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January 6, 2004
GovPro Newsletter
Tuesday, January 27, 2004 Volume 3, Issue 4
Welcome to the GovPro Newsletter brought to you by the Penton Government Media Group. Look forward to news, resources, product and supplier information, and links relating to the government market.
Sponsored by Screenflex
CONTENTS Election Results in the Hands of Hackers? Election-Year Congress to Woo Voters Back Home Calls Alert Citizens to Escaped Prisoners News of The Weird Win a Digital Camera and MP3 Player
FEATURES
SECURITY EXPERTS URGE U.S. TO ABANDON INTERNET VOTING PLAN
A federally funded online absentee voting system scheduled to debut in less than two weeks has security vulnerabilities that could jeopardize voter privacy and allow votes to be altered, according to a report prepared by four prominent researchers invited to analyze the system. All experts in cyber-security, they say the risks associated with Internet voting cannot be eliminated and urge that the system be shut down.
The reports authors are computer scientists David Wagner, Avi Rubin and David Jefferson from the University of California, Berkeley; The Johns Hopkins University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, respectively, and Barbara Simons, a computer scientist and leading technology policy consultant. They are members of the Security Peer Review Group, an advisory group formed by the Federal Voting Assistance Program to evaluate the system.
Administrators of this program, part of the U.S. Department of Defense, were charged with finding an easier way for U.S. military personnel and overseas civilians to vote in their home districts. Currently, these voters must rely on absentee paper ballots. But obtaining and returning paper ballots from a distant location can be a frustrating process that sometimes depends on slow or unreliable foreign postal services.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/27695/
SCREENFLEX
Facility managers around the globe use Screenflex Portable Partitions to help the make better use of their available space. Create instant training rooms, portable bulleting boards, meeting or processing areas in seconds, with easy to use, easy to store, economical Portable Partitions! To learn more, please visit us at http://www.screenflex.com
MIXED PROSPECTS FOR STATES IN ELECTION-YEAR CONGRESS
Prospects are good that Congress will send more transportation dollars to states this election year in a bid to woo voters back home. But theres a risk that state coffers will be raided if federal lawmakers change the rules on how Internet services are taxed.
States hope Congress will act on their wish lists in a session abbreviated by breaks for both political conventions this summer and overshadowed by election-year politics.
Fortunately for states, a transportation bill that would give them more federal dollars for highway and transit projects is a top priority for both Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. The multi-billion-dollar package, which is the blueprint for road construction over the next six years, is packed with projects that U.S. senators and representatives can tout when stumping for reelection. Among the projects are expansion of trucking lanes on Interstate 710 in Long Beach Calif., completion of the North American trade corridor on Interstate 69 that runs from Laredo, Texas, to Montreal, Canada, and easing of traffic in downtown Chicago.
Unfortunately for states, they could end up losing big in a tax debate over Internet and telecommunications services. Lawmakers in the nations capital are eyeing legislation (S 150/ H.R. 49) that the Council of State Governments said could cost states between $4 billion and $9 billion in revenue by 2006.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/27696/
NEWS
STATE INTRODUCES NEW PRISON-ESCAPE ALERT SYSTEM
Community Alert Network will receive $31,000 per year from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to quickly notify all residents within two miles of a prison if an inmate escape occurs. The residents are notified because of technology that can identify and catalog all listed phone numbers within a certain geographic region. The prisons' warning sirens will still be utilized. The faster phone system will first be employed at Graterford and Chester, with the other prisons coming on board within a few months. Source: National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD: Bizarre but true stories about real people. http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/28421/
WE'RE GIVING AWAY A SAMSUNG DIGIMAX 35 DIGITAL CAMERA AND MP3 PLAYER!
Tell us about your planned purchases of mobile communications equipment and systems for 2004. Your valuable input will help us understand current usage and future needs in the marketplace. http://www.pentonsurveys.com/survey.asp?s=01067160232071231
LINKS
MSA offers a complete line of personal protection equipment and instruments on GSA. Visit GSA Advantage!, http://r.pm0.net/s/c?ij.7gjp.4.44b7
or call MSA at 1-888-837-2158 for a GSA catalog.
Custom-designed Meyer snow plows fit exact vehicle frame and weight specifications for exceptional performance in all applications. Visit: http://r.pm0.net/s/c?ij.6v9n.13.2hqf.5bxn
You may qualify for a FREE Magazine Subscription
Complimentary subscriptions to Government Product News, a product-driven resource, and Government PROcurement, editorial targeting the public sector purchasing professional are available to those who qualify. To subscribe to Government Product News visit: http://www.submag.com/sub/gn
To subscribe to Government Procurement visit: http://www.submag.com/sub/gp
Copyright 2003 Penton Media, Inc.
