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Entrust debuts PKI products for Microsoft platforms
Entrust Technologies Inc. this month announced a new set of security solutions for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 operating systems for users who cannot afford to wait for the release of the more securityminded Windows 2000. The announcement of two new publickey infrastructure (PKI)
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Air Force responds to vendors' complaints
After strong industry complaints about its controversial acquisition strategy for purchasing computer products, the Air Force this month announced it will loosen the criteria it uses to choose bidders when it develops the next contract under the acquisition. The Standard Systems Group released a sp
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CIO program expanded
The General Services Administration, the CIO Council and other federal and industry groups have begun to expand a program serving the interests and needs of smallerlevel agency information technology leaders. GSA last year started the IT Leadership Roundtable as a forum for CIOs and other IT execu
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GAO: NASA systems full of holes
Outofdate information security policies have left significant vulnerabilities in NASA's missioncritical systems that could allow unauthorized users to steal, modify or delete important operational data, according to a General Accounting Office report released last week. GAO, working over the pas
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GAO unearths computer security weaknesses at NASA
Many of NASA's missioncritical information systems are vulnerable to attack, and almost all the systems do not meet the agency's own requirements for risk assessment, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.
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GSA eyes share in savings for popular IT contracts
The General Services Administration is talking with NASA, the National Institutes of Health and the Transportation Department about incorporating incentivebased contracting options into several of the government's largest programs for information technology products and services. GSA is working wi
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Bridging IT and citizens
Richard Burk, director of community connections at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a man who is willing to sacrifice himself to help people in need. He started out doing that in the Peace Corps and in local government, but, in his view, there is no better place to help people th
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Agencies lay groundwork for intrusion-detection network
A group of federal agencies has completed the initial model of a governmentwide intrusiondetection network that will provide a common center for response to cyberattacks on agencies.
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Vendors step up PKI push
Now that publickey infrastructure technology is being accepted, information security vendors are touting their PKI solutions as a way for agencies to support new applications, rather than simply a way to increase security.
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Agencies to plunge into incentive-based contracting
The Army and the General Services Administration are among the leading agencies that plan to take advantage of a new incentivebased approach to buying technology products and services.
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Security concerns drive feds to training program
With 2000 just more than six months away, many federal and industry organizations have begun to turn their Year 2000 efforts away from ensuring that systems are compliant and toward protecting systems from cyberattacks and abuse by employees. But the technology in the information security arena is
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Act would set digital guidelines
Government agencies and information security vendors are cautiously optimistic about a bill introduced in the House last month that aims to encourage the development of a nationwide electronic commerce infrastructure. The Digital Signature Act, sponsored by Rep. Bart Gordon (DTenn.), would require
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FTS streamlines Web site design
As part of an effort to improve its marketing, the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service last month gave its World Wide Web site a face lift, making it easier for users to locate the information they need about contracts and services. The site, at fts.gsa.gov, is often the fi
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OMB '100 percent' behind Air Force buying strategy
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. The federal government's top procurement official last week expressed support for the way the Air Force conducted the awards of three contracts worth more than $400 million but said her office is looking into questions raised by industry groups protesting the agency's acquisitio
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GSA accepts bids on governmentwide PKI program
The General Services Administration is one step closer to awarding the first contract aimed at providing publickey infrastructure technology governmentwide after receiving proposals on its Access Certificates for Electronic Services program. As the first contract designed to provide the technology
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GSA selects 12 for Millennia services pacts
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service last week awarded to 12 vendors its $25 billion Millennia contract for information technology services. The Millennia contract, awarded by FTS' Federal Computer Acquisition Center (Fedcac) Solutions Development Center, covers software
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GSA blazes new trail
The General Services Administration and the CIO Council last week sketched out a plan to replace the Trail Boss training program with a program specifically designed to equip executives with the financial, technical and political skills required to manage projects in the new environment created by
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GSA begins STAR program for IT professionals
Leading federal education and training groups today outlined their plans for a new program to help federal information technology professionals and managers deal with the changing way the government conducts business.
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SEC unveils Internet tool for fund investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission this month unveiled a free Internetbased tool that allows investors to compare how much it costs to hold funds. The Mutual Fund Cost Calculator (www.sec.gov/mfcc/mfccint.htm) will help users understand the actual dollar cost of holding one fund vs. another o
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