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David Perera
Cybersecurity
Users can be weakest links in cybersecurity infrastructure
Some of the military's vulnerability to cyberattacks is because users don't take security seriously, according to the commanding officer of the U.S. Strategic Command.
Digital Government
Advanced sensor technology sharpens battlefield picture
The latest advances in battlefield sensors are paying dividends for vehicle-mounted warfighters.
Management
Airborne emergency communications
A consortium of federal agencies, universities and private companies recently tested the idea of using aerostats ' tethered, blimp-shaped balloons ' as a way to restore emergency communications after a disaster.
Infrastructure
IAE takes its own advice
GSA's Office of Acquisition Systems streamlines government procurement with the Integrated Acquisition Environment.
Infrastructure
A host of benefits
The Labor Department's GovBenefits site eliminates duplication among agencies offering federal benefits by hosting agencies' online eligibility tools.
Digital Government
Marines get more JTRS-approved radios
The Marine Corps is procuring 9,300 handheld and 6,100 vehicle-mounted radios through the Consolidated Interim Single Channel Handheld Radio Program.
Digital Government
Spawar to upgrade communications platform
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center has placed a $9.8 million order for pre-production sets of the next generation of aircraft radio terminals, based on the Joint Tactical Radio System software-defined radio and its waveforms.
Digital Government
Singapore's direct approach
Singapore pushes ahead with WiMax, faster broadband and a standard desktop environment.
Cybersecurity
Singaporese put a lot into passwords
Singaporese are accustomed to the government knowing who they are when they access e-government services. With a mandatory password system named SingPass, government forms download ' after authentication ' with personal data prepopulated into the fields.
Digital Government
IDA keeps close relations with industry
Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority's philosophy, which includes making direct subsidies to information and communications technology companies, is to assume some of the risk for projects that require huge capital expenditures.
Management
Blimp floats over Dixie in disaster telecom test
State and federal officials have been testing aerostats to provide a backup infrastructure when normal telecommunications infrastructure services collapse.
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Digital Government
'Space Pearl Harbor' overstated
Shooting down a falling U.S. satellite Feb. 20 did not inaugurate a new era of vulnerability for high-bandwidth military communications.
Digital Government
New IP a go, but no new money
Agencies have until mid-2008 to update their network backbones for IP Version 6 compatibility. But if they were expecting new money to help with the transition, they will be disappointed.
Digital Government
OMB: No new money for IPv6
Federal agencies have all the money they need to make a mandatory transition to the next generation of internet protocol, said a top Office of Management and Budget official today.
Digital Government
IRS biz rules scrutiny nears completion
Rule engines could help bridge the worlds of business and programming
Digital Government
OMB insistent on IPv6
Federal agencies must head to the next generation of Internet protocol by 2008, according to OMB's Karen Evans.
Digital Government