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World's biggest compute job... to be done by pen and paper: The US Census Bureau, which is charged with counting and analyzing the nation's 300 million residents in 2010, has just admitted that its technology is not ready for the job. And what was originally touted to be the first "high-tech count in the nation's history" will still be a highly...; Tags: Job, CNBC, Bureau, Temporary Worker, Handheld Computer, Computer, Handhelds, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau: The US Census Bureau faces cost overruns up to $2 billion on an IT initiative replacing paper-based data collection methods with specialized handheld devices for the upcoming 2010 census. The Bureau has not implemented longstanding Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations and may therefore be forced to...; Tags: Harris Corp., Government Accountability Office, Census Bureau, Bureau, Handhelds, Hardware, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Reckoning day for ChoicePoint?: You may remember when Choicepoint, the data aggregator and vendor of personally identifiable information fell prey to a very simple ploy. Some Nigerian data thieves became customers and proceeded to download thousands of records. ChoicePoint is finally settling a class action law suit that arose from that incident...; Tags: Bureau, Price Tag, ChoicePoint Inc., Culprit, Lesson, Social Security, Identity Theft, Financial Services, Government, Security, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-01-27
Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?: I rarely get e-mail from the USA Today's Byron Acohido (who from time to time interviews me for my opinions on tech). But today, Acohido drew my attention to a story that he has co-authored with Jon Swartz under the headline FTC under fire as credit bureaus sell consumers'...; Tags: ZIP Code, Bureau, Database Company, FTC, E-mail, Government, Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-12-17
Malware found on new hard drives: Here's an interesting story that I found in my inbox. The Taipei Times is reporting that around 1,800 new 300GB and 500GB external hard drives manufactured by Maxtor shipped with malware on them. What makes this story even more interesting is that Taiwanese authorities suspected that Chinese authorities were involved....; Tags: Hard Drive, Bureau, Trojan Horse, Malware, Seagate Technology LLC, Taipei Times, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-11-13

Census employees inadvertantly post citizen data: The Census Bureau posted personal information from 302 households on a public Internet site multiple times over a five-month period, the bureau said today, the AP reports. Names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and family income ranges, but not Social Security numbers, said spokeswoman Ruth Cymber. "A...; Tags: Government technology, Privacy; Blog posts 2007-03-07
Photos: NYC celebrates 'Final Fantasy XII': Oct. 11 was officially sanctioned by NYC & Company, the city's tourist bureau, as Final Fantasy XII Day.; Tags: bureau; Image galleries 2006-10-11
Chinese hackers hit State computers: In a "concerted effort," Chinese hackers broke into State Department computers in Washington and overseas and stole sensitive U.S. government information and passwords - and implanted secret re-entry programs in unsecured computers, the department revealed yesterday. The bureau said that the bureau that deals with China and North Korea was...; Tags: computer, bureau; Blog posts 2006-07-12
SSNFraud.Info Toolbar (INFO): Identity Theft, Identity Fraud, or SSN Fraud is a recovery and prevention deterrent browser toolbar. It blocks pop-ups, clears browser cache, and deletes browsers cookies. Also provides direct button to yearly free credit reports from three major credit bureaus and check bureaus. Direct button to inexpensive identity monitoring services and...; Tags: Bureau, Toolbar, Web Browser, Identity Theft, Web Browsers, Security, Internet; Software downloads 2006-01-24
A (distributed) new media column- technology-enabled journalists needed: (A New Year and a new media...)Disruption on the huge scale that we see in the media sector is scary for those caught inside the crumbling business models. The old media is dying faster than expected while the new media is still fledgling. We don't yet have the new media...; Tags: media; Blog posts 2006-01-03
ID theft creates opportunities for data companies: ID theft creates opportunities for data companiesMakes You Wonder!Makes for a great bussness model, steal ID's, report it and really scare people, then sell a service to protect you. They been taking lessons from the goverment?Intranssient @holes[spurring credit bureaus and banks to offer credit-monitoring services]How a credit bureau can...; Tags: identity theft, bureau; Discussion threads 2005-08-28
