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May 18, 2004
Going Once, Going Twice, Gone Online
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Volume 3, Issue 19
The weekly GovPro Newsletter is produced by the editors of Government Product News and Government Procurement Journal.
Visit: http://www.govpro.com a news-, product-, and issue-driven site for all levels of government.
Sponsored by A. Daigger
This Week States Auction Miscellany Online Green Policies Grow Blacked-Out Words Come to Light Few Heed Computer Security Tips News of The Weird
Features
Going Once, Going Twice, Gone Online
Coming this month to eBay, the online auction house where you can buy just about anything: a silver 2003 Harley Davidson Glide Anniversary motorcycle autographed by President George W. Bush and all 50 state governors.
And while you're bidding on this one-of-a-kind collector's item, you might browse through that nationwide yard sale on the Internet for the multitude of other goods that state governments are hawking on eBay.
At least 16 states have discovered there's good money in auctioning accumulated state junk online -- everything from bicycles to computers to skateboards, and even pairs of long underwear. For buyers with deeper pockets, there are Chevy Camaros, motor homes and even BMW motorcycles - stockpiled in state government warehouses and up for grabs to the highest bidder.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/31291/
A. Daigger
A. Daigger and Company has been serving the laboratory and government safety needs for over 110 years. Daigger offers thousands of GSA and open market items, an award-winning website, and the ability to process SmartPay(R) transactions. Whether you need laboratory furniture, safety products, consumables, or laboratory testing equipment, come see why more people are choosing Daigger for their purchasing needs. In addition, Daigger can help you meet your small-business purchasing requirements. Visit: http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA0BIMr0AJ
Establishing Green Purchasing Priorities
After making a commitment to buy "green," almost every organization asks the same question. Given the thousands of commodities we purchase, which products and services should we tackle first? There are almost as many answers to this important question as there are people asking it.
Based on interviews with environmental purchasing advocates, information contained in written policies, discussions with purchasing officials, and other anecdotal evidence, it appears most organizations do not have formal procedures for selecting commodity areas. They just start where they can. They do, however, have good reasons for starting where they did.
Some purchasers report that priorities are established because someone in a leadership position expresses interest in a particular commodity or because of outside public pressure around specific purchases. Others suggested a variety of more strategic explanations for how products can or should be selected or how they thought others were selecting them. Their explanations provide a useful framework for understanding how an organization can prioritize its environmental purchasing efforts.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/27729/
Meyer Products
Meyer Products offers more than 35 steel and polyethylene snow plows to fit exact vehicle frame and weight specifications for exceptional performance in all applications. Choose from 7 spreaders for sidewalk to highway coverage. Visit: http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efRV0D8eaH0JQA0BHCl0AO
News
Computer Techniques to Bring Blacked-Out Words to Light
Gemplus information security lab director David Naccache and Dublin City University computer science graduate student Claire Whelan developed a software program that identified words that were blacked-out in several confidential documents using computer-based techniques. After demonstrating the Eurocrypt software at a security conference in Switzerland last, Naccache said the deciphering of blacked-out words could be complicated with the employment of optical character recognition technology to rescan documents and change fonts. Freedom of Information Act experts expressed concern that the government might censor documents to an even greater degree, using Naccache and Whelan's technique as an excuse.
Source: The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC).
Port to Install Video Surveillance
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, the second largest North Atlantic port and strategic military seaport, will install automated intrusion detection within the port's land and water-side perimeters. The real-time, PC-based system tracks people, cars, and boats, and compares their movements to the port's security model. If a security breach occurs, responders will be automatically and instantly notified. GuardianWATCH, manufactured by PSX, Inc., will reduce port expenditures by protecting miles of waterside and landside perimeters with no increase in manpower. Visit: http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA0BIMt0AL
Surveys Expose Security Sins and Sinners
Almost half of IT managers believe that opening an unknown attachment is the most serious security offense their users can commit, according to a recent poll of IT administrators and security consultants conducted by WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA0BIMu0AM More than three-fourths (79 percent) of respondents also indicated that a virus has successfully penetrated their network defenses at least once in the past year.
Results from a related survey conducted by the company, a provider of Internet security solutions for the small- to mid-size enterprise (SME) market, indicate that only seven percent of users obey security policies to the letter while 46 percent don't even try to work securely. Results from a related survey indicate that only seven percent of users obey security policies to the letter while 46 percent don't even try to work securely.
News of the Weird: Bizarre but true stories about real people. http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/28733/
Links
MSA offers a complete line of personal protection equipment and instruments on GSA. Visit GSA Advantage!, http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efjM0D8eaH0JQA0BGz80Af or call MSA at 1-888-837-2158 for a GSA catalog.
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://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efRV0D8eaH0JQA0BHCp0AS
Cardiac Science-combines industry leading AED technology with comprehensive AED/CPR training programs to create a heartsafe environment for you. The new Powerheart Automated External Defibrillator (AED) G3 offers simple, one-button operation. Featuring RescueReady technology guaranteeing first time, every time shock delivery. http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA07no0AP
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.
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Copyright 2004 Penton Media, Inc.
The weekly GovPro Newsletter is produced by the editors of Government Product News and Government Procurement Journal.
