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A recently released publication is designed to help facilitate information sharing across civilian and military organizations in the U.S. Government. Produced as a joint effort by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Defense Department and the U.S. intelligence community, the document creates a common information security framework for the federal government and the contractors who support it.

"NATO SATCOM will certainly be handicapped if interoperability with national systems is not key to the design of how we go forward."--Malcolm Green, chief of CAT 9 NII Communication Infrastructure Services, NC3A

(ISC)², Palm Harbor, Florida, has named Marc H. Noble director of government affairs.

In "New Document Provides Framework for Interagency Data Sharing," Henry Kenyon describes a newly released document that sets common standards for data security and risk management: the NIST Special Publication 800-37, Revision 1, Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach (NIST SP-800-37).

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $625 million dollars by

The U.S.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a U.S.

Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) has been awarded a $5 million contract with the U.S.

The U.S.