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British agency tells schools to avoid Vista

January 11, 2007 Government's schools computer unit warns that deploying the new OS carries too much risk and that its benefits are unclear. TAGS: agency, school, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows Vista, London, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, operating system

Oregon eyeing open formats

March 28, 2007 Electronic document standards proposed for state agencies, but not ODF exclusively. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Oregon, agency, bill, XML, open source, freeware

Feds' tech budgets may hinge on cybersecurity prowess

February 7, 2007 Bush administration's top IT official says she's counting on agencies to fix flaws before eating up more dollars to build new systems. TAGS: cybersecurity, agency, Bush Administration, president, government, information technology, dollar

Government Web sites are keeping an eye on you

January 5, 2006 Dozens of federal agencies are using visitor-tracking cookies that violate long-standing rules designed to protect privacy. TAGS: WebTrends Corp., agency, visitor, practice, privacy, monitoring, monitor

Feds call for global spam fight

April 21, 2006 U.S. Federal Trade Commission joins foreign partners in a call for more cross-border action against spammers. TAGS: spam, agency

RFID passports arrive for Americans

August 14, 2006 State Department to begin handing out RFID-equipped passports despite lingering security, privacy concerns. TAGS: passport, RFID, e-passport, smart card, agency, RFID chip, digital signature, researcher, document, Las Vegas, security, U.S., radio, photograph, laptop computer

Veterans Affairs to protect data on laptops

August 14, 2006 Encryption plan is latest attempt at recovering from thefts that potentially exposed personal data on millions of service members. TAGS: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, agency, theft, insurance, laptop computer, security

Judge: Worker can't be fired for Web surfing

April 24, 2006 Administrative law judge rules that New York City worker can not be fired for surfing the Web from work. TAGS: New York City, Judge, worker, agency, decision

In federal e-security we trust? Not a chance

March 1, 2006 When it comes to federal privacy, attorney Eric J. Sinrod points to new research that finds Uncle Sam has a long way to go. TAGS: e-Security Inc., agency, privacy, perception, survey

Sleek snoop center still leans on human factor

August 19, 2006 High-tech eye candy, yes. But law enforcement intelligence center still relies on human communications. Photos: Inside JRIC TAGS: agency, law enforcement, intelligence, center, data source, database

Whois data a key weapon in fraud fight, FTC says

June 27, 2006 The agency tells ICANN that the domain databases are critical to its fight against spyware and other Internet fraud. TAGS: Whois, agency, fraud, weapon, database, spyware

Mafia insiders infiltrating firms, U.K. cops warn

April 25, 2006 U.K.'s crime-fighting agency says organized crime gangs are planting people inside companies to attack their systems. TAGS: insider, agency, fraud, U.K., London

FBI calls for hacker help

August 2, 2006 At Black Hat security confab, FBI official says the agency needs help from the security world to fight cybercrime. TAGS: cybercrime, Black Hat, agency, hacker, conference, security

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, Massachusetts, XML, Microsoft Office, standards, policy, state, information technology, Microsoft Corp., document

Freedom of information? Uncle Sam, get it right!

March 28, 2007 Attorney Eric Sinrod says 10 years after Congress enacted E-FOIA regulations, government agencies are coming up woefully short. TAGS: agency, exemption, audit, guidance, request, government, freedom, law, compliance, record

Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDA

June 22, 2006 Agriculture Dept. tells 26,000 employees, contractors that their names, Social Security numbers, photos may be at risk. TAGS: social security number, agency, Social Security, contractor, personal information, hacker, hacking, monitoring, database, photograph

FBI ripped for IT upgrade costs

March 21, 2006 Auditors criticize the agency for more than $17 million in "questionable contractor costs" and missing equipment. TAGS: Computer Sciences Corp., auditor, agency, equipment, information technology

The Net's Finest: Law enforcement goes online

November 26, 1997 CNET profiles the agents and agencies fighting crime online and examines how law enforcement is adopting technology to catch cybercriminals on their own turf. TAGS: law enforcement, agency, crime, agent, credit card

Find toxic wastelands via Google Earth

January 17, 2007 EPA takes first step in effort to make data about polluted sites more accessible to online mapping applications and the public at large. TAGS: agency, mashup, Google Earth, XML file, representative, XML, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Next NASA mission: Twitter and Facebook

June 27, 2007 Some executives believe that adoption of Web technologies like Twitter will help the public be more connected to space exploration. TAGS: Twitter, agency, web technology, exploration, social networking, Facebook, moon, blog, scientist
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