Sample records for federal computer systems

  1. A resource management architecture based on complex network theory in cloud computing federation

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Zhang, Zehua; Zhang, Xuejie

    2011-10-01

    Cloud Computing Federation is a main trend of Cloud Computing. Resource Management has significant effect on the design, realization, and efficiency of Cloud Computing Federation. Cloud Computing Federation has the typical characteristic of the Complex System, therefore, we propose a resource management architecture based on complex network theory for Cloud Computing Federation (abbreviated as RMABC) in this paper, with the detailed design of the resource discovery and resource announcement mechanisms. Compare with the existing resource management mechanisms in distributed computing systems, a Task Manager in RMABC can use the historical information and current state data get from other Task Managers for the evolution of the complex network which is composed of Task Managers, thus has the advantages in resource discovery speed, fault tolerance and adaptive ability. The result of the model experiment confirmed the advantage of RMABC in resource discovery performance.

  2. 77 FR 62059 - Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Revisions to Existing Systems of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-10-11

    ... and forms, microfilm or microfiche, and in computer processable storage media such as personnel system... 1974; the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986... apply: The Privacy Act of 1974; the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer...

  3. 48 CFR 52.253-1 - Computer Generated Forms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Computer Generated Forms....253-1 Computer Generated Forms. As prescribed in FAR 53.111, insert the following clause: Computer... by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) may be submitted on a computer generated version of the...

  4. 48 CFR 52.253-1 - Computer Generated Forms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Computer Generated Forms....253-1 Computer Generated Forms. As prescribed in FAR 53.111, insert the following clause: Computer... by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) may be submitted on a computer generated version of the...

  5. 48 CFR 52.253-1 - Computer Generated Forms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Computer Generated Forms....253-1 Computer Generated Forms. As prescribed in FAR 53.111, insert the following clause: Computer... by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) may be submitted on a computer generated version of the...

  6. 48 CFR 52.253-1 - Computer Generated Forms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Computer Generated Forms....253-1 Computer Generated Forms. As prescribed in FAR 53.111, insert the following clause: Computer... by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) may be submitted on a computer generated version of the...

  7. 48 CFR 52.253-1 - Computer Generated Forms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Computer Generated Forms....253-1 Computer Generated Forms. As prescribed in FAR 53.111, insert the following clause: Computer... by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) may be submitted on a computer generated version of the...

  8. 48 CFR 27.405-3 - Commercial computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... software. 27.405-3 Section 27.405-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION... Commercial computer software. (a) When contracting other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts for the acquisition of commercial computer software, no specific contract clause prescribed in this...

  9. 48 CFR 27.405-3 - Commercial computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... software. 27.405-3 Section 27.405-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION... Commercial computer software. (a) When contracting other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts for the acquisition of commercial computer software, no specific contract clause prescribed in this...

  10. 48 CFR 27.405-3 - Commercial computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... software. 27.405-3 Section 27.405-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION... Commercial computer software. (a) When contracting other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts for the acquisition of commercial computer software, no specific contract clause prescribed in this...

  11. 48 CFR 27.405-3 - Commercial computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... software. 27.405-3 Section 27.405-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION... Commercial computer software. (a) When contracting other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts for the acquisition of commercial computer software, no specific contract clause prescribed in this...

  12. 48 CFR 27.405-3 - Commercial computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... software. 27.405-3 Section 27.405-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION... Commercial computer software. (a) When contracting other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts for the acquisition of commercial computer software, no specific contract clause prescribed in this...

  13. 48 CFR 27.404-2 - Limited rights data and restricted computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... restricted computer software. 27.404-2 Section 27.404-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Copyrights 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software. (a) General. The basic clause at 52... restricted computer software by withholding the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit...

  14. 48 CFR 27.404-2 - Limited rights data and restricted computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... restricted computer software. 27.404-2 Section 27.404-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Copyrights 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software. (a) General. The basic clause at 52... restricted computer software by withholding the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit...

  15. 48 CFR 27.404-2 - Limited rights data and restricted computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... restricted computer software. 27.404-2 Section 27.404-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Copyrights 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software. (a) General. The basic clause at 52... restricted computer software by withholding the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit...

  16. 48 CFR 27.404-2 - Limited rights data and restricted computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... restricted computer software. 27.404-2 Section 27.404-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Copyrights 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software. (a) General. The basic clause at 52... restricted computer software by withholding the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit...

  17. 48 CFR 27.404-2 - Limited rights data and restricted computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... restricted computer software. 27.404-2 Section 27.404-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL... Copyrights 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software. (a) General. The basic clause at 52... restricted computer software by withholding the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit...

  18. 48 CFR 52.227-19 - Commercial Computer Software License.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Software License. 52.227-19 Section 52.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION... Clauses 52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License. As prescribed in 27.409(g), insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software License (DEC 2007) (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions...

  19. 48 CFR 52.227-19 - Commercial Computer Software License.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Software License. 52.227-19 Section 52.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION... Clauses 52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License. As prescribed in 27.409(g), insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software License (DEC 2007) (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions...

  20. 48 CFR 52.227-19 - Commercial Computer Software License.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Software License. 52.227-19 Section 52.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION... Clauses 52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License. As prescribed in 27.409(g), insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software License (DEC 2007) (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions...

  1. 48 CFR 52.227-19 - Commercial Computer Software License.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Software License. 52.227-19 Section 52.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION... Clauses 52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License. As prescribed in 27.409(g), insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software License (DEC 2007) (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions...

  2. 48 CFR 52.227-19 - Commercial Computer Software License.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Software License. 52.227-19 Section 52.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System FEDERAL ACQUISITION... Clauses 52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License. As prescribed in 27.409(g), insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software License (DEC 2007) (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions...

  3. Organising a University Computer System: Analytical Notes.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Jacquot, J. P.; Finance, J. P.

    1990-01-01

    Thirteen trends in university computer system development are identified, system user requirements are analyzed, critical system qualities are outlined, and three options for organizing a computer system are presented. The three systems include a centralized network, local network, and federation of local networks. (MSE)

  4. Federated data storage system prototype for LHC experiments and data intensive science

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Kiryanov, A.; Klimentov, A.; Krasnopevtsev, D.; Ryabinkin, E.; Zarochentsev, A.

    2017-10-01

    Rapid increase of data volume from the experiments running at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) prompted physics computing community to evaluate new data handling and processing solutions. Russian grid sites and universities’ clusters scattered over a large area aim at the task of uniting their resources for future productive work, at the same time giving an opportunity to support large physics collaborations. In our project we address the fundamental problem of designing a computing architecture to integrate distributed storage resources for LHC experiments and other data-intensive science applications and to provide access to data from heterogeneous computing facilities. Studies include development and implementation of federated data storage prototype for Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) centres of different levels and University clusters within one National Cloud. The prototype is based on computing resources located in Moscow, Dubna, Saint Petersburg, Gatchina and Geneva. This project intends to implement a federated distributed storage for all kind of operations such as read/write/transfer and access via WAN from Grid centres, university clusters, supercomputers, academic and commercial clouds. The efficiency and performance of the system are demonstrated using synthetic and experiment-specific tests including real data processing and analysis workflows from ATLAS and ALICE experiments, as well as compute-intensive bioinformatics applications (PALEOMIX) running on supercomputers. We present topology and architecture of the designed system, report performance and statistics for different access patterns and show how federated data storage can be used efficiently by physicists and biologists. We also describe how sharing data on a widely distributed storage system can lead to a new computing model and reformations of computing style, for instance how bioinformatics program running on supercomputers can read/write data from the federated storage.

  5. 12 CFR 227.25 - Unfair balance computation method.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 3 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Unfair balance computation method. 227.25 Section 227.25 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED) BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL... Practices Rule § 227.25 Unfair balance computation method. (a) General rule. Except as provided in paragraph...

  6. 14 CFR 415.123 - Computing systems and software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Computing systems and software. 415.123... Launch Vehicle From a Non-Federal Launch Site § 415.123 Computing systems and software. (a) An applicant's safety review document must describe all computing systems and software that perform a safety...

  7. 14 CFR 415.123 - Computing systems and software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Computing systems and software. 415.123... Launch Vehicle From a Non-Federal Launch Site § 415.123 Computing systems and software. (a) An applicant's safety review document must describe all computing systems and software that perform a safety...

  8. 14 CFR 415.123 - Computing systems and software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Computing systems and software. 415.123... Launch Vehicle From a Non-Federal Launch Site § 415.123 Computing systems and software. (a) An applicant's safety review document must describe all computing systems and software that perform a safety...

  9. 14 CFR 415.123 - Computing systems and software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Computing systems and software. 415.123... Launch Vehicle From a Non-Federal Launch Site § 415.123 Computing systems and software. (a) An applicant's safety review document must describe all computing systems and software that perform a safety...

