The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is developing a requirement for operations, software and technical support for the U.S. Mission Control Center, which collects and distributes distress signals from ships at sea.
The House Judiciary Committee passed in a narrow 15-14 vote a bill permitting the use of electronic signatures and contracts in e-commerce, but giving the states more control in the rules governing such transactions.
U.S. trade officials and members of the information technology industry will push their European counterparts in a few weeks to expand the globalization of e-commerce and halt moves to impose regulatory trade duties.
Just when you thought you had a command of trademark law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the role of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and the resolution of claims to domain names vs. claims to similar trademarks, here comes the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in search of a new raison d'etre.
The following is an excerpt from the Sept. 30 testimony by Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, before the Technology Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science. Miller was speaking on the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1999.
The purchase of information technology products and services by civilian agencies should see slow but steady growth in the coming five years, with NASA and the departments of Transportation and Treasury and among those who lead the way in spending, according to a new industry group study.
Justice Creates Victim Notification System: The Justice Department plans to release a request for proposals by Nov. 1 for the development of an automated victim notification system.
Justice Creates Victim Notification System: The Justice Department plans to release a request for proposals by Nov. 1 for the development of an automated victim notification system.
The Department of Defense is encouraging trans-Atlantic alliances, including acquisitions, as one way to address growing concerns about interoperability among technologies fielded by U.S. forces and their allies.
Digital Signature Trust Co. of Salt Lake City is the first winner of the General Services Administration's Access Certificates for Electronic Services contract.
Digital Signature Trust Co. of Salt Lake City is the first winner of the General Services Administration's Access Certificates for Electronic Services contract.
Contractors have long used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as a means of gathering intelligence on the federal marketplace, including data on competitors' proposals and contracts. The law continues to evolve in this area, however, and greater protections now are available against competitors' requests for confidential data.
While applauding the White House's policy change to relax restrictions on encryption technology exports, lawmakers said they plan to push legislation in the upcoming weeks to lock the Clinton administration into sticking to its word on implementing the change.
Trident Data Systems Inc. of Los Angeles had the security technology and L-3 Communications Corp. of New York had the money and the market reach. And with the formation last year of their joint venture, L-3 Network Security, the two created a company geared to attack the changing nature of network security.
Computer Sciences Corp. of El Segundo, Calif., and the Defense Department have developed a tool that allows sharing of information over the World Wide Web between disparate work-flow applications.