Information Technology Management: Census Bureau Has Implemented Many Key Practices, But Additional Actions Are Needed: The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the leading source of high-quality data about the American people and the economy. These data are used to determine congressional and state legislative districts and to distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds each year. Also, federal agencies use census...; Tags: Bureau, Information Technology, General Accounting Office, Census Bureau, Strategy, Management; White papers 2005-06-16
Fujian Tax Bureau Tightens Information Security With HP Services: The Fujian Province Local Taxation Bureau stores confidential information of 400,000 taxpayers in the province. Any loss of information or computer failure would result in serious disruptions and damage to the bureau's reputation. To protect their database, the bureau engaged HP to develop and implement a 30 million yuan system...; Tags: Information Security, Hewlett-Packard Co., Bureau, Taxes, Free Trade, Productivity, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies
Oracle Case Study: Huizhou City Telecommunications Bureau: A subsidiary of Guangdong Province Telecommunications Company Limited, Huizhou City Telecommunications Bureau governs subordinate telecom bureaus in the city, surrounding counties, and the Daya Bay Economic and Technological Zone. The bureau wanted to establish a unified information platform to enhance network management and avoid incomplete data sets and use information...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Bureau, Network, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking; Case studies
Gruma's Move to Intel Xeon Processor MP Increases Productivity With Lower Costs: Guangdong Provincial Finance Bureau is a government agency managing the fiscal revenues and expenditures of the province. The bureau wanted to consolidate financial data in various formats. Guangdong Provincial Finance Bureau could not monitor the incomes and expenditures of funds in real time owning to monthly financial statements from affiliated...; Tags: Financial, Bureau, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Gruma, Guangdong Provincial Finance Bureau, Processors, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Finance; Case studies
KUKA Roboter Builds a Secure Future: Lanzhou Railway Bureau, one of eighteen railway Bureaus in China, manages 9,800 computers along 2,793 kilometers of railway, operating critical systems such as goods delivery and ticket sales. Lanzhou Railway Bureau needed to improve PC operations by reducing downtime as much as possible. The Bureau had no effective means to...; Tags: Bureau, Information Technology, Intel Corp., KUKA Roboter, Strategy, Management; Case studies
Intel Active Management Technology Helps Lanzhou Railway Bureau Reduce IT Maintenance Costs by Up to 50 Percent: Lanzhou Railway Bureau, one of eighteen railway Bureaus in China, manages 9,800 computers along 2,793 kilometers of railway, operating critical systems such as goods delivery and ticket sales. Lanzhou Railway Bureau needed to improve PC operations by reducing downtime as much as possible. The Bureau had no effective means to...; Tags: Bureau, Information Technology, Intel Corp., Strategy, Management; Case studies
Dutch Information Bureau Adopts Convergence Application to Authenticate Social Security Benefits: The Dutch Information Bureau, or Inlichtingenbureau, is a vital link in the chain created by the Work and Income Implementation Structure Act. The Bureau uses a Convergence Application to link the files of social security organizations, including Unemployment and Disability Benefits (UWV), student financing, and the Dutch Tax Office. Municipal...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Bureau, Bureau, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Government, Finance; Case studies
The "Science" of Linking Cost, Performance, and Planning: FWS is the Department of the Interior's key bureau charged with the responsibility to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats. Most recently, FWS and other federal agencies have been especially impacted by the President's Management Agenda (PMA), which requires linking budget requests to overall results....; Tags: Bureau, Performance, Accountant, FWS, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management; White papers
Learning to Count on Perl at the Census Bureau: Like many government agencies, the U.S. Census Bureau leaves the selection of programming tools up to their techies, and more than a few in the back rooms of bureaucracy cut their teeth on Perl and a whole line of open source solutions. The Senior Internet Technology Architect who oversees system...; Tags: Perl, Bureau, O'Reilly Media Inc., Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development; Book chapters