  10. 14 CFR 415.123 - Computing systems and software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 14 Aeronautics and Space 4 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Computing systems and software. 415.123... Launch Vehicle From a Non-Federal Launch Site § 415.123 Computing systems and software. (a) An applicant's safety review document must describe all computing systems and software that perform a safety...

  11. Time Triggered Protocol (TTP) for Integrated Modular Avionics

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Motzet, Guenter; Gwaltney, David A.; Bauer, Guenther; Jakovljevic, Mirko; Gagea, Leonard

    2006-01-01

    Traditional avionics computing systems are federated, with each system provided on a number of dedicated hardware units. Federated applications are physically separated from one another and analysis of the systems is undertaken individually. Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) takes these federated functions and integrates them on a common computing platform in a tightly deterministic distributed real-time network of computing modules in which the different applications can run. IMA supports different levels of criticality in the same computing resource and provides a platform for implementation of fault tolerance through hardware and application redundancy. Modular implementation has distinct benefits in design, testing and system maintainability. This paper covers the requirements for fault tolerant bus systems used to provide reliable communication between IMA computing modules. An overview of the Time Triggered Protocol (TTP) specification and implementation as a reliable solution for IMA systems is presented. Application examples in aircraft avionics and a development system for future space application are covered. The commercially available TTP controller can be also be implemented in an FPGA and the results from implementation studies are covered. Finally future direction for the application of TTP and related development activities are presented.

  12. 12 CFR Appendix K to Part 226 - Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Reverse Mortgage Transactions K Appendix K to Part 226 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED) BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM TRUTH IN LENDING (REGULATION Z) Pt. 226, App. K Appendix K to Part 226—Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions (a...

  13. 12 CFR Appendix K to Part 226 - Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... Reverse Mortgage Transactions K Appendix K to Part 226 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED) BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM TRUTH IN LENDING (REGULATION Z) Pt. 226, App. K Appendix K to Part 226—Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions (a...

  14. 12 CFR Appendix K to Part 226 - Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Reverse Mortgage Transactions K Appendix K to Part 226 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED) BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM TRUTH IN LENDING (REGULATION Z) Pt. 226, App. K Appendix K to Part 226—Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions (a...

  15. 12 CFR Appendix L to Part 226 - Assumed Loan Periods for Computations of Total Annual Loan Cost Rates

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Annual Loan Cost Rates L Appendix L to Part 226 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED) BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM TRUTH IN LENDING (REGULATION Z) Pt. 226, App. L Appendix L to Part 226—Assumed Loan Periods for Computations of Total Annual Loan Cost Rates (a) Required...

  16. 23 CFR 771.117 - Categorical exclusions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ..., computer-aided dispatching systems, radio communications systems, dynamic message signs, and security... effects can be assessed; and Federal-aid system revisions which establish classes of highways on the Federal-aid highway system. (2) Approval of utility installations along or across a transportation...

  17. Assessment of Techniques for Evaluating Computer Systems for Federal Agency Procurements. Final Report.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Letmanyi, Helen

    Developed to identify and qualitatively assess computer system evaluation techniques for use during acquisition of general purpose computer systems, this document presents several criteria for comparison and selection. An introduction discusses the automatic data processing (ADP) acquisition process and the need to plan for uncertainty through…

  18. Aviation security : vulnerabilities still exist in the aviation security system

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2000-04-06

    The testimony today discusses the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) efforts to implement and improve security in two key areas: air traffic control computer systems and airport passenger screening checkpoints. Computer systems-and the informati...

  19. 75 FR 18841 - Office for Civil Rights; Privacy Act of 1974, Amended System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-04-13

    ... Privacy Act of 1974, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Computer Security Act of 1987... 1974, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Computer Security Act of 1987, the Paperwork... Oversight, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the...

  20. Case Studies of Auditing in a Computer-Based Systems Environment.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

    In response to a growing need for effective and efficient means for auditing computer-based systems, a number of studies dealing primarily with batch-processing type computer operations have been conducted to explore the impact of computers on auditing activities in the Federal Government. This report first presents some statistical data on…

  1. 48 CFR 12.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Computer software. 12.212... software. (a) Commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation shall be acquired... required to— (1) Furnish technical information related to commercial computer software or commercial...

  2. 48 CFR 12.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Computer software. 12.212... software. (a) Commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation shall be acquired... required to— (1) Furnish technical information related to commercial computer software or commercial...

  3. 48 CFR 12.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Computer software. 12.212... software. (a) Commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation shall be acquired... required to— (1) Furnish technical information related to commercial computer software or commercial...

  4. 48 CFR 12.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Computer software. 12.212... software. (a) Commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation shall be acquired... required to— (1) Furnish technical information related to commercial computer software or commercial...

  5. 48 CFR 12.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Computer software. 12.212... software. (a) Commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation shall be acquired... required to— (1) Furnish technical information related to commercial computer software or commercial...

  6. 48 CFR 53.105 - Computer generation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Computer generation. 53...) CLAUSES AND FORMS FORMS General 53.105 Computer generation. (a) Agencies may computer-generate the... be computer generated by the public. Unless prohibited by agency regulations, forms prescribed by...

  7. 48 CFR 53.105 - Computer generation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 2 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Computer generation. 53...) CLAUSES AND FORMS FORMS General 53.105 Computer generation. (a) Agencies may computer-generate the... be computer generated by the public. Unless prohibited by agency regulations, forms prescribed by...

  8. 48 CFR 212.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Computer software. 212.212... Acquisition of Commercial Items 212.212 Computer software. (1) Departments and agencies shall identify and... technology development), opportunities for the use of commercial computer software and other non...

  9. 48 CFR 212.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Computer software. 212.212... Acquisition of Commercial Items 212.212 Computer software. (1) Departments and agencies shall identify and... technology development), opportunities for the use of commercial computer software and other non...

  10. 48 CFR 212.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Computer software. 212.212... Acquisition of Commercial Items 212.212 Computer software. (1) Departments and agencies shall identify and... technology development), opportunities for the use of commercial computer software and other non...

  11. 48 CFR 212.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Computer software. 212.212... Acquisition of Commercial Items 212.212 Computer software. (1) Departments and agencies shall identify and... technology development), opportunities for the use of commercial computer software and other non...

  12. 48 CFR 212.212 - Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Computer software. 212.212... Acquisition of Commercial Items 212.212 Computer software. (1) Departments and agencies shall identify and... technology development), opportunities for the use of commercial computer software and other non...

  13. 41 CFR 105-64.110 - When may GSA establish computer matching programs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... computer matching programs? 105-64.110 Section 105-64.110 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... GSA establish computer matching programs? (a) System managers will establish computer matching... direction of the GSA Data Integrity Board that will be established when and if computer matching programs...

  14. 41 CFR 105-64.110 - When may GSA establish computer matching programs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... computer matching programs? 105-64.110 Section 105-64.110 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... GSA establish computer matching programs? (a) System managers will establish computer matching... direction of the GSA Data Integrity Board that will be established when and if computer matching programs...

  15. 41 CFR 105-64.110 - When may GSA establish computer matching programs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... computer matching programs? 105-64.110 Section 105-64.110 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... GSA establish computer matching programs? (a) System managers will establish computer matching... direction of the GSA Data Integrity Board that will be established when and if computer matching programs...

  16. 41 CFR 105-64.110 - When may GSA establish computer matching programs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... computer matching programs? 105-64.110 Section 105-64.110 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... GSA establish computer matching programs? (a) System managers will establish computer matching... direction of the GSA Data Integrity Board that will be established when and if computer matching programs...

  17. 41 CFR 105-64.110 - When may GSA establish computer matching programs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... computer matching programs? 105-64.110 Section 105-64.110 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... GSA establish computer matching programs? (a) System managers will establish computer matching... direction of the GSA Data Integrity Board that will be established when and if computer matching programs...

  18. 48 CFR 212.7003 - Technical data and computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... computer software. 212.7003 Section 212.7003 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION... data and computer software. For purposes of establishing delivery requirements and license rights for technical data under 227.7102 and for computer software under 227.7202, there shall be a rebuttable...

  19. 48 CFR 212.7003 - Technical data and computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... computer software. 212.7003 Section 212.7003 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION... data and computer software. For purposes of establishing delivery requirements and license rights for technical data under 227.7102 and for computer software under 227.7202, there shall be a rebuttable...

  20. 48 CFR 212.7003 - Technical data and computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... computer software. 212.7003 Section 212.7003 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION... data and computer software. For purposes of establishing delivery requirements and license rights for technical data under 227.7102 and for computer software under 227.7202, there shall be a rebuttable...

  1. 48 CFR 212.7003 - Technical data and computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... computer software. 212.7003 Section 212.7003 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION... data and computer software. For purposes of establishing delivery requirements and license rights for technical data under 227.7102 and for computer software under 227.7202, there shall be a rebuttable...

  2. 48 CFR 212.7003 - Technical data and computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... computer software. 212.7003 Section 212.7003 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION... data and computer software. For purposes of establishing delivery requirements and license rights for technical data under 227.7102 and for computer software under 227.7202, there shall be a rebuttable...