Welcome to the GovPro Newsletter brought to you by the Penton Government Media Group. Look forward to news, resources, product and supplier information, and links relating to the government market.
Sponsored by Screenflex
CONTENTS Election Results in the Hands of Hackers? Election-Year Congress to Woo Voters Back Home Calls Alert Citizens to Escaped Prisoners News of The Weird Win a Digital Camera and MP3 Player
FEATURES
SECURITY EXPERTS URGE U.S. TO ABANDON INTERNET VOTING PLAN
A federally funded online absentee voting system scheduled to debut in less than two weeks has security vulnerabilities that could jeopardize voter privacy and allow votes to be altered, according to a report prepared by four prominent researchers invited to analyze the system. All experts in cyber-security, they say the risks associated with Internet voting cannot be eliminated and urge that the system be shut down.
The reports authors are computer scientists David Wagner, Avi Rubin and David Jefferson from the University of California, Berkeley; The Johns Hopkins University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, respectively, and Barbara Simons, a computer scientist and leading technology policy consultant. They are members of the Security Peer Review Group, an advisory group formed by the Federal Voting Assistance Program to evaluate the system.
Administrators of this program, part of the U.S. Department of Defense, were charged with finding an easier way for U.S. military personnel and overseas civilians to vote in their home districts. Currently, these voters must rely on absentee paper ballots. But obtaining and returning paper ballots from a distant location can be a frustrating process that sometimes depends on slow or unreliable foreign postal services.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/27695/
SCREENFLEX
Facility managers around the globe use Screenflex Portable Partitions to help the make better use of their available space. Create instant training rooms, portable bulleting boards, meeting or processing areas in seconds, with easy to use, easy to store, economical Portable Partitions! To learn more, please visit us at http://www.screenflex.com
MIXED PROSPECTS FOR STATES IN ELECTION-YEAR CONGRESS
Prospects are good that Congress will send more transportation dollars to states this election year in a bid to woo voters back home. But theres a risk that state coffers will be raided if federal lawmakers change the rules on how Internet services are taxed.
States hope Congress will act on their wish lists in a session abbreviated by breaks for both political conventions this summer and overshadowed by election-year politics.
Fortunately for states, a transportation bill that would give them more federal dollars for highway and transit projects is a top priority for both Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. The multi-billion-dollar package, which is the blueprint for road construction over the next six years, is packed with projects that U.S. senators and representatives can tout when stumping for reelection. Among the projects are expansion of trucking lanes on Interstate 710 in Long Beach Calif., completion of the North American trade corridor on Interstate 69 that runs from Laredo, Texas, to Montreal, Canada, and easing of traffic in downtown Chicago.
Unfortunately for states, they could end up losing big in a tax debate over Internet and telecommunications services. Lawmakers in the nations capital are eyeing legislation (S 150/ H.R. 49) that the Council of State Governments said could cost states between $4 billion and $9 billion in revenue by 2006.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/27696/
NEWS
STATE INTRODUCES NEW PRISON-ESCAPE ALERT SYSTEM
Community Alert Network will receive $31,000 per year from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to quickly notify all residents within two miles of a prison if an inmate escape occurs. The residents are notified because of technology that can identify and catalog all listed phone numbers within a certain geographic region. The prisons' warning sirens will still be utilized. The faster phone system will first be employed at Graterford and Chester, with the other prisons coming on board within a few months. Source: National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD: Bizarre but true stories about real people. http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/28421/
WE'RE GIVING AWAY A SAMSUNG DIGIMAX 35 DIGITAL CAMERA AND MP3 PLAYER!
Tell us about your planned purchases of mobile communications equipment and systems for 2004. Your valuable input will help us understand current usage and future needs in the marketplace. http://www.pentonsurveys.com/survey.asp?s=01067160232071231
LINKS
MSA offers a complete line of personal protection equipment and instruments on GSA. Visit GSA Advantage!, http://r.pm0.net/s/c?ij.7gjp.4.44b7
or call MSA at 1-888-837-2158 for a GSA catalog.
Custom-designed Meyer snow plows fit exact vehicle frame and weight specifications for exceptional performance in all applications. Visit: http://r.pm0.net/s/c?ij.6v9n.13.2hqf.5bxn
You may qualify for a FREE Magazine Subscription
Complimentary subscriptions to Government Product News, a product-driven resource, and Government PROcurement, editorial targeting the public sector purchasing professional are available to those who qualify. To subscribe to Government Product News visit: http://www.submag.com/sub/gn
To subscribe to Government Procurement visit: http://www.submag.com/sub/gp
Copyright 2003 Penton Media, Inc.
