Digital Government
HHS system flushes out 1M deadbeat parents
A Department of Health and Human Services computer system to track down 'deadbeat' parents is still several weeks from being fully completed, yet it already has identified more than 1 million parents who owe child support. In September 1996, HHS awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Information Sup
Digital Government
OMB seeks better Y2K cost tally
In an effort to calculate a more accurate cost of fixing federal computers for the Year 2000 problem, the Office of Management and Budget this month asked agencies to prepare more detailed reports on Year 2000 costs. OMB issued a memorandum Aug. 13 that directed agencies to submit by Sept. 1 with t
Digital Government
CSC nabs NSA outsourcing pact
The National Security Agency last week awarded an outsourcing contract for the maintenance and operation of several of its topsecret computer systems that for the first time involves the transition of NSA employees to the private sector. Computer Sciences Corp. last week announced that it had won
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Schools Should Use Caution When Spending E-Rate Money
Experts last week warned school districts that are waiting on E-Rate money to think twice before moving forward on any technology purchasing decisions
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NASA to put Net in the stars
NASA last week announced plans for a new initiative to extend its research efforts to the stars by developing an Internetlike network in space for future missions and potential human colonization on other planets. Researchers soon will begin exploring ways that commercial Internet research can com
Digital Government
DISA unveils new plans for DMS
The Defense Information Systems Agency last week confirmed two changes to the Defense Message System that respond to concerns voiced by the nuclear community and to directions from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to insert commercial products. DISA will operate three Defense Message Transition Centers to
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Defense mulls securing comm with vendors
The Defense Department last week released a request for information for technology that would allow defense contractors and suppliers to encrypt their communications with the department. DOD is interested in using a publickey infrastructure (PKI), which uses digital signature and encryption techni
Digital Government
Industry balks at Clinton critical protection plan
The Clinton administration took its first step last week to form partnerships with companies and privatesector groups to protect the nation's critical infrastructures from electronic and physical threats, but the effort is already drawing criticism from the telecommunications industry. The Commerc
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NASA PC cluster on IT crime trail
NASA has designed a lowcost, highperformance computing cluster of PCs to analyze evidence gathered from network intrusions and other computer crime investigations. The space agency's Computer Crimes Division (CCD) is using a Beowulfclass highperformance computing cluster to process evidence gat
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Anti-piracy bill threatens security tests
A bill designed primarily to protect digital copyright laws contains a provision that could make illegal the network security testing often used by federal agencies to gauge how safe their networks are from hacker attacks or other unauthorized uses. The legislation, called the Digital Millennium Co
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CIOs float plan for federal IT architecture
A committee of the Chief Information Officers Council has issued a draft plan for a governmentwide information technology architecture designed to help agencies meet a mandate to align computer systems with agency business and mission needs. While the plan does not provide a detailed overview of a
Digital Government
HHS Web sites focus on minority health, cancer
The Department of Health and Human Services this summer launched two intriguing World Wide Web sites. Most recently, HHS launched a new Web site to make information available about its Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, a new program President Clinton unveiled earlier
Digital Government
DOD ignores security policy
Despite a growing awareness of security threats and hacker attacks, many Defense Department agencies are ignoring a policy that requires the use of certified secure operating systems and are choosing instead to use commercial operating systems, such as Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT, for critical app
Digital Government
OAG unveils intranet-based travel planning software
OAG Worldwide has expanded its government business unit and launched a product to meet the growing federal demand for employee travel planning software to replace traditional paperbased methods. The government business unit of the firm, which boasts customers from almost every federal agency, has
Digital Government
The security champ
Richard Guida returned to his computer science roots three months ago when he took over the post of champion for security of the Government Information Technology Services Board. Although he spent the last 25 years working in the Navy's nuclear propulsion program, Guida simultaneously earned a bach
Digital Government
White House: E-forms bill impedes Y2K fix
The Clinton administration last week voiced concern that a bill calling for the government to distribute and accept forms electronically would delay agencies from completing Year 2000 fixes. The bill, called the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, would require the Commerce Department to create w
Digital Government
DOJ site shows you the scenes of the crimes
The Justice Department's Crime Mapping Research Center has launched a new World Wide Web page to provide access to the latest information on crime mapping, which uses computer systems to show trends in crime incidents by regions. Point your browser to www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cmrc to learn more about high
Digital Government
Public-key committee to meet with CIOs
The Federal Public Key Infrastructure Steering Committee has approved its action plan to develop an interoperable publickey infrastructure (PKI) for governmentwide use. Members of the committee, which is composed of representatives from all federal agencies either using or considering the use of p
Digital Government
GSA: Protect Web users' privacy
The General Services Administration last week signed off on a governmentwide memo urging agencies to place a high priority on protecting the public's privacy on federal World Wide Web sites. The July 9 memo from Joan Steyaert, GSA's deputy associate administrator for information technology, outline
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Treasury tests smart cards
The Treasury Department and eight vendors last week launched a pilot to test the use of a smart card security application for World Wide Webbased financial transactions. The new pilot, announced last week at the EGov 98 conference in Washington, D.C., is the first joint Secure Electronic Transact
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