  3. Integration and Exposure of Large Scale Computational Resources Across the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF)

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Duffy, D.; Maxwell, T. P.; Doutriaux, C.; Williams, D. N.; Chaudhary, A.; Ames, S.

    2015-12-01

    As the size of remote sensing observations and model output data grows, the volume of the data has become overwhelming, even to many scientific experts. As societies are forced to better understand, mitigate, and adapt to climate changes, the combination of Earth observation data and global climate model projects is crucial to not only scientists but to policy makers, downstream applications, and even the public. Scientific progress on understanding climate is critically dependent on the availability of a reliable infrastructure that promotes data access, management, and provenance. The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) has created such an environment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). ESGF provides a federated global cyber infrastructure for data access and management of model outputs generated for the IPCC Assessment Reports (AR). The current generation of the ESGF federated grid allows consumers of the data to find and download data with limited capabilities for server-side processing. Since the amount of data for future AR is expected to grow dramatically, ESGF is working on integrating server-side analytics throughout the federation. The ESGF Compute Working Team (CWT) has created a Web Processing Service (WPS) Application Programming Interface (API) to enable access scalable computational resources. The API is the exposure point to high performance computing resources across the federation. Specifically, the API allows users to execute simple operations, such as maximum, minimum, average, and anomalies, on ESGF data without having to download the data. These operations are executed at the ESGF data node site with access to large amounts of parallel computing capabilities. This presentation will highlight the WPS API, its capabilities, provide implementation details, and discuss future developments.

  4. 5 CFR 841.701 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... adjustments (COLA's) for basic benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). (b) This subpart provides the methodology for— (1) Computing COLA's on each type of FERS basic benefit subject to COLA's; and (2) Computing COLA's on annuities partially computed under FERS and partially computed under the...

  5. 5 CFR 841.701 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... adjustments (COLA's) for basic benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). (b) This subpart provides the methodology for— (1) Computing COLA's on each type of FERS basic benefit subject to COLA's; and (2) Computing COLA's on annuities partially computed under FERS and partially computed under the...

  6. 5 CFR 841.701 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... adjustments (COLA's) for basic benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). (b) This subpart provides the methodology for— (1) Computing COLA's on each type of FERS basic benefit subject to COLA's; and (2) Computing COLA's on annuities partially computed under FERS and partially computed under the...

  7. 5 CFR 841.701 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... adjustments (COLA's) for basic benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). (b) This subpart provides the methodology for— (1) Computing COLA's on each type of FERS basic benefit subject to COLA's; and (2) Computing COLA's on annuities partially computed under FERS and partially computed under the...

  8. 5 CFR 841.701 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... adjustments (COLA's) for basic benefits under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). (b) This subpart provides the methodology for— (1) Computing COLA's on each type of FERS basic benefit subject to COLA's; and (2) Computing COLA's on annuities partially computed under FERS and partially computed under the...

  9. Comparative analysis of economic models in selected solar energy computer programs

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Powell, J. W.; Barnes, K. A.

    1982-01-01

    The economic evaluation models in five computer programs widely used for analyzing solar energy systems (F-CHART 3.0, F-CHART 4.0, SOLCOST, BLAST, and DOE-2) are compared. Differences in analysis techniques and assumptions among the programs are assessed from the point of view of consistency with the Federal requirements for life cycle costing (10 CFR Part 436), effect on predicted economic performance, and optimal system size, case of use, and general applicability to diverse systems types and building types. The FEDSOL program developed by the National Bureau of Standards specifically to meet the Federal life cycle cost requirements serves as a basis for the comparison. Results of the study are illustrated in test cases of two different types of Federally owned buildings: a single family residence and a low rise office building.

  10. 41 CFR 102-36.475 - What is the authority for transfers under “Computers for Learning”?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What is the authority... Property Management Federal Property Management Regulations System (Continued) FEDERAL MANAGEMENT... Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as amended (15 U.S.C. 3710(i)), authorizes federal agencies to transfer...

  11. Computer-aided design development transition for IPAD environment

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Owens, H. G.; Mock, W. D.; Mitchell, J. C.

    1980-01-01

    The relationship of federally sponsored computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) programs to the aircraft life cycle design process, an overview of NAAD'S CAD development program, an evaluation of the CAD design process, a discussion of the current computing environment within which NAAD is developing its CAD system, some of the advantages/disadvantages of the NAAD-IPAD approach, and CAD developments during transition into the IPAD system are discussed.

  12. 78 FR 30898 - Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Rights in...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-05-23

    ... Data and Computer Software AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Department of Defense (DoD... in Technical Data, and Subpart 227.72, Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software... are associated with rights in technical data and computer software. DoD needs this information to...

  13. 48 CFR 42.709-4 - Computing interest.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Computing interest. 42.709... MANAGEMENT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES Indirect Cost Rates 42.709-4 Computing interest. For 42.709-1(a)(1)(ii), compute interest on any paid portion of the disallowed cost as follows: (a) Consider...

  14. 48 CFR 952.204-77 - Computer security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Computer security. 952.204... SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES Text of Provisions and Clauses 952.204-77 Computer security. As prescribed in 904.404(d)(7), the following clause shall be included: Computer Security (AUG 2006) (a...

  15. 48 CFR 952.204-77 - Computer security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Computer security. 952.204... SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES Text of Provisions and Clauses 952.204-77 Computer security. As prescribed in 904.404(d)(7), the following clause shall be included: Computer Security (AUG 2006) (a...

  16. 48 CFR 952.204-77 - Computer security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Computer security. 952.204... SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES Text of Provisions and Clauses 952.204-77 Computer security. As prescribed in 904.404(d)(7), the following clause shall be included: Computer Security (AUG 2006) (a...

  17. 48 CFR 952.204-77 - Computer security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Computer security. 952.204... SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES Text of Provisions and Clauses 952.204-77 Computer security. As prescribed in 904.404(d)(7), the following clause shall be included: Computer Security (AUG 2006) (a...

  18. 48 CFR 952.204-77 - Computer security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 5 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Computer security. 952.204... SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES Text of Provisions and Clauses 952.204-77 Computer security. As prescribed in 904.404(d)(7), the following clause shall be included: Computer Security (AUG 2006) (a...

  19. 48 CFR 42.709-4 - Computing interest.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Computing interest. 42.709... MANAGEMENT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES Indirect Cost Rates 42.709-4 Computing interest. For 42.709-1(a)(1)(ii), compute interest on any paid portion of the disallowed cost as follows: (a) Consider...

  20. 48 CFR 42.709-4 - Computing interest.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Computing interest. 42.709... MANAGEMENT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT SERVICES Indirect Cost Rates 42.709-4 Computing interest. For 42.709-1(a)(1)(ii), compute interest on any paid portion of the disallowed cost as follows: (a) Consider...

  1. Reconciliation of the cloud computing model with US federal electronic health record regulations

    PubMed Central

    2011-01-01

    Cloud computing refers to subscription-based, fee-for-service utilization of computer hardware and software over the Internet. The model is gaining acceptance for business information technology (IT) applications because it allows capacity and functionality to increase on the fly without major investment in infrastructure, personnel or licensing fees. Large IT investments can be converted to a series of smaller operating expenses. Cloud architectures could potentially be superior to traditional electronic health record (EHR) designs in terms of economy, efficiency and utility. A central issue for EHR developers in the US is that these systems are constrained by federal regulatory legislation and oversight. These laws focus on security and privacy, which are well-recognized challenges for cloud computing systems in general. EHRs built with the cloud computing model can achieve acceptable privacy and security through business associate contracts with cloud providers that specify compliance requirements, performance metrics and liability sharing. PMID:21727204

  2. Reconciliation of the cloud computing model with US federal electronic health record regulations.

    PubMed

    Schweitzer, Eugene J

    2012-01-01

    Cloud computing refers to subscription-based, fee-for-service utilization of computer hardware and software over the Internet. The model is gaining acceptance for business information technology (IT) applications because it allows capacity and functionality to increase on the fly without major investment in infrastructure, personnel or licensing fees. Large IT investments can be converted to a series of smaller operating expenses. Cloud architectures could potentially be superior to traditional electronic health record (EHR) designs in terms of economy, efficiency and utility. A central issue for EHR developers in the US is that these systems are constrained by federal regulatory legislation and oversight. These laws focus on security and privacy, which are well-recognized challenges for cloud computing systems in general. EHRs built with the cloud computing model can achieve acceptable privacy and security through business associate contracts with cloud providers that specify compliance requirements, performance metrics and liability sharing.

