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4 hot spots in federal procurement
Look for innovations to help fix several procurement problems.
IT Modernization
Army requires security hardware for all PCs
Coming mandate specifies that new computers contain a standard Trusted Platform Module.
IT Modernization
Army to require built-in security
Netcom plans to require all new computers to include a hardware-based security technology called the Trusted Platform Module.
IT Modernization
States scramble to implement voting standards
43 states missed Jan. 1 deadline to comply with 2002’s Help America Vote Act
Workforce
Navair gets plenty of wireless experience
For now, the Naval Air Warfare Center is using a virtual private network (VPN) solution to secure a wireless link between its enterprise network and a set of handheld computers carried by about 100 Navy officers and managers
Digital Government
Wireless links get the squeeze
Handheld computers pose special challenge, concerns for wireless security
Workforce
Air base locks airborne logistics data
Secure wireless handhelds have kept track of supplies moving through a warehouse at Maxwell Air Force base in Montgomery, Ala., for a year
NIST harnesses instant messaging
Fed business development program uses IM to shrink distances and build communities
Digital Government
DISA tests wireless LAN products
DISA is evaluating various WLAN products, such as access points, wireless switches and dedicated security software
Digital Government
A standards-based security fix in the wings
Industry leaders have been working on a separate standards-based solution to the WLAN security problem
Digital Government
A new fix for wireless woes?
Wireless LAN switches tackle security and management shortcomings
Benefits of Active Directory
With the way that much of Microsoft's enterprise now works, customers usually benefit most when they deploy several products in concert
Census wrestles with integration issues
Microsoft Corp.'s Active Directory is a new way of life at the Census Bureau
Feds call for directory assistance
Microsoft's new network directory poses deployment challenges
Ratings up for desktop video
Agencies keep workers well-informed with mix of news and private programming
IT Modernization