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Be prepared: Winterize your disaster recovery plan

John McCormick takes a break from security bulletins to remind everyone about another crucial security gap--planning for disasters. We actually have a relatively slow week in advance of the monthly Microsoft Security Bulletin releases and that gives me time to look at a very serious security problem—lack...

Tags: John McCormick, Ready.gov, Food & Beverage, disaster recovery, flu, disaster planning, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Information Technology, Disaster Recovery Planning, Disaster, Productivity, Security, Data Management

Technical articles 2006-11-13

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International Network Services Case Study: Ruder Finn and Ready.gov

The Department of Homeland Security DHS launched a $100 million campaign to educate citizens of the United States on terrorism preparation strategies. In addition to radio and print ads, direct mail, and outdoor advertisements, the primary communication vehicle of the campaign was the Ready.gov website. Ruder Finn was responsible for...

Tags: Advertisement, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Project Management, Strategy, Government, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Case studies

Grants.gov (dmg)

Grants.gov for Mac OS X is a single package containing all the necessary items to use the Grants.gov Citrix server solution from Mac OS X. This package is provided to the community as a service by the University of Wisconsin, and is not an official product of Grants.gov. Grants.gov site...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Grants.gov Citrix Server, Grants.gov Site, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-11-23

Yahoo to offer new mashup tools

After Yahoo ratted all of us out to the Gov...without question who can REALLY trust them ever again?I think it's possible that they are actually in cahoots with the gov since they are usually the first one 'offering' the MOST diverse set of IT 'tools' to be used by 'just...

Tags: btljooz, gov, mashup, privacy, programming, spying, tool, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-08

Change my domain name from domain.local to domain.gov

I'd like to change my domain name from domain.local to domain.gov in order to create dns properly for the services of intranet (ex, intranet.domain.gov, mail.domain.gov,etc)What should i do ?ThanksErnestoI wouldn't change the nameInstead I'd put the server that needs external access on a perimeter network and put a DNS server...

Tags: Domain names, liubel@..., domain name

Discussion threads 2007-05-17

Hot Site of the Week - Grants.gov

I can't believe I failed to mention this web site when I wrote about grant writing a few weeks ago. Grants.govis an excellent place to begin your search for grantopportunities. Not only can you search for grant opportunities,you can download grant application packages and even apply for grantsthrough...

Tags: Grants.gov

Blog posts 2005-09-09

XML.gov Registry/Repository: Business Case

The purpose of this paper is to provide the justification for the XML.gov Registry/Repository, based on an analysis of its cost, value and risk. The primary business driver for the BCA is to address the need for the coordination and interoperability of Extensible Markup Language XML registry/repositories sponsored by federal...

Tags: Business Case, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development

White papers

Tips for growing your consultancy with government contracts

Agree but there's one catchMost Gov contracts require personnel with security clearances. Higher the necessary clearance level, tougher it is to find the people. Shouldn't stop you from pursuing the Gov contracts because usually the money is there to persuade others to jump from their current assignment to...

Tags: jmacsurf

Discussion threads 2007-10-18

e-Government Case Study: Chile

E-Gov can be defined as the public sector's use of technology, especially the Internet and World Wide Web, to improve its information, communication, and service delivery functions, as well as its constituents' access to such services. The Chilean experience with e-Government demonstrates how progress can occur even though it may...

Tags: Chile, Case Study, E-government, Government

Case studies

Why does Gov. Keep Loosing Laptops?

Yesterday Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez sent out a press release owning up to the fact that his department can not be responsible with its technology http://www.iwantmyess.com/?p=105The press release verified that also amongst the loss were 6,200 pieces of household information including names, addresses and Social Security Numbers http://www.commerce.gov/opa/press/Secretary_Gutierrez/2006_Releases/September/21_Commerce_Review.htmI really...

Tags: Gov, government, laptop computer, marileev@..., stolen laptop missing id theft commerce department census bureau

Discussion threads 2006-09-22

There is a new comet in town, McNaught (C/2006 P1)

Ok so it is not really new, the discovery was in August but it has brightened to what they are calling the brightest comet in 30 years. Now it is so close to the sun that the SOHO (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) can now see it and you can...

Tags: Michael Jay

Discussion threads 2007-01-13

Adwords Ready (zip)

Now, with this tool, you don't even need to make one by one campaign. Best for PPC. All you have to do is, collect ton's of your niche keywords, set your campaign name, set how much keyword will be store for each adgroup, and set what keyword type you will...

Tags: Google AdWords, Keyword, Productivity

Software downloads 2007-11-14

Telework support best practices

It looks like my employer is going to be testing a telework program with company provided PC, internet access, phone line, etc. I was wondering if anyone has experience supporting users and systems in this sort of environment -- it's one thing if my users are at another site...

Tags: Network technology

Discussion threads 2005-04-22

Ready Spell (exe)

This usually leads into opening an instance of your favorite word editor or search engine. Now there is a more convenient and faster solution, Ready Spell. With a simple keyboard hotkey your spell check utility will appear and be ready for your word, instantly. Programming Text Editors; Custom Applications; DOS...

Tags: Hotkey, CK Technologies

Software downloads 2008-06-05

Astronomy uber-photo: In the Shadow of Saturn

Uber photoFAR OUT!Uber may be an understatementUBERLICIOUSLY STUNNING...pale blue dotIf you look at the original photo from the astronomy picture of the day site you will see a pale blue dot just outside the rings on the top left. That's us.see http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.htmlpale blue dotsorry, that should be: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html

Tags: Uber, rmag53@...

Discussion threads 2006-10-21

Need help with picking blogging / CMS tool

I am currently brooding on a plan to set up a new community type portal web site which should include a blog. As the plans as to what will be there are beginning to take shape I am now starting to look for the right type of software to use...

Tags: blog, blogging, cms, CMS tool, content management system, MySource Matrix, mysql, php, programming, Roho, tool

Discussion threads 2005-11-16

X.509 V3 Certificate - Help!

I have been given the task of making sure that we my company can be in compliance with an agency policy. See the link below. Has anyone ever dealt with requesting certificates for multiple people/emails in their organization? I am not sure how to go about this. I have already...

Tags: BreakFix, compliance, fda, digital certificate, x.509 v3, rfc 11, e-mail, agency

Discussion threads 2006-08-09

HIPAA

Ok all, good question for you.Say that you have a kid in special ed. You and your wife are not fully satisfied with the way your kid is progressing in school, so you get together with a ton of people from the school, the school district, and of course...

Tags: HIPAA, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, school district

Discussion threads 2005-03-12

(Images: Lakes on Titan, water on Mars?)

Liquid gases? Pick one. It can't be both at the same time.Do you mean _liquid ethane_, which is usually in a gaseous state in the conditions found on Earth but is a liquid at the temperatures on Titan, or have you discovered some new state of matter that has escaped...

Tags: nighthawk808

Discussion threads 2007-03-15

FY07 Budget Formulation: FEA Consolidated Reference Model Document

The Office of Management and Budget's OMB Office of E-Government (E-Gov) and Information Technology IT, with the support of the General Services Administration GSA and the Federal Chief Information Officers CIO Council, established the Federal Enterprise Architecture FEA Program which builds a comprehensive business-driven blueprint of the entire Federal government....

Tags: Information Technology, White House, Government, E-government, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Office Suites, Software, Management

White papers 2005-05-01