  3. Privacy-preserving GWAS analysis on federated genomic datasets.

    PubMed

    Constable, Scott D; Tang, Yuzhe; Wang, Shuang; Jiang, Xiaoqian; Chapin, Steve

    2015-01-01

    The biomedical community benefits from the increasing availability of genomic data to support meaningful scientific research, e.g., Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS). However, high quality GWAS usually requires a large amount of samples, which can grow beyond the capability of a single institution. Federated genomic data analysis holds the promise of enabling cross-institution collaboration for effective GWAS, but it raises concerns about patient privacy and medical information confidentiality (as data are being exchanged across institutional boundaries), which becomes an inhibiting factor for the practical use. We present a privacy-preserving GWAS framework on federated genomic datasets. Our method is to layer the GWAS computations on top of secure multi-party computation (MPC) systems. This approach allows two parties in a distributed system to mutually perform secure GWAS computations, but without exposing their private data outside. We demonstrate our technique by implementing a framework for minor allele frequency counting and χ2 statistics calculation, one of typical computations used in GWAS. For efficient prototyping, we use a state-of-the-art MPC framework, i.e., Portable Circuit Format (PCF) 1. Our experimental results show promise in realizing both efficient and secure cross-institution GWAS computations.

  4. 48 CFR 227.7207 - Contractor data repositories.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... repositories. 227.7207 Section 227.7207 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS... Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7207 Contractor data repositories. Follow 227.7108 when it is in the Government's interests to have a data repository include computer software or to...

  5. Federal Family Education Loan Information System. Weak Computer Controls Increase Risk of Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Data. Report to the Secretary of Education.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div.

    This report presents an evaluation of the general controls over the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) information system maintained and operated by a contractor for the U.S. Department of Education (ED), which administers FFELP. The evaluation found that ED's general controls over the FFELP information system did not adequately protect…

  6. SDC DOCUMENTS APPLICABLE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    Public administration , Urban and regional planning, The administration of justice, Bio-medical systems, Educational systems, Computer program systems, The development and management of computer-based systems, Information retrieval, Simulation. AD numbers are provided for those documents which can be obtained from the Defense Documentation Center or the Department of Commerce’s Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information.

  7. 75 FR 61252 - Proposed Information Collection (Create Payment Request for the VA Funding Fee Payment System (VA...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-04

    ... Payment Request for the VA Funding Fee Payment System (VA FFPS); A Computer Generated Funding Fee Receipt... Payment Request for the VA Funding Fee Payment System (VA FFPS); A Computer Generated Funding Fee Receipt... information through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.Regulations.gov or to Nancy J...

  8. 75 FR 61859 - Proposed Information Collection (Create Payment Request for the VA Funding Fee Payment System (VA...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-06

    ... Payment Request for the VA Funding Fee Payment System (VA FFPS); A Computer Generated Funding Fee Receipt... Payment Request for the VA Funding Fee Payment System (VA FFPS); A Computer Generated Funding Fee Receipt... information through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.Regulations.gov or to Nancy J...

  9. 48 CFR 1852.227-86 - Commercial computer software-Licensing.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... software-Licensing. 1852.227-86 Section 1852.227-86 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-86 Commercial computer software—Licensing. As prescribed in 1827.409-70, insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software—Licensing (DEC 1987) (a) Any delivered...

  10. 48 CFR 1852.227-86 - Commercial computer software-Licensing.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... software-Licensing. 1852.227-86 Section 1852.227-86 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-86 Commercial computer software—Licensing. As prescribed in 1827.409-70, insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software—Licensing (DEC 1987) (a) Any delivered...

  11. 48 CFR 1852.227-86 - Commercial computer software-Licensing.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... software-Licensing. 1852.227-86 Section 1852.227-86 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-86 Commercial computer software—Licensing. As prescribed in 1827.409-70, insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software—Licensing (DEC 1987) (a) Any delivered...

  12. 48 CFR 1852.227-86 - Commercial computer software-Licensing.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... software-Licensing. 1852.227-86 Section 1852.227-86 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-86 Commercial computer software—Licensing. As prescribed in 1827.409-70, insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software—Licensing (DEC 1987) (a) Any delivered...

  13. 48 CFR 1852.227-86 - Commercial computer software-Licensing.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... software-Licensing. 1852.227-86 Section 1852.227-86 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-86 Commercial computer software—Licensing. As prescribed in 1827.409-70, insert the following clause: Commercial Computer Software—Licensing (DEC 1987) (a) Any delivered...

  14. Ada Compiler Validation Summary Report: Certificate Number: 901212I1. 11120 Tartan Inc., Tartan Ada VMS/960MC Version 4.0 VAXstation 3100 = Intel ICE960/25 on an VMS 5.2 Intel EXV80960MC Board

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1991-01-09

    5.2 (Target), 90121211 .11120 6. AUTHOR( S ) IABG-AVFT IOttobrunn, Federal Republic of Germany 7 PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS(ES) N-1...FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 9 SPONSORINGMONITORING AGENCY NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS( ES) 10. SPONSORING/ONITORING AGENCY Ada Joint Program Office REPORT NUMBER...Ada implementacion for which validation status is realized. Host Computer A computer system where Ada source programs are transformec System into

  15. 48 CFR 6302.6 - Computation and extension of time limits (Rule 6).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... of time limits (Rule 6). 6302.6 Section 6302.6 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS RULES OF PROCEDURE 6302.6 Computation and extension of time limits (Rule 6). (a) Computation. Except as otherwise provided by law, in computing any period of time prescribed...

  16. 48 CFR 252.227-7019 - Validation of asserted restrictions-Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... restrictions-Computer software. 252.227-7019 Section 252.227-7019 Federal Acquisition Regulations System...—Computer software. As prescribed in 227.7104(e)(3) or 227.7203-6(c), use the following clause: Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software (JUN 1995) (a) Definitions. (1) As used in this clause...

  17. 48 CFR 252.227-7019 - Validation of asserted restrictions-Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... restrictions-Computer software. 252.227-7019 Section 252.227-7019 Federal Acquisition Regulations System...—Computer software. As prescribed in 227.7104(e)(3) or 227.7203-6(c), use the following clause: Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software (SEP 2011) (a) Definitions. (1) As used in this clause...

  18. 48 CFR 252.227-7019 - Validation of asserted restrictions-Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... restrictions-Computer software. 252.227-7019 Section 252.227-7019 Federal Acquisition Regulations System...—Computer software. As prescribed in 227.7104(e)(3) or 227.7203-6(c), use the following clause: Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software (SEP 2011) (a) Definitions. (1) As used in this clause...

  19. 48 CFR 252.227-7019 - Validation of asserted restrictions-Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... restrictions-Computer software. 252.227-7019 Section 252.227-7019 Federal Acquisition Regulations System...—Computer software. As prescribed in 227.7104(e)(3) or 227.7203-6(c), use the following clause: Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software (SEP 2011) (a) Definitions. (1) As used in this clause...

  20. 48 CFR 252.227-7019 - Validation of asserted restrictions-Computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... restrictions-Computer software. 252.227-7019 Section 252.227-7019 Federal Acquisition Regulations System...—Computer software. As prescribed in 227.7104(e)(3) or 227.7203-6(c), use the following clause: Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software (SEP 2011) (a) Definitions. (1) As used in this clause...

  1. 48 CFR 1852.227-19 - Commercial computer software-Restricted rights.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... software-Restricted rights. 1852.227-19 Section 1852.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-19 Commercial computer software—Restricted rights. (a) As prescribed in 1827... regarding any computer software delivered under this contract/purchase order, the NASA Contracting Officer...

  2. 48 CFR 1852.227-19 - Commercial computer software-Restricted rights.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... software-Restricted rights. 1852.227-19 Section 1852.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-19 Commercial computer software—Restricted rights. (a) As prescribed in 1827... regarding any computer software delivered under this contract/purchase order, the NASA Contracting Officer...

  3. 48 CFR 1852.227-19 - Commercial computer software-Restricted rights.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... software-Restricted rights. 1852.227-19 Section 1852.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-19 Commercial computer software—Restricted rights. (a) As prescribed in 1827... regarding any computer software delivered under this contract/purchase order, the NASA Contracting Officer...

  4. 48 CFR 1852.227-19 - Commercial computer software-Restricted rights.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... software-Restricted rights. 1852.227-19 Section 1852.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-19 Commercial computer software—Restricted rights. (a) As prescribed in 1827... regarding any computer software delivered under this contract/purchase order, the NASA Contracting Officer...

  5. 48 CFR 1852.227-19 - Commercial computer software-Restricted rights.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... software-Restricted rights. 1852.227-19 Section 1852.227-19 Federal Acquisition Regulations System NATIONAL... Provisions and Clauses 1852.227-19 Commercial computer software—Restricted rights. (a) As prescribed in 1827... regarding any computer software delivered under this contract/purchase order, the NASA Contracting Officer...

  6. 47 CFR 76.1700 - Records to be maintained by cable system operators.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 4 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Records to be maintained by cable system operators. 76.1700 Section 76.1700 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) BROADCAST... or part of the public inspection file may be maintained in a computer database, as long as a computer...

  7. 47 CFR 76.1700 - Records to be maintained by cable system operators.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Records to be maintained by cable system operators. 76.1700 Section 76.1700 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) BROADCAST... or part of the public inspection file may be maintained in a computer database, as long as a computer...

