http://gcn.com/rss-feeds/daily-news.aspx The Transportation Department is deploying Métier's WorkLenz project and portfolio management software to streamline management of its $3 billion IT portfolio, improve its mandated OMB reports and comply with IT Dashboard requirements. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/dot-worklenz-portfolio-management.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:30 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/dot-worklenz-portfolio-management.aspx With A-Space, a social-networking site for intelligence analysts, the Defense Intelligence Agency wants to extend electronic collaboration into the creation of intelligence. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/a-space-dia-intell-sharing-wiki.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:57:18 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/a-space-dia-intell-sharing-wiki.aspx The Irex program is a collaboration between NIST and industry to develop interoperability standards for iris recognition, which is emerging as a technology for strong authentication. The first step evaluated the effectiveness of recognition algorithms with image standards. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/update1-irex-nist-iris-recognition.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:32 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/update1-irex-nist-iris-recognition.aspx The United Kingdom's Cabinet Office is developing a Web site in the style of the U.S. government's Data.gov that could advance the concept through use of Semantic Web technology. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/technicalities-uk-data-gov.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:21:17 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/technicalities-uk-data-gov.aspx Red Hat thinks it can apply NSA-level security to Windows from the outside. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/se-windows.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:01 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/se-windows.aspx The update, the first since 2005, captures 29 different categories of data from the world’s oceans, including oxygen levels, temperatures, salinity and information on gases and isotopes. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/noaa-world-ocean-database.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/noaa-world-ocean-database.aspx Harris Corp.'s FTI contract was relatively trouble-free until a router failure brought the nation's air traffic to a halt. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/harris-fti.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/harris-fti.aspx Seven police departments within Bucks County, Pa. are using software that allow their police officers to share basic criminal information while on their beats. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/bristol-police.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/bristol-police.aspx Over the years, the American public has been gifted with its share of computer-based turkeys -- information technology projects gone wrong, often at spectacular expense. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/it-turkeys-7-government-projects-gone-wrong.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/it-turkeys-7-government-projects-gone-wrong.aspx The Federal Aviation Administration is racing to upgrade its computer systems while the demand on its existing capabilities continues to increase. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/update-faa-software-hackers-delays.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/update-faa-software-hackers-delays.aspx Web 2.0 is great technology that has a role in all public-facing government Web sites and in the next wave of application development, but don't confuse its use with the less glamorous side of transparency. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/daconta-web-2.0-is-not-pixie-dust.aspx Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:22 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/daconta-web-2.0-is-not-pixie-dust.aspx Most reported cases of identity theft come from old-fashioned theft of wallets, purses and PCs, one study shows. But the sheer bulk of data available on servers and company computers makes those types of risks frightening. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/cybereye-identity-theft-online.aspx Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:15:08 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/cybereye-identity-theft-online.aspx GSA's Bev Godwin, recently returned from a six-month detail to the White House, talks about the advantages of using social media to connect with the public and balancing the ease of using Web 2.0 tools with the challenges of meeting government regulations. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/interview-bev-godwin-gsa-social-media.aspx Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:46:48 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/interview-bev-godwin-gsa-social-media.aspx A software problem that caused flight delays across the country today was not the first serious hiccup Federal Aviation Administration computer systems have suffered in recent years. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/faa-software-hackers-delays.aspx Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:34 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/faa-software-hackers-delays.aspx Microsoft has released betas of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to its MSDN and TechNet subscribers. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/microsoft-office-2010-sharepoint-2010-betas.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:28 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/microsoft-office-2010-sharepoint-2010-betas.aspx Despite increased cooperation among agencies that protect the government's information infrastructure, persistent vulnerabilities and lack of comprehensive security programs leave government IT systems vulnerable to attack. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/federal-cybersecurity-threats-vulnerabilities.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/federal-cybersecurity-threats-vulnerabilities.aspx The draft guidelines released by NIST cap a three-year effort to harmonize how government IT systems are certified and accredited for operation across the civilian, defense and intelligence communities. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/nist-draft-guidelines-it-security.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/18/nist-draft-guidelines-it-security.aspx Technology writers offer varied reactions to a study ranking the most secure Web browsers. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/17/browser-security-reaction.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:51:37 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/17/browser-security-reaction.aspx Three key practices can help systems withstand about 80 percent of commonly-known attack mechanisms, according to an estimate from the National Security Agency. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/17/nsa-3-steps--better-cybersecurity.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:32:30 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/17/nsa-3-steps--better-cybersecurity.aspx Los Alamos National Laboratory falls out of the supercomputer top spot. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/17/top500.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:33:05 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/17/top500.aspx