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FCW's The Week

Sep 23, 2008

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FEATURE

Play it safe on the interactive Web
Testing new features, sanitizing XML and securing development can help reduce risks from Web 2.0.

Learn how experts view the Bush administration’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative and what its ramifications are for federal information technology.

THE WEEK

Buzz of the Week: Unfinished business in Congress

FCW Caption Contest winner announced

Policy News

OMB to verify desktop configuration work

Bailout could cost agencies

Fiscal 2009 IT budgets overview

Is E-Gov Act in jeopardy?

Technology News

FBI creates knowledge wiki

FCW FORUM

Editorial: Security, not secrecy

Petrillo: New rules tighten task orders

Paller: FISMA 2008: A better solution

MANAGEMENT

OPM puts weight behind e-health
Agency uses its buying power to push private health plans that serve the government workforce.

POLICY

Get ready to show your EA work
In future assessments, OMB will ask agencies to tie enterprise architecture to performance improvements.

ACQUISITION

Panel: Rethink services pricing
Critics: Nature of professional services makes it difficult to apply GSA’s price reduction clause.

POINTERS: RECOMMENDED READING
FCW points you in the direction of interesting blogs and Web sites that deal with all things information technology.

Innovative IT governance

Misinformation and the Web

20 IT mistakes to avoid

A lesson in password security

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Verizon plans FirstNet rival

Verizon says it will carve a dedicated network out of its extensive national 4G LTE network for first responders, in competition with FirstNet.
Can AI tools replace feds?

The Heritage Foundation is recommending that hundreds of thousands of federal jobs be replaced by automation as part of a larger government reorganization strategy.
DOD pushes toward CAC replacement

Defense officials hope the Common Access Card's days are numbered as they continue to test new identity management solutions.
Can the U.S. stop malware and buy it at the same time?

The U.S. government walks a fine line of prosecuting alleged hackers and buying malware and other software vulnerabilities.
VA's legacy systems aren't ready for the Data Act

A just-released oversight report reveals that the legacy systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs aren't ready to support many Data Act requirements.
What DOD's reorg means for tech and acquisition

The Section 901 report promises changes for DIUx, DARPA and the Pentagon's entire acquisition apparatus.