  8. NASA Tech Briefs, July 1995. Volume 19, No. 7

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1995-01-01

    Topics include: mechanical components, electronic components and circuits, electronic systems, physical sciences, materials, computer programs, mechanics, machinery, manufacturing/fabrication, mathematics and information sciences, book and reports, and a special section of Federal laboratory computing Tech Briefs.

  9. 5 CFR 842.614 - Computation of partial annuity reduction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Computation of partial annuity reduction... SERVICE REGULATIONS (CONTINUED) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM-BASIC ANNUITY Survivor Elections § 842.614 Computation of partial annuity reduction. If a court order or the death of a current or former...

  10. A Computer-Based Private Pilot (Airplane) Certification Exam: A First Step Toward Nation-Wide Computer-Administration of FAA Certification Exams.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Anderson, Richard I.; Trollip, Stanley R.

    1982-01-01

    To assess the feasibility of computer-assisted Federal Aviation Administration certification examinations, a system for administering the Private Pilot Certification Examination was implemented using PLATO. Characteristics, reactions, and guidelines for use of the test are included. (Author/JJD)

  11. Computing, information, and communications: Technologies for the 21. Century

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    1998-11-01

    To meet the challenges of a radically new and technologically demanding century, the Federal Computing, Information, and Communications (CIC) programs are investing in long-term research and development (R and D) to advance computing, information, and communications in the United States. CIC R and D programs help Federal departments and agencies to fulfill their evolving missions, assure the long-term national security, better understand and manage the physical environment, improve health care, help improve the teaching of children, provide tools for lifelong training and distance learning to the workforce, and sustain critical US economic competitiveness. One of the nine committees of themore » National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), the Committee on Computing, Information, and Communications (CCIC)--through its CIC R and D Subcommittee--coordinates R and D programs conducted by twelve Federal departments and agencies in cooperation with US academia and industry. These R and D programs are organized into five Program Component Areas: (1) HECC--High End Computing and Computation; (2) LSN--Large Scale Networking, including the Next Generation Internet Initiative; (3) HCS--High Confidence Systems; (4) HuCS--Human Centered Systems; and (5) ETHR--Education, Training, and Human Resources. A brief synopsis of FY 1997 accomplishments and FY 1998 goals by PCA is presented. This report, which supplements the President`s Fiscal Year 1998 Budget, describes the interagency CIC programs.« less

  12. 48 CFR 227.7206 - Contracts for architect-engineer services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7206 Contracts for architect-engineer services. Follow 227.7107 when contracting for architect-engineer services. ...-engineer services. 227.7206 Section 227.7206 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION...

  13. 48 CFR 227.7206 - Contracts for architect-engineer services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7206 Contracts for architect-engineer services. Follow 227.7107 when contracting for architect-engineer services. ...-engineer services. 227.7206 Section 227.7206 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION...

  14. 48 CFR 227.7206 - Contracts for architect-engineer services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7206 Contracts for architect-engineer services. Follow 227.7107 when contracting for architect-engineer services. ...-engineer services. 227.7206 Section 227.7206 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION...

  15. 48 CFR 227.7206 - Contracts for architect-engineer services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7206 Contracts for architect-engineer services. Follow 227.7107 when contracting for architect-engineer services. ...-engineer services. 227.7206 Section 227.7206 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION...

  16. 48 CFR 227.7206 - Contracts for architect-engineer services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ...-engineer services. 227.7206 Section 227.7206 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION... Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7206 Contracts for architect-engineer services. Follow 227.7107 when contracting for architect-engineer services. ...

  17. 77 FR 47641 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-08-09

    ...In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) gives notice of and requests comments on the proposed revision of one existing system of records, the establishment of four new systems of records, and the removal of three existing systems of records notices. The revised existing system of records is ``Fraud Reporting System'' (FHFA-6). The proposed systems of records are: ``Visitor Badge, Employee and Contractor Personnel Day Pass, and Trackable Mail System'' (FHFA-17), ``Reasonable Accommodation Information System'' (FHFA-18), ``Computer Systems Activity and Access Records System'' (FHFA-19), and ``Telecommunications System'' (FHFA-20). In addition, upon the effective date of this notice, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight systems of records notices, ``OFHEO-10 Reasonable Accommodation Information System'' (73 FR 19236 (April 9, 2008)), ``OFHEO-08 Computer Systems Activity and Access Records System'' (71 FR 6085 (February 6, 2006)), and ``OFHEO-09 Telecommunications System'' (71 FR 39123 (July 11, 2006)) will be removed.

  18. 11 CFR 104.18 - Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... specifications and can be read by the Commission's computer system. Each report submitted in an electronic format... 11 Federal Elections 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)). 104.18 Section 104.18 Federal Elections FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION GENERAL REPORTS...

  19. 11 CFR 104.18 - Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... specifications and can be read by the Commission's computer system. Each report submitted in an electronic format... 11 Federal Elections 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)). 104.18 Section 104.18 Federal Elections FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION GENERAL REPORTS...

  20. 11 CFR 104.18 - Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... specifications and can be read by the Commission's computer system. Each report submitted in an electronic format... 11 Federal Elections 1 2013-01-01 2012-01-01 true Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)). 104.18 Section 104.18 Federal Elections FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION GENERAL REPORTS...

  1. 11 CFR 104.18 - Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... specifications and can be read by the Commission's computer system. Each report submitted in an electronic format... 11 Federal Elections 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Electronic filing of reports (2 U.S.C. 432(d) and 434(a)(11)). 104.18 Section 104.18 Federal Elections FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION GENERAL REPORTS...

  2. Some system considerations in configuring a digital flight control - navigation system

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Boone, J. H.; Flynn, G. R.

    1976-01-01

    A trade study was conducted with the objective of providing a technical guideline for selection of the most appropriate computer technology for the automatic flight control system of a civil subsonic jet transport. The trade study considers aspects of using either an analog, incremental type special purpose computer or a general purpose computer to perform critical autopilot computation functions. It also considers aspects of integration of noncritical autopilot and autothrottle modes into the computer performing the critical autoland functions, as compared to the federation of the noncritical modes into either a separate computer or with a R-Nav computer. The study is accomplished by establishing the relative advantages and/or risks associated with each of the computer configurations.

  3. 5 CFR 550.805 - Back pay computations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... directs the correction of an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action that resulted in the withdrawal... System or the defined benefit component of the Federal Employees Retirement System; (ii) Social Security...

  4. A European Federated Cloud: Innovative distributed computing solutions by EGI

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Sipos, Gergely; Turilli, Matteo; Newhouse, Steven; Kacsuk, Peter

    2013-04-01

    The European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) is the result of pioneering work that has, over the last decade, built a collaborative production infrastructure of uniform services through the federation of national resource providers that supports multi-disciplinary science across Europe and around the world. This presentation will provide an overview of the recently established 'federated cloud computing services' that the National Grid Initiatives (NGIs), operators of EGI, offer to scientific communities. The presentation will explain the technical capabilities of the 'EGI Federated Cloud' and the processes whereby earth and space science researchers can engage with it. EGI's resource centres have been providing services for collaborative, compute- and data-intensive applications for over a decade. Besides the well-established 'grid services', several NGIs already offer privately run cloud services to their national researchers. Many of these researchers recently expressed the need to share these cloud capabilities within their international research collaborations - a model similar to the way the grid emerged through the federation of institutional batch computing and file storage servers. To facilitate the setup of a pan-European cloud service from the NGIs' resources, the EGI-InSPIRE project established a Federated Cloud Task Force in September 2011. The Task Force has a mandate to identify and test technologies for a multinational federated cloud that could be provisioned within EGI by the NGIs. A guiding principle for the EGI Federated Cloud is to remain technology neutral and flexible for both resource providers and users: • Resource providers are allowed to use any cloud hypervisor and management technology to join virtualised resources into the EGI Federated Cloud as long as the site is subscribed to the user-facing interfaces selected by the EGI community. • Users can integrate high level services - such as brokers, portals and customised Virtual Research Environments - with the EGI Federated Cloud as long as these services access cloud resources through the user-facing interfaces selected by the EGI community. The Task Force will be closed in May 2013. It already • Identified key enabling technologies by which a multinational, federated 'Infrastructure as a Service' (IaaS) type cloud can be built from the NGIs' resources; • Deployed a test bed to evaluate the integration of virtualised resources within EGI and to engage with early adopter use cases from different scientific domains; • Integrated cloud resources into the EGI production infrastructure through cloud specific bindings of the EGI information system, monitoring system, authentication system, etc.; • Collected and catalogued requirements concerning the federated cloud services from the feedback of early adopter use cases; • Provided feedback and requirements to relevant technology providers on their implementations and worked with these providers to address those requirements; • Identified issues that need to be addressed by other areas of EGI (such as portal solutions, resource allocation policies, marketing and user support) to reach a production system. The Task Force will publish a blueprint in April 2013. The blueprint will drive the establishment of a production level EGI Federated Cloud service after May 2013.

