ConverterTechnology updates Office 2007 migration tool
The latest version of OfficeConverter 2007 addresses compatibility issues associated with Visual Basic for Applications and Excel customizations.
A DRM for a new era
Semantic-based machine processing of data has improved to such an extent that agencies might benefit from an update of the federal data reference model, experts say.
(ISC)2 information security resource guide available online
The online version will reflect up-to-date details on events, educational resources, professional associations and Web sites, and users will be able to conduct keyword searches on entries.
Digitization and democracy
The Library of Congress is digitizing historical — and fragile — books to make them widely available as part of an open-content movement.
GPO's FDsys now operational
Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System now offers the public access documents from all three branches of government through a single portal.
One way to solve the federal records puzzle
If everything is a record, transparency and sharing become the rule and not the exception.
VA settlement demonstrates just how costly lax security can be
The Veterans Affairs Department agrees to pay $20 million for exposure of personal data on millions of vets.
Report: DOD, VA need better planning for e-health records interoperability
GAO says progress is being made, but the departments’ ability to meet a September deadline for sharing data is in doubt.
Labor captures its current Web site
Labor's effort is aimed at providing greater depth and accessibility to the department's Web pages than a similar but much broader project being led by the Library of Congress.
Intell agencies to link databases
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence plans to merge the e-mail systems of 16 intelligence agenices and link the agencies' databases.
GAO gives IRS mixed grades for 2007 tax filing season
Payment inquiries boosted Web site visits but swamped phone systems, while electronic filing of tax returns remained flat.
A winding path to unified storage
The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment upgrades its storage with a network-attached storage system and gateway that lets it Keep existing systems in the mix.
Credant beefs up Protector
Credant Technologies has updated its Protector software for protecting sensitive data.
Mirroring is not backup; backup is not archiving
Keeping these tiers of storage straight can avert many headaches down the road.
Data breaches soared 50 percent in 2008
The Identity Theft Resource Center reports that 656 data breaches occurrred in 2008, up from 446 in 2007.
NIST conducts risk analysis of evoting
National Institute of Standards and Technology study says electronic transmission can securely deliver ballots to overseas voters, but challenges still remain to electronically casting ballots.
U.S., EU agree on data protection framework
Efforts to improve data protection and sharing between the United States and the European Union take a significant step forward with the declaration of a new set of common principles.
Navy finds new place to store metadata
Where is the best place to file metadata about a multimedia file, such as a video or photograph? Why not on the file itself? This is the approach that the Navy Video News Service is taking.
Security apps get Common Criteria nod
Data leakage prevention, unified threat management products can be used in secure settings.
USGS' seismic shift
The U.S. Geological Survey upgrades its earthquake monitoring system in Northern California to digital, operating in the newly available upper half of the 1.7 GHz radio frequency band.
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