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Wade-Hahn Chan

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.

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.