Edupage, April 27, 2005
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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005
Revamping Federal Financial Aid Systems
Researchers Test Data Flow for Grid Computing
FCC Chair Pushes 911 for VoIP
Concerns Mount over Software's Role in Data Breaches
REVAMPING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID SYSTEMS
Officials at the U.S. Department of Education have begun to look at
ways of completely revamping student financial aid systems to be
simpler, more accurate, and more efficient. Most students applying for
federal financial aid currently do so online, but over the years,
various legislation has forced the department to create multiple
systems to handle those applications. At a conference of financial aid
administrators, the department collected more than 4,700 ideas about
how the process can be streamlined and will begin sorting through all
the suggestions. Improvements are expected to benefit not only students
using the Web to apply for loans but also those who opt for the
traditional method of postal mail. Katie Crowley, deputy general
manager of application, school eligibility, and delivery channel
programs at the Department of Education, said the initiative gives the
department the ability to make long-term plans in a way it previously
has not been able to. With the new program, she said, "we have a big
opportunity to do everything we want in the system."
Federal Computer Week, 27 April 2005
http://www.fcw.com/article88703-04-27-05-Web
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RESEARCHERS TEST DATA FLOW FOR GRID COMPUTING
Researchers at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research,
have completed a test with seven other organizations in Europe and the
United States in which 500 terabytes of data were transferred over 10
days. Scientists at CERN are developing what they expect will be the
world's largest computing grid, and the ability to transfer enormous
amounts of information is key to the grid's functioning. The recent
test was the second in a series of four addressing the capacity of the
system. The total amount of data transferred--which reached an average
data flow rate of 600 megabytes per second for the duration of the
test--would take about 250 years using a typical broadband connection.
Vicky White, head of the Computing Division of the Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory, one of the participants, noted that although
large data transfers have been done in the past, they were primarily in
short bursts. "Sustaining such high rates of data for days on end to
multiple sites is a breakthrough," she said.
The Register, 27 April 2005
http://www.theregister.com/2005/04/27/grid_computing_data_flow/
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FCC CHAIR PUSHES 911 FOR VOIP
Kevin Martin, the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), told a House subcommittee that he intends to pursue regulation
that would require providers of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
phone service to include 911 service for consumers. Traditional phone
service connects callers to emergency services and provides the
caller's phone number and address. Because VoIP calls are not carried
on phone lines, VoIP companies must make arrangements with local phone
companies to provide 911 service. Vonage, the leading VoIP vendor, has
been criticized, by Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) among others, for not
providing 911 service automatically and for not warning consumers that
they cannot use their VoIP phones to call 911. Officials from Vonage
said their customers can connect to 911, though they conceded the calls
might be routed to secondary lines in the call centers. Chris Murray,
vice president for government affairs at Vonage, said, "The marketplace
is moving toward E911 access for all communications providers, but
everyone's feet need to be held to the fire to ensure that nationwide
rollout is completed as quickly as possible."
Reuters, 26 April 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8303447
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CONCERNS MOUNT OVER SOFTWARE'S ROLE IN DATA BREACHES
A number of retailers are pointing to software used at store checkouts
as the weak link in the rash of recent security breaches. Magnetic
strips on credit cards include--along with the credit card number--a
three-digit code. Knowing that code can allow criminals to create
counterfeit cards with embossed names that do not match the name
attached to the account number. With that, a crook could present a
photo ID that matched the name on a card, while the charge goes against
an entirely different account. Software that handles credit card
purchases is supposed to delete card numbers and the three-digit codes
after a transaction, but several retailers now say that the systems
keep those numbers in memory. John Shaughnessy of Visa USA said that a
computer system that retained those numbers would be extremely tempting
for criminals. Some retailers have filed suits against the makers of
the software, seeking compensation for losses resulting from recent
hacks. At least one software company, Micros Systems, rejected
retailers' contentions, saying its products do not store such
information.
Wall Street Journal, 27 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111455367943717582,00.html
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