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US vets sue government over data theft

News The US Department of Veterans Affairs has been hit with a class-action lawsuit following the theft last month of a device containing personal information on about 26.5 million veterans. Five organisations and several individuals have asked the US...

Tags: vets, veterans, data breach, data theft

[07 Jun 2006]

Loan company loses data on 1.3 million students

News Last month, data on 26.5 million US veterans was seized following the theft of hardware from the home of a government employee. About 1.3 million customers of a Texas provider of student loans are at risk of ID fraud, after a contractor lost...

Tags: data loss, data

[02 Jun 2006]

10 things you should know about troubleshooting VPN connections

whitepaper Users unable to access file serversUsers able to connect via PPTP but not L2TP/IPSecUsers unable to establish IPSec tunnel mode connections from behind some firewallsUsers unable to reach some network IDs on the corporate networkIT veterans Deb...

Tags: vpns, vpn, connections, connect

[19 May 2006]

Customized Project Management and Security Training Advances IT Staff for Government Healthcare Provider

whitepaper Government Healthcare Provider (GHP) offers a range of healthcare services for America's military veterans, including health care facilities, disability compensation, pensions, and burial services at government-owned cemeteries.

Tags: training and certification, training, program, project management

[17 May 2006]

Minority Report: The new 'Get a Mac' ads

Comment The majority of Switchers seemed to be the kind of people that the company already boasted as Mac veterans - writers, illustrators and DJs. Apple's latest 'Get a Mac' ad campaign points out PCs' deficiencies and Macs' superiority.

Tags: apple mac, apple

[08 May 2006]

Disney splashes $7.4bn on Pixar buy

News As part of the deal, expected to be completed this summer, two Pixar veterans will head Disney's animation efforts. Walt Disney announced on Tuesday it's paying $7.4bn in stock to acquire Pixar Animation Studios - a deal that puts Apple CEO Steve...

Tags: pixar, steve jobs, disney

[25 Jan 2006]

Online car tax renewals extended across UK

News The DVLA system checks the driver and vehicle details through links with other external databases including the motor insurance database, the Post Office, local authorities, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, the Driving Standards Agency...

Tags: dvla

[10 Jan 2006]

New order in New Orleans

Comment We will defeat the terrorists," Bush informed a crowd of World War II veterans. As disaster unfolded in New Orleans, the authorities were left disorganised and flat-footed but bloggers were propelled to the fore of the relief effort - a perfect...

Tags: hurricane, katrina, new orleans

[06 Sep 2005]

Public Sector: Modernizing Government and Higher Education Services

whitepaper Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Remedy's Service Management solutions have consistently helped government customers, such as the U.S. Department of Energy, Defense Intelligence Agency, State of California, State of Michigan, and the cities of...

Tags: service level management, energy, california, business processes

[01 Sep 2005]

Electronic Government: Smart Card Usage Is Advancing Among Federal Agencies, Including the Department of Veterans Affairs

whitepaper As the unique properties and capabilities of smart cards have become more apparent, federal agencies, including the Office of Management and Budget, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the General Services Administration, have...

Tags: smart cards, card, smart card, administration

[30 Aug 2005]

INI Solutions for Government Healthcare: Automating Essential Processes That Support Quality Patient Care

whitepaper Many of the challenges faced by military and veterans healthcare operations are common to the healthcare industry as a whole. For years, government medical facilities have served the largest base of patients in the United States.

Tags: customer support services, united states, healthcare, military

[30 Aug 2005]

Contrasting Community Building in Sponsored and Community Founded Open Source Projects

whitepaper Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior characterizations of open source projects have been based on the model of a community-founded project. More recently, a second model has emerged, where organizations spinout internally developed code to a...

Tags: community, open source, projects, source

[30 Aug 2005]

Human Resources

whitepaper Created by industry veterans, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resources combines advanced technology with commonsense business savvy. With HRMS, you can become the strategic leader in your organization while you realize a substantial return on...

Tags: hr, strategic, human resources, initiatives

[23 Aug 2005]

The Weekly Round-Up: 05.08.05

Round-Up Two non-profit groups - The Vista Software Alliance (VA) and Worldvista - provide specialist software called Vista to hospitals, nursing homes and clinics which care for US military veterans. It's been a busy couple of weeks for fans of Microsoft's...

Tags: round-up

[09 Aug 2005]

Leader: Microsoft faces a tough sell for Windows Vista

Leader Already a host of organisations are claiming rights to the Vista tag, with a US military veterans group promising to give Redmond a bit of a fight. It may be early days but the Microsoft hype machine has already started to kick in around its next...

[03 Aug 2005]

Windows Vista name spat gives Microsoft a headache

News These include two non-profit groups - The Vista Software Alliance (VA) and Worldvista - that provide specialist software called Vista to hospitals, nursing homes and clinics which care for US military veterans.

Tags: veterans, vista, windows, microsoft

[03 Aug 2005]

ESB: The "A" in SOA

whitepaper Industry veterans recognize that the concepts underlying service-oriented architecture are not new, and that today's SOA represents a powerful summation of technology approaches that have been refined over the last two decades.

Tags: infrastructure management, oriented, service oriented architecture, projects

[21 Jul 2005]

Enterprise Architecture: Strategy, Governance, & Implementation

whitepaper This paper presents the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Architecture strategy that was developed and unanimously approved by the VA Enterprise Architecture Innovation Team. Established by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, this team...

Tags: enterprise architecture, enterprise architecture, veterans, governance

[14 Jul 2005]

The Potential Cost of Meeting Demand for Veterans' Health Care

whitepaper In recent years, increasing numbers of veterans have turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for medical care, responding in part to an easing of eligibility rules in the mid- 1990s that opened up the system to veterans who previously...

Tags: human capital management, care, veterans, medical care

[05 Jul 2005]

Procurement Preferences for Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans

whitepaper On December 16, 2003, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003was enacted amending the Small Business Act to establish a procurement program for Small Business Concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

Tags: procurement and sourcing, owned, act, small business

[21 Jun 2005]

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