May 12, 2006 • Volume 4 • Number 7
IPv6 Will Improve Government Services
 Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) will significantly improve government services in the future. But the conversion from today's environment is not without challenges -- both culturally and technologically.
According to Major-General General Marilyn Quagliotti, Deputy Director at DISA, “IPv6  as really an evolution in networking and the technology explosion that we see today. If you look at the opportunities that it will afford us to collaborate and share expertise across the federal government (and) to be able to respond to any requirement that we have, it's truly exciting. I really think that as leaders we need to look at what the technology will allow us to do (and) we need to look forward to really implement the promise of the technology.”
Hear more on IPv6 on www.FederalNewsRadio.com Tuesday May 16 @ 3 PM ET
 The Federal Executive Forum is hosted by Jim Flyzik of the Flyzik Group airs Tuesday, May 16 at 3 pm ET on the Web and WFED 1050 AM in Washington, DC. Panelists include: Karen Evans, of OMB; Major-General Marilyn Quagliotti, Deputy Director at DISA; John McManus, Deputy CIO & CTO at NASA; David Chetwick, Director of Telecomm Operations at VA; Pete Ceronis, Director of Network Services at Education; and Tom Kreidler, VP of Juniper Federal Systems.
SBInet To Transform Border Control Technology
 Essential to the success of DHS’ Secure Border Initiative (SBI) is its wide-ranging plan to transform its border control technology and infrastructure. Much has already been written about an SBInet program that will meld the best of current and next generation technology, infrastructure, staffing and response platforms. According to Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson, it will integrate multiple state of the art systems and traditional security infrastructure into a single comprehensive border security suite for the department.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will serve as executive agent for the department’s SBInet program. It will lead, manage, and work with an industry integrator to implement this aggressive new DHS program. In upcoming issues, Effective Government will delve into the visions and technologies promised in this "contract to secure America".
From the DHS Website: SBInet RFP Update and SBInet RFP are now available on www.FedBizOpps.gov. Questions pertaining to the SBInet Program can be directed to the following mailbox: SBInet@dhs.gov. SBInet Virtual Library: For more information about accessing SBInet Virtual Library see the SBInet RFP Modification at www.fedbizopps.gov.
 SANS: Hackers Like Mac OS/X
Among eight emerging computer security vulnerability trends, researchers at the SANS Institute emphasized “rapid growth in critical vulnerabilities” in the Apple MacIntosh OS/X system, including a zero-day vulnerability that recently impacted the Apple Safari browser. More
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Viewpoint: Senior Editor Robert Green |
 Information Sharing and Data Mining: Together for Ever
It would probably surprise the average American that most data mining in government is beyond controversy, occurring largely within resources developed by government, or for government, and requires no forays across the 4th amendment's evolving and murky digital boundary.
The coherent querying of ones own records is often described as part of the process in which an agency makes sure “it knows what it already knows,” as the Defense secretary and Joint Chiefs like to say. Senior Editor Robert Green talks about this and more in this two part series.
Part 1: Info Mining & Sharing are Controversial Co-Dependents
Part 2: Data Mining “Disrupts & Enables”
Then read more from Robert Green on border protection in the
 The 90 Percent Solution
To get the most from its technological effort to shore up America's borders, the Homeland Security department will likely endure no small measure of complexity. But DHS likewise might better exploit technologies and practices that can quell security problems and even quiet the debate about illegal immigration—whether or not a 700 mile fence proposed in the House or Representatives is ultimately built along the nation's southwest border with Mexico. More
In the April 14 Effective Government, Dale Meyerrose should have been quoted as follows:
Dale Meyerrose, CIO, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
 “I think it’s important to have a strategy. How do you approach problem solving and attribute value to the mechanisms? I’ve found that thinking big, starting small and scaling fast is a good way to gain traction in any new enterprise and I would commend folks to adopt that as a strategy when talking about Information Sharing.”
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