Visit: http://www.govpro.com a news-, product-, and issue-driven site for all levels of government.
Sponsored by A. Daigger
This Week States Auction Miscellany Online Green Policies Grow Blacked-Out Words Come to Light Few Heed Computer Security Tips News of The Weird
Features
Going Once, Going Twice, Gone Online
Coming this month to eBay, the online auction house where you can buy just about anything: a silver 2003 Harley Davidson Glide Anniversary motorcycle autographed by President George W. Bush and all 50 state governors.
And while you're bidding on this one-of-a-kind collector's item, you might browse through that nationwide yard sale on the Internet for the multitude of other goods that state governments are hawking on eBay.
At least 16 states have discovered there's good money in auctioning accumulated state junk online -- everything from bicycles to computers to skateboards, and even pairs of long underwear. For buyers with deeper pockets, there are Chevy Camaros, motor homes and even BMW motorcycles - stockpiled in state government warehouses and up for grabs to the highest bidder.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/31291/
A. Daigger
A. Daigger and Company has been serving the laboratory and government safety needs for over 110 years. Daigger offers thousands of GSA and open market items, an award-winning website, and the ability to process SmartPay(R) transactions. Whether you need laboratory furniture, safety products, consumables, or laboratory testing equipment, come see why more people are choosing Daigger for their purchasing needs. In addition, Daigger can help you meet your small-business purchasing requirements. Visit: http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA0BIMr0AJ
Establishing Green Purchasing Priorities
After making a commitment to buy "green," almost every organization asks the same question. Given the thousands of commodities we purchase, which products and services should we tackle first? There are almost as many answers to this important question as there are people asking it.
Based on interviews with environmental purchasing advocates, information contained in written policies, discussions with purchasing officials, and other anecdotal evidence, it appears most organizations do not have formal procedures for selecting commodity areas. They just start where they can. They do, however, have good reasons for starting where they did.
Some purchasers report that priorities are established because someone in a leadership position expresses interest in a particular commodity or because of outside public pressure around specific purchases. Others suggested a variety of more strategic explanations for how products can or should be selected or how they thought others were selecting them. Their explanations provide a useful framework for understanding how an organization can prioritize its environmental purchasing efforts.
For full text, visit: http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/27729/
Meyer Products
Meyer Products offers more than 35 steel and polyethylene snow plows to fit exact vehicle frame and weight specifications for exceptional performance in all applications. Choose from 7 spreaders for sidewalk to highway coverage. Visit: http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efRV0D8eaH0JQA0BHCl0AO
News
Computer Techniques to Bring Blacked-Out Words to Light
Gemplus information security lab director David Naccache and Dublin City University computer science graduate student Claire Whelan developed a software program that identified words that were blacked-out in several confidential documents using computer-based techniques. After demonstrating the Eurocrypt software at a security conference in Switzerland last, Naccache said the deciphering of blacked-out words could be complicated with the employment of optical character recognition technology to rescan documents and change fonts. Freedom of Information Act experts expressed concern that the government might censor documents to an even greater degree, using Naccache and Whelan's technique as an excuse.
Source: The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC).
Port to Install Video Surveillance
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, the second largest North Atlantic port and strategic military seaport, will install automated intrusion detection within the port's land and water-side perimeters. The real-time, PC-based system tracks people, cars, and boats, and compares their movements to the port's security model. If a security breach occurs, responders will be automatically and instantly notified. GuardianWATCH, manufactured by PSX, Inc., will reduce port expenditures by protecting miles of waterside and landside perimeters with no increase in manpower. Visit: http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA0BIMt0AL
Surveys Expose Security Sins and Sinners
Almost half of IT managers believe that opening an unknown attachment is the most serious security offense their users can commit, according to a recent poll of IT administrators and security consultants conducted by WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA0BIMu0AM More than three-fourths (79 percent) of respondents also indicated that a virus has successfully penetrated their network defenses at least once in the past year.
Results from a related survey conducted by the company, a provider of Internet security solutions for the small- to mid-size enterprise (SME) market, indicate that only seven percent of users obey security policies to the letter while 46 percent don't even try to work securely. Results from a related survey indicate that only seven percent of users obey security policies to the letter while 46 percent don't even try to work securely.
News of the Weird: Bizarre but true stories about real people. http://www.govpro.com/GPRONewsletter/Article/28733/
Links
MSA offers a complete line of personal protection equipment and instruments on GSA. Visit GSA Advantage!, http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efjM0D8eaH0JQA0BGz80Af or call MSA at 1-888-837-2158 for a GSA catalog.
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://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efRV0D8eaH0JQA0BHCp0AS
Cardiac Science-combines industry leading AED technology with comprehensive AED/CPR training programs to create a heartsafe environment for you. The new Powerheart Automated External Defibrillator (AED) G3 offers simple, one-button operation. Featuring RescueReady technology guaranteeing first time, every time shock delivery. http://list.pentonmedia.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/efuY0D8eaH0JQA07no0AP
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://r.pm0.net/s/c?ij.75qj.15.1jf8.5c17
To subscribe to Government Procurement visit: http://r.pm0.net/s/c?ij.75qj.16.1jf9.5c17
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Copyright 2004 Penton Media, Inc.
