After standby, PCs wake up where they left off
The Environmental Protection Agency and Intel Corp. used the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas yesterday to kick off the IAPC program.
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Who is responsible when IT projects go south, wasting hundreds of thousands or millions of public dollars?
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The new emphasis on cybersecurity has been compared to the year 2000 repair effort. The analogy is only partly valid because the year 2000 work had an obvious deadline and a clear goal. Cybersecurity requires unending vigilance in the face of constantly changing threats.
Symantec CEO: Secure IT needs public-private cooperation
Members of Congress and federal executives 'all feel cyberthreats to be a part of the war we're facing,' said John W. Thompson, chairman of security software supplier Symantec Corp. of Cupertino, Calif. Thompson said he came to that conclusion after making a round of visits in Washington last week.
OMB's e-gov group will increase staff
<b>Mark Forman</b> isn't only gearing up for electronic government, he's staffing up. As the associate director for IT and e-government at the Office of Management and Budget, Forman said he would hire four managers to oversee 23 development projects OMB task forces have identified as models.
Bush establishes cybersecurity board
President Bush has released his long-awaited presidential order creating a high-level board for ensuring protection of the nation's critical information systems.
Bush still supports A-76
A-76 may be the most reviled process in all of procurement, but that won't stop the Bush administration from pursuing its goal of having companies and federal employees compete for work.
CIO Council gets new look, new direction
President Bush's Office of Management and Budget has radically overhauled the CIO Council, abolishing committees, changing members' assignments and giving the group new priorities.
How White House plans to fight cyberterrorism
President Bush has released his long-awaited presidential order creating a high-level board to protect the nation's critical information systems.
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In a celebrated real-life Mafia case, the FBI nailed the Boston crime boss Gennaro 'Jerry' Angiulo. He was convicted of racketeering charges in 1986, after a long investigation that included the use of listening devices deftly'and legally, by court order'hidden in the ceiling of his 98 Prince St. headquarters five years earlier.
GSA sets up business registry portal
Dry cleaners, restaurants and trucking companies will be the first to get one-stop business registration and licensing services from a new General Services Administration Web portal.
CIO Council gets new priorities
HERSHEY, Pa. -- The Office of Management and Budget has radically overhauled the CIO Council by abolishing committees, changingmembers' assignments and setting new priorities. The changes came after months of consultation with <b>Mark Forman</b>, OMB associate director for IT and electronic government.
EDITORIAL
You know when you've been nailed by a red-light camera. It happened to me one evening at dusk when I was rushing my son to an event and I entered an intersection on yellow (I thought). A flash illuminated the car, and on the return trip I spotted the glass bubble suspended over the intersection.
Web tool boosts PDA power
I'm old enough to remember fiddling with a sewing machine-sized Osborne portable computer with dual floppy drives. It was another 10 years before people regularly traveled with computers.
EDITORIAL
The worst reason to buy new technology is just to own it.
EDITORIAL
Cyberwarfare. Global information grid. Networked sensors. Joint interoperability. Situational awareness.
Agency managers outline accelerated information security plans
Federal technology managers have jammed the pedal to the metal on information security. The terrorist events of Sept. 11 have seen to that.
FAA traffic control shines at critical time
In his remarks last Tuesday evening, President Bush promised a stunned nation that the federal government would be open for business the following day.
EDITORIAL
Should it cost more to go first class? If you are an airline, you do everything in your power to get premium fees for premium service. As a traveler, you can pay a few hundred bucks to go cattle-car to London, or a few thousand to have Johnnie Walker Blue Label served in real glass at your flying leather Barcalounger.
Web tool gives PDA a hand
I'm old enough to remember fiddling with a sewing machine-sized Osborne portable computer with dual floppy drives. It was another 10 years before people regularly traveled with computers.
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