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Cybersecurity
Cyber attacks hit two security labs
Two national labs suffered cybersecurity breaches that possibly exposed unclassified personally identifiable information.
Infrastructure
NASA 5.0 launches
NASA wants to give Web surfers a more personal experience when they browse agency news. The agency launched NASA 5.0, the latest version of its Web site, Nov. 30.
Cybersecurity
Competition to 'hash' out algorithm standard
NIST seeks a few good teams to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm.
Cybersecurity
Vendor drops TWIC suit after subcontract offer
Integrated Biometric Technology ended its two-and-a-half-month protest of the TWIC contract and accepted a subcontract under Lockheed Martin.
Cybersecurity
DOE goes with REDE for IT deal
DOE has awarded REDE, a small 8(a) company, a contract for information technology and telecommunications support at DOE's Oak Ridge, Tenn., division.
Cybersecurity
Pa. First Responder Authentication Cards to use VeriSign PKI
Pennsylvania has chosen a public-key infrastructure to manage its digital certificates for First Responder Authentication Cards.
Digital Government
Pa. chooses PKI to manage first-responder access cards
Pennsylvania has chosen a public key infrastructure to manage their digital certificates for their First Responder Authentication Cards.
Digital Government
CIOs spring forward on daylight-saving fix
A 2005 law that changed daylight-saving requires major effort to patch computers.
Digital Government
Remembering MCI Mail
MCI did something no other company had done before when it connected its e-mail to the Internet.
Digital Government
Data loss gets personal
Security experts say hackers are going straight for information in 2007.
Digital Government
Vista emphasizes security over compatibility
Micfrosoft's Windows Vista operating system may have sacrificed compatibility with third party applications in favor of security.
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Digital Government
Sun pitches Project Blackbox to feds
Sun Microsystems is offering their Blackbox as a possible backup or primary for IT systems for use in disaster recovery and consolidation.
Digital Government
Section 508: Reconstruction in progress
Web technologies outpace accessibility law and require a major rewrite of 508 standards.
Digital Government
Military, agencies to phish their workers
The military and agencies such as the Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Departments can now launch phishing attacks against their own workers.
Digital Government
Copy protection can sometimes be bypassed
The Copyright Office has ruled on six exemptions to digital copyright protection.
Digital Government
Microsoft takes the Linux pledge, partners with Novell
The companies will work together on virtualization, management and document compatibility.
Digital Government
Microsoft, Novell stand together on Linux
Microsoft and Novell have announced a partnership between to bring between Microsoft's Windows and Novell's SuSE open source Linux in an effort to promote interoperability and collaboration between Linux and Windows.
Digital Government
Circle the wagons
Technologies to protect data from getting tapped, leaked or stolen.
Digital Government
Businesses weigh HSPD-12 costs
Small firms are assessing the cost of obtaining certification for the products they hope to sell to government agencies implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.
Digital Government
Vendors offer interoperability on a national scale
Emergency responders say they need to solve regional interoperability problems first.