  5. Partial Bibliography of Work on Expert Systems,

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-12-01

    Bibliography: AAAI American Association for Artificial Intelligence ACM Association for Computing Machinery AFIPS American Federation of Information...Processing Societies ECAI European Conference on Artificial Intelligence IEEE Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers IFIPS International...Federation of Information Processing Societies IJCAI International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence SIGPLAN ACM Special Interest Group on

  6. NAS infrastructure management system build 1.5 computer-human interface

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2001-01-01

    Human factors engineers from the National Airspace System (NAS) Human Factors Branch (ACT-530) of the Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center conducted an evaluation of the NAS Infrastructure Management System (NIMS) Build ...

  7. 2 CFR 200.58 - Information technology systems.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 2 Grants and Agreements 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Information technology systems. 200.58..., AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS Acronyms and Definitions Acronyms § 200.58 Information technology systems. Information technology systems means computing devices, ancillary equipment, software...

  8. 48 CFR 23.701 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Definitions. 23.701... DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE Contracting for Environmentally Preferable Products and Services 23.701 Definitions. As used in this subpart— Computer monitor means a video display unit used with a computer. Desktop...

  9. 75 FR 30411 - Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a Modified or Altered System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-01

    ... Privacy Act of 1974; the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer Fraud and Abuse... Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986; the Health Insurance Portability... systems and data files necessary for compliance with Title XI, Part C of the Social Security Act because...

  10. Drone Control System

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1983-01-01

    Drones, subscale vehicles like the Firebees, and full scale retired military aircraft are used to test air defense missile systems. The DFCS (Drone Formation Control System) computer, developed by IBM (International Business Machines) Federal Systems Division, can track ten drones at once. A program called ORACLS is used to generate software to track and control Drones. It was originally developed by Langley and supplied by COSMIC (Computer Software Management and Information Center). The program saved the company both time and money.

  11. 78 FR 45515 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-07-29

    ...] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request ACTION: Notice. The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has... Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 227.71, Rights in Technical Data, and Subpart 227.72, Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation, and related provisions and clauses of the Defense Federal...

  12. Dynamic federation of grid and cloud storage

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Furano, Fabrizio; Keeble, Oliver; Field, Laurence

    2016-09-01

    The Dynamic Federations project ("Dynafed") enables the deployment of scalable, distributed storage systems composed of independent storage endpoints. While the Uniform Generic Redirector at the heart of the project is protocol-agnostic, we have focused our effort on HTTP-based protocols, including S3 and WebDAV. The system has been deployed on testbeds covering the majority of the ATLAS and LHCb data, and supports geography-aware replica selection. The work done exploits the federation potential of HTTP to build systems that offer uniform, scalable, catalogue-less access to the storage and metadata ensemble and the possibility of seamless integration of other compatible resources such as those from cloud providers. Dynafed can exploit the potential of the S3 delegation scheme, effectively federating on the fly any number of S3 buckets from different providers and applying a uniform authorization to them. This feature has been used to deploy in production the BOINC Data Bridge, which uses the Uniform Generic Redirector with S3 buckets to harmonize the BOINC authorization scheme with the Grid/X509. The Data Bridge has been deployed in production with good results. We believe that the features of a loosely coupled federation of open-protocolbased storage elements open many possibilities of smoothly evolving the current computing models and of supporting new scientific computing projects that rely on massive distribution of data and that would appreciate systems that can more easily be interfaced with commercial providers and can work natively with Web browsers and clients.

  13. Bringing Federated Identity to Grid Computing

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Teheran, Jeny

    The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) is facing the challenge of providing scientific data access and grid submission to scientific collaborations that span the globe but are hosted at FNAL. Users in these collaborations are currently required to register as an FNAL user and obtain FNAL credentials to access grid resources to perform their scientific computations. These requirements burden researchers with managing additional authentication credentials, and put additional load on FNAL for managing user identities. Our design integrates the existing InCommon federated identity infrastructure, CILogon Basic CA, and MyProxy with the FNAL grid submission system to provide secure access formore » users from diverse experiments and collab orations without requiring each user to have authentication credentials from FNAL. The design automates the handling of certificates so users do not need to manage them manually. Although the initial implementation is for FNAL's grid submission system, the design and the core of the implementation are general and could be applied to other distributed computing systems.« less

  14. Computer-Based Training Starter Kit.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Federal Interagency Group for Computer-Based Training, Washington, DC.

    Intended for use by training professionals with little or no background in the application of automated data processing (ADP) systems, processes, or procurement requirements, this reference manual provides guidelines for establishing a computer based training (CBT) program within a federal agency of the United States government. The manual covers:…

  15. Cloud Computing for Geosciences--GeoCloud for standardized geospatial service platforms (Invited)

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Nebert, D. D.; Huang, Q.; Yang, C.

    2013-12-01

    The 21st century geoscience faces challenges of Big Data, spike computing requirements (e.g., when natural disaster happens), and sharing resources through cyberinfrastructure across different organizations (Yang et al., 2011). With flexibility and cost-efficiency of computing resources a primary concern, cloud computing emerges as a promising solution to provide core capabilities to address these challenges. Many governmental and federal agencies are adopting cloud technologies to cut costs and to make federal IT operations more efficient (Huang et al., 2010). However, it is still difficult for geoscientists to take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing to facilitate the scientific research and discoveries. This presentation reports using GeoCloud to illustrate the process and strategies used in building a common platform for geoscience communities to enable the sharing, integration of geospatial data, information and knowledge across different domains. GeoCloud is an annual incubator project coordinated by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) in collaboration with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Health and Human Services. It is designed as a staging environment to test and document the deployment of a common GeoCloud community platform that can be implemented by multiple agencies. With these standardized virtual geospatial servers, a variety of government geospatial applications can be quickly migrated to the cloud. In order to achieve this objective, multiple projects are nominated each year by federal agencies as existing public-facing geospatial data services. From the initial candidate projects, a set of common operating system and software requirements was identified as the baseline for platform as a service (PaaS) packages. Based on these developed common platform packages, each project deploys and monitors its web application, develops best practices, and documents cost and performance information. This paper presents the background, architectural design, and activities of GeoCloud in support of the Geospatial Platform Initiative. System security strategies and approval processes for migrating federal geospatial data, information, and applications into cloud, and cost estimation for cloud operations are covered. Finally, some lessons learned from the GeoCloud project are discussed as reference for geoscientists to consider in the adoption of cloud computing.

  16. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 806b - Definitions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... system of records to make the data accurate, relevant, timely, or complete. Computer matching: A computerized comparison of two or more automated systems of records or a system of records with non-Federal... operate and safeguard it. Local system managers operate record systems or are responsible for part of a...

  17. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 806b - Definitions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... system of records to make the data accurate, relevant, timely, or complete. Computer matching: A computerized comparison of two or more automated systems of records or a system of records with non-Federal... operate and safeguard it. Local system managers operate record systems or are responsible for part of a...

  18. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 806b - Definitions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... system of records to make the data accurate, relevant, timely, or complete. Computer matching: A computerized comparison of two or more automated systems of records or a system of records with non-Federal... operate and safeguard it. Local system managers operate record systems or are responsible for part of a...

  19. 12 CFR Appendix K to Part 226 - Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 3 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions K Appendix K to Part 226 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED..., App. K Appendix K to Part 226—Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage...

  20. 12 CFR Appendix K to Part 226 - Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 3 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage Transactions K Appendix K to Part 226 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED..., App. K Appendix K to Part 226—Total Annual Loan Cost Rate Computations for Reverse Mortgage...

  1. The data storage grid: the next generation of fault-tolerant storage for backup and disaster recovery of clinical images

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    King, Nelson E.; Liu, Brent; Zhou, Zheng; Documet, Jorge; Huang, H. K.

    2005-04-01

    Grid Computing represents the latest and most exciting technology to evolve from the familiar realm of parallel, peer-to-peer and client-server models that can address the problem of fault-tolerant storage for backup and recovery of clinical images. We have researched and developed a novel Data Grid testbed involving several federated PAC systems based on grid architecture. By integrating a grid computing architecture to the DICOM environment, a failed PACS archive can recover its image data from others in the federation in a timely and seamless fashion. The design reflects the five-layer architecture of grid computing: Fabric, Resource, Connectivity, Collective, and Application Layers. The testbed Data Grid architecture representing three federated PAC systems, the Fault-Tolerant PACS archive server at the Image Processing and Informatics Laboratory, Marina del Rey, the clinical PACS at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, and the clinical PACS at the Healthcare Consultation Center II, USC Health Science Campus, will be presented. The successful demonstration of the Data Grid in the testbed will provide an understanding of the Data Grid concept in clinical image data backup as well as establishment of benchmarks for performance from future grid technology improvements and serve as a road map for expanded research into large enterprise and federation level data grids to guarantee 99.999 % up time.

  2. The Cost of a Military Person-Year. A Method for Computing Savings from Force Reductions

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-01-01

    personnel FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board FERS Federal Employee Retirement System FG federal...an average prescribed SMCR of only $61,393, which is clearly problematic: Using the Comptroller’s own methods as mandated by DoD financial man... financial commitment the Figure 4.2 Probability-Adjusted Present Values of Retirement Benefits for Current Members by YOS RAND MG598-4.2 1,400 $ th o u

  3. Relationship of Automatic Data Processing Training Curriculum and Methodology in the Federal Government.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.

