People
DOD Web-watchers find war plans online
A new reserve unit that monitors the Defense Department's presence on the World Wide Web has found an astonishing amount of classified or sensitive material on public sites
Acquisition
NIMA plans massive outsourcing project
The Defense Department's National Imagery and Mapping Agency plans to pump at least $850 million into an outsourcing initiative that is part of a fundamental change in the way NIMA does business
People
CIA tackles records nightmare
The CIA has embarked upon an agencywide data standardization and systems integration effort after a report by the National Archives and Records Administration found severe weaknesses in the agency's program for preserving key government records.
Modernization
Navy adjusts terms of intranet deal
The Navy held a closeddoor meeting last week with officials from the four potential prime contractors vying for the Navy's $16 billion intranet contract to map out what sources on Capitol Hill say could be a major change to the contract.
People
How to operate in 'Netscape time'
Few would argue that the government must become leaner, lighter and more agile to meet the challenges of the Information Age. Dwindling resources and the highspeed nature of electronic business demand that federal agencies adopt industry's most effective tactics.
People
Intercepts
My Treasury Department snoops report that the department is preparing to deny a protest from a Lotus Development Corp. reseller who claims that his company has not been given a fair shake in supplying an alternative to Microsoft Corp. products.
Modernization
Changes afoot for Navy's intranet deal
The Navy held a closeddoor meeting Wednesday with officials from the four potential prime contractors vying for ownership of the $16 billion Navy/Marine Corps Intranet contract
Modernization
DOD ponders DMS marching orders
The Defense Department in the next 90 days plans to conduct what officials described as a 'mass cutover' from a lessstable version of the Defense Message System to the latest release of the software, which Pentagon officials say marks a significant step forward for the beleaguered program.
People
DOD orders remote recon to Kosovo
Faced with the prospect of more ethnic violence in Kosovo, the Defense Department last week dispatched several hightech reconnaissance aircraft and a company of longrange reconnaissance troops to act as the eyes and ears of the 5,900 U.S troops taking part in peacekeeping missions there.
People
Report criticizes CIA recordkeeping
A NARA report says flawed recordkeeping practices at the CIA increase the risk that critical data may not be preserved
People
Air Force considers contracting shuffle
The Air Force soon may be the first Defense Department organization to closely ally its business managers with its front-line deal-makers under a plan that would integrate the operations of the service's two leading information technology organizations.
Digital Government
IBM Netfinity servers get top-shelf makeover
IBM Corp. introduced two Netfinity multiprocessor servers last month that bring highend technologies to Intel Corp.based server platforms.
People
Navy assesses small-biz impact of intranet deal
SBA fears multibilliondollar project will sever links between Navy, small business service providers
People
Network access made simple, secure
As part of its multifaceted network security strategy, the Army is studying the ethical and legal implications of replacing personal passwords with devices that can read fingerprints, recognize voices and faces, and capture a host of other personal biometric information.
People
SBA turns eye on Navy
The Small Business Administration last week urged the Navy to disclose the number of small businesses that could be cut off from future Navy business once the service awards its $16 billion intranet contract.
Digital Government
Hill: Block FOIA
The Clinton administration's plan to protect critical networks from cyberattacks may get the bipartisan congressional support it needs this week in the form of legislation that shields companies' data when it is shared with federal security officials.
People
System Administrator
The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.
People
Security survival training
The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.
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