Next-Generation Technologies Won’t Pay Off Without Next-Gen GovernanceThe Defense Department is adopting a range of new technologies that include service-oriented architecture (SOA), social networking, and agile development and testing. All are aimed at accelerating the delivery of next-generation solutions to the battlefield and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of support operations. But these technologies won’t get the results the government needs without addressing a lingering barrier: the governance of information technology.
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Labor Captures Its Current Web SiteIf a picture is worth a thousand words, how do you calculate what a snapshot of a 1.6 million-page Web site is worth? The Labor Department doesn’t claim to know the answer, but it has resolved that its Web site is valuable enough to create a comprehensive snapshot for posterity. The Labor Department doesn’t claim to know the answer, but it has resolved that its Web site is valuable enough to create a comprehensive snapshot for posterity.
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DARPA Sets First Phase Contracts for National Cyber RangeThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced Jan. 8 a total of some $30 million of first contract awards for its National Cyber Range (NCR) program, a research and development testbed aimed at speeding deployment of new cybersecurity systems and which is a key part of the interagency Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). Launched early in 2008, the CNCI will be managed by the Homeland Security Department and will be the central coordinating office for all of the government’s cybersecurity organizations and development efforts.
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