    A conference, held in Washington, D. C., in 1967 by the Association for Educational Data Systems and the U.S. Office of Education, attempted to lay the groundwork for an efficient automatic data processing training program for the Federal Government utilizing new instructional methodologies. The rapid growth of computer applications and computer…

  4. Vinogradov uses a Sony HD Video Camcorder and laptop computer in the SM during Expedition 13

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2006-08-01

    ISS013-E-66727 (August 2006) --- Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, wears a communication system headset while using a video camcorder and computer in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

  5. Vinogradov uses a Sony HD Video Camcorder and laptop computer in the SM during Expedition 13

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2006-08-01

    ISS013-E-66726 (August 2006) --- Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, wears a communication system headset while using a video camcorder and computer in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

  6. Information Security: Governmentwide Guidance Needed to Assist Agencies in Implementing Cloud Computing

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-07-01

    Cloud computing , an emerging form of computing in which users have access to scalable, on-demand capabilities that are provided through Internet... cloud computing , (2) the information security implications of using cloud computing services in the Federal Government, and (3) federal guidance and...efforts to address information security when using cloud computing . The complete report is titled Information Security: Federal Guidance Needed to

  7. 75 FR 68849 - Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-11-09

    ... processing of personal information is conducted within established FAA computer security regulations. A risk... SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: Sensitive, unclassified SYSTEM LOCATION: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA... Enforcement Centers of the Drug Abatement Division; Office of Security and Hazardous Materials; Flight...

  8. 78 FR 54875 - Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program Between the Department of Education (ED) and the...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-09-06

    ....C. 1091(g) and (p). SSA will verify the issuance of an SSN to, and will confirm the citizenship... verifying the accuracy of each individual's SSN and claim to a citizenship status that permits that... the Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/fsys . At...

  9. 48 CFR 9905.506-60 - Illustrations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ..., installs a computer service center to begin operations on May 1. The operating expense related to the new... operating expenses of the computer service center for the 8-month part of the cost accounting period may be... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 7 2013-10-01 2012-10-01 true Illustrations. 9905.506-60...

  10. Using Frameworks in a Government Contracting Environment: Case Study at the NASA Center for Computational Sciences

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    McGalliard, James

    2008-01-01

    A viewgraph describing the use of multiple frameworks by NASA, GSA, and U.S. Government agencies is presented. The contents include: 1) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) and NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) Environment; 2) Ruling Frameworks; 3) Implications; and 4) Reconciling Multiple Frameworks.

  11. 77 FR 52043 - Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Exempt New System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-08-28

    ... study. 6. After NIH makes a finding of research misconduct and has informed ORI of the finding... Internet traffic to and from federal computer networks to prevent malicious computer code from reaching the... portable/ mobile devices including, but not limited to: Laptops, PDAs, USB drives, portable hard drives...

  12. 48 CFR 9904.412-60 - Illustrations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 7 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Illustrations. 9904.412-60... computed for 2017, the current year, is $1.5 million. This computed cost is based on the components of... pension cost for 2017 is limited to $1.3 million. In addition, all amounts that were previously being...

  13. High-Throughput Computing on High-Performance Platforms: A Case Study

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Oleynik, D; Panitkin, S; Matteo, Turilli

    The computing systems used by LHC experiments has historically consisted of the federation of hundreds to thousands of distributed resources, ranging from small to mid-size resource. In spite of the impressive scale of the existing distributed computing solutions, the federation of small to mid-size resources will be insufficient to meet projected future demands. This paper is a case study of how the ATLAS experiment has embraced Titan -- a DOE leadership facility in conjunction with traditional distributed high- throughput computing to reach sustained production scales of approximately 52M core-hours a years. The three main contributions of this paper are: (i)more » a critical evaluation of design and operational considerations to support the sustained, scalable and production usage of Titan; (ii) a preliminary characterization of a next generation executor for PanDA to support new workloads and advanced execution modes; and (iii) early lessons for how current and future experimental and observational systems can be integrated with production supercomputers and other platforms in a general and extensible manner.« less

  14. 76 FR 79216 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-12-21

    ... of Prisons (Bureau) facilities, any location operated by a contractor authorized to provide computer... DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [CPCLO Order No. 005-2011] Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of Modification of a System of Records...

  15. 76 FR 79216 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-12-21

    ...) facilities nationwide, at any location operated by a contractor authorized to provide computer and/or... DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [CPCLO Order No. 006-2011] Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of Modification of a System of Records...

  16. NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Paper 19: Computer and information technology and aerospace knowledge diffusion

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Pinelli, Thomas E.; Kennedy, John M.; Barclay, Rebecca O.; Bishop, Ann P.

    1992-01-01

    To remain a world leader in aerospace, the US must improve and maintain the professional competency of its engineers and scientists, increase the research and development (R&D) knowledge base, improve productivity, and maximize the integration of recent technological developments into the R&D process. How well these objectives are met, and at what cost, depends on a variety of factors, but largely on the ability of US aerospace engineers and scientists to acquire and process the results of federally funded R&D. The Federal Government's commitment to high speed computing and networking systems presupposes that computer and information technology will play a major role in the aerospace knowledge diffusion process. However, we know little about information technology needs, uses, and problems within the aerospace knowledge diffusion process. The use of computer and information technology by US aerospace engineers and scientists in academia, government, and industry is reported.

  17. 48 CFR 239.7102-3 - Information assurance contractor training and certification.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-3 Information..., certification maintenance, and continuing education or sustainment training required for the information... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Information assurance...

  18. 48 CFR 239.7102-3 - Information assurance contractor training and certification.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-3 Information..., certification maintenance, and continuing education or sustainment training required for the information... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Information assurance...

  19. 48 CFR 239.7102-3 - Information assurance contractor training and certification.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-3 Information..., certification maintenance, and continuing education or sustainment training required for the information... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Information assurance...

  20. 48 CFR 239.7102-3 - Information assurance contractor training and certification.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-3 Information..., certification maintenance, and continuing education or sustainment training required for the information... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Information assurance...

  1. 48 CFR 239.7102-3 - Information assurance contractor training and certification.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-3 Information..., certification maintenance, and continuing education or sustainment training required for the information... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Information assurance...

  2. 36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1234 - Minimum Security Standards for Level III Federal Facilities

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... technology and blast standards. Immediate review of ongoing projects may generate savings in the... critical systems (alarm systems, radio communications, computer facilities, etc.) Required. Occupant... all exterior windows (shatter protection) Recommended. Review current projects for blast standards...

  3. 36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1234 - Minimum Security Standards for Level III Federal Facilities

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... construction projects should be reviewed if possible, to incorporate current technology and blast standards... critical systems (alarm systems, radio communications, computer facilities, etc.) Required. Occupant... all exterior windows (shatter protection) Recommended. Review current projects for blast standards...

  4. 36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1234 - Minimum Security Standards for Level III Federal Facilities

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... technology and blast standards. Immediate review of ongoing projects may generate savings in the... critical systems (alarm systems, radio communications, computer facilities, etc.) Required. Occupant... all exterior windows (shatter protection) Recommended. Review current projects for blast standards...

  5. 48 CFR 1804.470-3 - IT security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 true IT security requirements... security requirements. These IT security requirements cover all NASA contracts in which IT plays a role in...-63, Electronic Authentication Guideline) access to NASA's computer systems, networks, or IT...

  6. DYNALIST II : A Computer Program for Stability and Dynamic Response Analysis of Rail Vehicle Systems : Volume 4. Revised User's Manual.

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1976-07-01

    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is sponsoring research, development, and demonstration programs to provide improved safety, performance, speed, reliability, and maintainability of rail transportation systems at reduced life-cycle costs. A m...

  7. 76 FR 21373 - Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a New System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-04-15

    ... Information Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986; the Health Insurance... 1974; the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002; the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986... established by State law; (3) support litigation involving the Agency; (4) combat fraud, waste, and abuse in...

  8. 14 CFR Special Federal Aviation... - Operating Limitations for Unscheduled Operations at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    .... Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center. It is responsible for the administration of... 6). “Enhanced Computer Voice Reservation System (e-CVRS)” is the system used by the FAA to make... charter flights; hired aircraft service; ferry flights; and other non-passenger flights. Section 3...

  9. 76 FR 55829 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-09-09

    .... Benefits of ESC Electronic stability control (ESC) systems use automatic computer- controlled braking of... demonstrated that these systems reduce fatal single-vehicle crashes of passenger cars by 55 percent and fatal... potential to prevent 56 percent of the fatal passenger car rollovers and 74 percent of the fatal LTV first...

