmentwide information technology services contract that has a primary goal of funneling business to small and minority businesses.
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DOD debates GPS receivers
The details surrounding this spring's capture of three U.S. soldiers who were patrolling the border between Macedonia and Yugoslavia have sparked a debate among Defense Department officials about the usefulness of an information system that some say could have prevented the incident. After Serb for
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Navy kicks off radical intranet buy
The Navy plans to use a radical strategy to build its much anticipated megaintranet, which will provide 450,000 users worldwide with items ranging from PCs to communications pipes and could cost as much as $2.2 billion. In an industry briefing set for July 7, the Navy plans to back what it describ
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DOD defends software deals
The Defense Department's strategy of negotiating hefty discounts for enterprisewide commercial software licenses has drawn fire from industry, which fears DOD may not be getting the best deals possible. DOD launched its Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) last month when it awarded a $9.8 million
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PC vendors benefit from AF strategy
In its fourth month of operation, the Air Force Standard Systems Group's latest acquisition strategy for buying standard computer products is beginning to pay off in the form of supplier and product flexibility and unprecedented customer response times, officials said. Gateway Inc., Micron Electron
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Lockheed tapped for simulation system
The Air Force last week awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a sevenyear, $176 million contract to develop and install up to 18 pilot training systems, marking the initial fielding of the next generation of tactical simulation technology. The new system, called the Mission Training Center, not only will
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Air Force keeps IT tests on track
Despite the strain placed on its communications specialists during the threemonth air war in the Balkans, the Air Force is forging ahead with preparations for a major information technology experiment later this summer because of its importance to the service's longterm strategy. Scheduled to tak
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Cyberattacks spur talk of 3rd DOD network
As part of a strategy to defend its unclassified networks against relentless cyberattacks, the Pentagon may establish a new network to handle electronic commerce and other interactions with the public while cutting off all other existing connections to the Internet. The proposal follows an increase
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Report berates DOE lab security
A report issued last week by a special panel of senior intelligence and security officials on what some experts are calling the worst case of espionage in U.S. history has increased the scrutiny of government computer security programs and policies and has caused many to question the government's c
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N.C. official wants DOD to help states with PKI
A North Carolina official this month called for the Defense Department to assist states with developing a secure publickey infrastructure to support state and local electronic commerce efforts. Jane Smith Patterson, senior adviser to the governor of North Carolina for science and technology, said
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Cybersecurity holes persist at DOE labs, study finds
Despite what may be the worst spy case in U.S. history involving nuclear weapon design data, the computer networks at the nation's five weapons laboratories continue to be riddled with vulnerabilities, according to a report by a special investigative panel of intelligence and security officials.
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Army looking to upgrade, secure base comms
The Defense Department's reliance on the nonsecure version of its intranet to carry out and support military operations comes close to madness, and changes must be made in order to upgrade and better secure the department's network infrastructure, a senior Army official said today.
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USIA opens Internet center to assist Kosovo refugees
INGELHEIM, Germany After five days of wandering through Kosovo's countryside with little food, water or shelter, Billi, a 17yearold from Pristina, Kosovo's capital, arrived here at one of Germany's largest refugee camps to a world of rumors and confusion. Yugoslavia's campaign of ethnic cleans
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DOD preps software mega-deals
The Defense Department is gearing up for another major round of DODwide software deals, with more database awards expected to come within the next 30 days and several more awards in other software categories due out by the end of the year. The new software plans, announced last week by senior DOD
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Machinery of hope
INGELHEIM, Germany For most people, computers can bring tears of frustration when the machines do not work. But for Billi, a teenager from Kosovo's capital city, Pristina, tears flow because of the hope she sees in computers. Amid the sorrow and confusion that permeate one of Germany's largest K
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Senate, Clinton clash over Defense bill
The Senate last week passed the fiscal 2000 Defense appropriations bill, exceeding the Clinton administration's proposed budget by nearly $1.4 billion and prompting the White House to issue a cautionary statement regarding what it called unnecessary funding. According to a statement issued by the a
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New DOD Web site targets Y2K education
The sky is not falling, according to a new Defense Department World Wide Web site that makes a concerted effort to distinguish among gloom, doom and truth when it comes to the Year 2000 computer glitch. DOD's new Confronting Y2K Web site is designed as an antidote to the anxiety and reckless rumors
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AF users say DMS is not light or lean enough
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany The Air Force's premiere communications unit in Europe recently rejected the tactical version of the Defense Message System because the 1,000pound package for unclassified and classified networks was too large to deploy. According to officials at the 1st Combat Communi
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DOE clamps down on whistleblower for security leaks
In the aftermath of what may be one of the most damaging cases of espionage in U.S. history, the Energy Department has placed a former director of security on administrative leave for blowing the whistle on lax security including failed computersecurity practices at a top nuclear weapons lab.
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