CRIME FW: [Information_technology] Daily News 8/06/03

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    August 05, Government Computer News
    FCC provides WiFi hot spots in Washington. The Federal Communications
    Commission (FCC) has begun offering free wireless Internet access to
    visitors at its headquarters at 445 12th St. S.W. in Washington, D.C.
    "It's
    a demonstration of the government embracing a new technology and making
    it
    available," said FCC spokesman Richard Diamond. The system uses the
    802.11a
    and 802.11b protocols and lets users with their own computers and
    wireless
    interface cards connect with the Internet at no charge. "It is not
    connected
    to the FCC internal network," Diamond said, so there is no security and
    no
    authentication required to log on. Source:
    http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/23038-1.html
    
    August 04, National Journal
    Defense seeks right mix for telecommunications in Iraq. Linton Wells,
    principal deputy assistant secretary of Department of Defense (DoD) for
    networks and information integration, outlined plans for reconstruction
    of
    Iraq's telecommunications infrastructure Friday, August 1. He said
    bidders
    for a new wireless communication public offering need to consider how to
    ensure their technology can communicate with others in use there. Wells
    said
    the military recognizes that "significant additional funds" will be
    needed
    to rebuild Iraqi civil infrastructure over the next 12 to 18 months.
    Other
    needs are for local and national 911 first-responder capabilities, and a
    regulatory framework to determine how licenses are awarded and spectrum
    is
    allocated. The goal of the telecom transition is to return Iraq to
    prewar
    capabilities with the introduction of new advanced technologies. Right
    now,
    there is limited telephone service in most major cities, but Baghdad has
    minimal services due to damage. The country's 3,000 kilometers of mostly
    fiber-optic lines connecting the cities is being repaired but continues
    to
    be the target of sabotage, he said. Source:
    http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0803/080403td1.htm
    
    
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