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CIOs' blueprint makes Year 2000 top priority
Tackling the Year 2000 conversion problem tops the list of priorities for the council of chief information officers, according to a report the CIO Council recently released. In the report, which also lists technology investment and interoperability as important issues agencies should focus on in th
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DOD adds attack capability to infowar
The latest Pentagon reorganization plan creates for the first time an offensive information warfare (infowar) operation within top echelons of the Defense Department and gives information warfare both offensive and defensive increased visibility and clout. The proposed plan, which is part of a
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Cybercenter will trace net intrusions
Attorney General Janet Reno last week announced an interagency effort to track and analyze electronic threats to the nation's critical infrastructure, such as the private computer systems used to manage the financial, electrical and transportation industries. The new National Infrastructure Protect
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A second big push
Less than a year after fledgling 'push' technology was billed by some as the hottest way to untangle the massive maze of information on the World Wide Web since the browser, some push vendors are refining their products to appease users annoyed by a deluge of information that can devour network ban
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DOJ takes crime-fighting message online to kids
With the increase in pornographyfilled World Wide Web pages and other sites that may be a hazard for young surfers, the Justice Department last month unveiled its effort to keep children safe and on the right track. Attorney General Janet Reno unveiled the DOJ Kids and Youth Page, a site devoted e
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Bill would guarantee funding for Next Generation Internet
After Congress balked last year at fully funding President Clinton's $105 million request for the highpowered Next Generation Internet (NGI) program, a Senate bill that was introduced this month would guarantee for the next two fiscal years almost the full amount the administration had been seekin
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Netscape allays acquisition rumors
The chief executive officer of Netscape Communications Corp. last week dismissed rumors whirling on Wall Street that the company soon may be acquired by a larger technology company. 'We're not out looking for anything,' said Jim Barksdale, Netscape's president and CEO, in an interview with Federal
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Senate Bill Would Guarantee Next Generation Internet Funding For Two Years
Senate Bill Would Guarantee Next Generation Internet Funding For Two Years
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SBA, corporate site offers advice to businesswomen
Women chatted online with Dietra Ford, the General Services Administration's associate administrator of the Office of Enterprise Development, who was featured as part of the new Online Women's Business Center, developed by the Small Business Administration, IBM Corp., J.C. Penney Company Inc., NationsBank Corp., GTE Corp. and Avon.
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Few Consider Web Documents Official Records, Study Shows
Few Consider Web Documents Official Records, Study Shows
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Few view Web docs as records
Despite recent highprofile court battles over the preservation of electronic records most federal and state officials have limited awareness of the possibility that information posted to World Wide Web sites may qualify as records according to a study released last week. The study 'Guidelines for
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Former NSA exec Crowell joins Cylink battles on for public private encryption
As deputy director and lead cryptographer at the National Security Agency William Crowell had a unique vantage point from which to observe the federal government's evolving needs to secure data communications. At the same time he was keenly aware of the demands from the private sector for technolog
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NOAA overhauls Web site, agencies join to fight fraud
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has overhauled its home page to reflect the rich data and images the agency collects as part of its mission to monitor, assess and predict oceanic and atmospheric conditions.
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Outsourcing opens security risks
The federal government's push to outsource its operations, including information technology programs, has created new opportunities for unauthorized access to private and sensitive information stored in government databases.
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Merged standard could allow governmentwide secure e-mail
In a move that could extend Defense Message System capabilities to civilian agencies at lower costs and allow governmentwide secure e-mail interoperability, the National Security Agency has committed to merging its secure messaging protocol with the de facto commercial standard.
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Kennedy Space Center to launch access system
The Kennedy Space Center soon will become the first NASA center to install an advanced automated system to request and approve security credentials for visitors center employees and contractors. Kennedy officials plan to solicit proposals early next year for a new database and software application
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ODIN opens to all feds
The General Services Administration and NASA will sign an agreement this week opening the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA (ODIN) contract to all government agencies and increasing its value up to $5 billion from almost $1 billion. Originally ODIN was intended to outsource hardware software
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Security team in money crunch
Faced with a dwindling budget officials with the only governmentwide computer emergency response team (CERT) for civilian agencies are considering floating a proposal to levy a tax on agencies to fund security services for information technology systems. As the Federal Computer Incident Response Ca
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DOD site helps target federal EC information
As with many topics these days pinpointing specific and helpful information about electronic commerce in the government can be similar to finding a needle in a haystack. But the Defense Department has created the comprehensive Federal Electronic Commerce Navigator which should help users locate the
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Industry Watch
New Norton package for Windows 95 Symantec Corp. last week announced Norton Utilities 3.0 for Windows 95 the company's latest version of its popular utilities package. The product which will begin shipping this week features new and advanced problemsolving disasterrecovery and optimization capabi
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