  10. Designing Unmanned Systems with Greater Autonomy: Using a Federated, Partially Open Systems Architecture Approach

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-01-01

    system UAV unmanned aircraft vehicle UCI User -Computer Interface UCS UAS control segment Abbreviations xxix UGS unmanned ground system UGV unmanned ...made substantial progress in the deployment of more capable sensors, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and other unmanned systems (UxS). Innovative...progress in fielding more, and more capable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to meet the needs of warfighters

  11. Introduction to Minicomputers in Federal Libraries.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Young, Micki Jo; And Others

    This book for library administrators and Federal library staff covers the application of minicomputers in Federal libraries and offers a review of minicomputer technology. A brief overview of automation explains computer technology, hardware, and software. The role of computers in libraries is examined in terms of the history of computers and…

  12. Interlibrary Lending with Computerized Union Catalogues.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lehmann, Klaus-Dieter

    Interlibrary loans in the Federal Republic of Germany are facilitated by applying techniques of data processing and computer output microfilm (COM) to the union catalogs of the national library system. The German library system consists of two national libraries, four central specialized libraries of technology, medicine, agriculture, and…

  13. The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) Project

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Carenton-Madiec, Nicolas; Denvil, Sébastien; Greenslade, Mark

    2015-04-01

    The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) enterprise system is a collaboration that develops, deploys and maintains software infrastructure for the management, dissemination, and analysis of model output and observational data. ESGF's primary goal is to facilitate advancements in Earth System Science. It is an interagency and international effort led by the US Department of Energy (DOE), and co-funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Infrastructure for the European Network of Earth System Modelling (IS-ENES) and international laboratories such as the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) german Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ), the Australian National University (ANU) National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), and the British Atmospheric Data Center (BADC). Its main mission is to support current CMIP5 activities and prepare for future assesments. The ESGF architecture is based on a system of autonomous and distributed nodes, which interoperate through common acceptance of federation protocols and trust agreements. Data is stored at multiple nodes around the world, and served through local data and metadata services. Nodes exchange information about their data holdings and services, trust each other for registering users and establishing access control decisions. The net result is that a user can use a web browser, connect to any node, and seamlessly find and access data throughout the federation. This type of collaborative working organization and distributed architecture context en-lighted the need of integration and testing processes definition to ensure the quality of software releases and interoperability. This presentation will introduce the ESGF project and demonstrate the range of tools and processes that have been set up to support release management activities.

  14. Performance assessment of KORAT-3D on the ANL IBM-SP computer

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Alexeyev, A.V.; Zvenigorodskaya, O.A.; Shagaliev, R.M.

    1999-09-01

    The TENAR code is currently being developed at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF) as a coupled dynamics code for the simulation of transients in VVER and RBMK systems and other nuclear systems. The neutronic module in this code system is KORAT-3D. This module is also one of the most computationally intensive components of the code system. A parallel version of KORAT-3D has been implemented to achieve the goal of obtaining transient solutions in reasonable computational time, particularly for RBMK calculations that involve the application of >100,000 nodes. An evaluation of the KORAT-3D code performance was recently undertaken on themore » Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) IBM ScalablePower (SP) parallel computer located in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of ANL. At the time of the study, the ANL IBM-SP computer had 80 processors. This study was conducted under the auspices of a technical staff exchange program sponsored by the International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC).« less

  15. Dairy Herd On-line Information System

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Takahashi, Satoshi

    As the business circumstances have become worse, computational breeding management based on the scientific matters has been needed for dairy farming in our country. In this connection it was urgent to construct the system which provided data effectively used in the fields for dairy farmers. The Federation has executed to provide dairy farming technical data promptly through its own on-line network being composed of middle sized general-purpose computer (main memory : 5MB, and fixed disk : 1100MB) and 22 terminals.

  16. 75 FR 43555 - Hewlett Packard; Hewlett Packard-Enterprise Business Services Formerly Known as Electronic Data...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-07-26

    ... Workers From Sun Microsystems, Inc., Dell Computer Corp., EMC Corp., EMC Corp. Total, Cisco Systems Capital Corporation, Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp., Xerox Corp., Vmware, Inc., Sun Microsystems Federal... known as Electronic Data Systems, including on- site leased workers from Sun Microsystems, Inc., Dell...

  17. 75 FR 63509 - Hewlett Packard, Hewlett Packard-Enterprise Business Services, Formerly Known as Electronic Data...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-15

    ... Workers From Sun Microsystems, Inc., Dell Computer Corp., EMC Corp., EMC Corp. Total, Cisco Systems Capital Corporation, Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp., Xerox Corp., VMWare, Inc., Sun Microsystems Federal...-- Services, formerly known as Electronic Data Systems, including on- site leased workers from Sun...

  18. 48 CFR 1804.470-3 - IT security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false IT security requirements... security requirements. (a) These IT security requirements cover all NASA awards in which IT plays a role in... physical or electronic access beyond that granted the general public to NASA's computer systems, networks...

  19. 48 CFR 1804.470-3 - IT security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false IT security requirements... security requirements. (a) These IT security requirements cover all NASA awards in which IT plays a role in... physical or electronic access beyond that granted the general public to NASA's computer systems, networks...

  20. 48 CFR 1804.470-3 - IT security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 6 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false IT security requirements... security requirements. (a) These IT security requirements cover all NASA awards in which IT plays a role in... physical or electronic access beyond that granted the general public to NASA's computer systems, networks...

  1. System for assessing Aviation's Global Emissions (SAGE), part 1 : model description and inventory results

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2007-07-01

    In early 2001, the US Federal Aviation Administration embarked on a multi-year effort to develop a new computer model, the System for assessing Aviation's Global Emissions (SAGE). Currently at Version 1.5, the basic use of the model has centered on t...

  2. 41 CFR 302-10.205 - Are there any costs for preparation that are not allowed?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Federal Travel Regulation System RELOCATION ALLOWANCES TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF PROPERTY 10-ALLOWANCES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MOBILE HOMES AND BOATS USED AS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE Computation of Allowances...

  3. Integration of AERMOD into EDMS

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2003-06-22

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires the use of the Emissions and : Dispersion Modeling System (EDMS) for air quality analysis involving aviation sources. : Dispersion in EDMS has previously been computed by CALINE3 and PAL2. With the :...

  4. Impact of remote sensing upon the planning, management, and development of water resources

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Loats, H. L.; Fowler, T. R.; Frech, S. L.

    1974-01-01

    A survey of the principal water resource users was conducted to determine the impact of new remote data streams on hydrologic computer models. The analysis of the responses and direct contact demonstrated that: (1) the majority of water resource effort of the type suitable to remote sensing inputs is conducted by major federal water resources agencies or through federally stimulated research, (2) the federal government develops most of the hydrologic models used in this effort; and (3) federal computer power is extensive. The computers, computer power, and hydrologic models in current use were determined.

  5. A Global Repository for Planet-Sized Experiments and Observations

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Williams, Dean; Balaji, V.; Cinquini, Luca; Denvil, Sebastien; Duffy, Daniel; Evans, Ben; Ferraro, Robert D.; Hansen, Rose; Lautenschlager, Michael; Trenham, Claire

    2016-01-01

    Working across U.S. federal agencies, international agencies, and multiple worldwide data centers, and spanning seven international network organizations, the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) allows users to access, analyze, and visualize data using a globally federated collection of networks, computers, and software. Its architecture employs a system of geographically distributed peer nodes that are independently administered yet united by common federation protocols and application programming interfaces (APIs). The full ESGF infrastructure has now been adopted by multiple Earth science projects and allows access to petabytes of geophysical data, including the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) output used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment reports. Data served by ESGF not only include model output (i.e., CMIP simulation runs) but also include observational data from satellites and instruments, reanalyses, and generated images. Metadata summarize basic information about the data for fast and easy data discovery.

  6. Goals of Government-Funded Public Domain Software Efforts

    PubMed Central

    Rishel, Wesley J.

    1980-01-01

    The development of public domain software under Federal aegis and support has made possible a broadly competitive field of computer - oriented management information system consulting organizations with high technical competence and the potential for strong user orientation and loyalty. The impact of this assumption of major “front-end costs” by the Federal government has additional spin-off effects in terms of standardization and transportability features as well as reduced capital costs to the user.

  7. High performance computing and communications: Advancing the frontiers of information technology

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    1997-12-31

    This report, which supplements the President`s Fiscal Year 1997 Budget, describes the interagency High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program. The HPCC Program will celebrate its fifth anniversary in October 1996 with an impressive array of accomplishments to its credit. Over its five-year history, the HPCC Program has focused on developing high performance computing and communications technologies that can be applied to computation-intensive applications. Major highlights for FY 1996: (1) High performance computing systems enable practical solutions to complex problems with accuracies not possible five years ago; (2) HPCC-funded research in very large scale networking techniques has been instrumental inmore » the evolution of the Internet, which continues exponential growth in size, speed, and availability of information; (3) The combination of hardware capability measured in gigaflop/s, networking technology measured in gigabit/s, and new computational science techniques for modeling phenomena has demonstrated that very large scale accurate scientific calculations can be executed across heterogeneous parallel processing systems located thousands of miles apart; (4) Federal investments in HPCC software R and D support researchers who pioneered the development of parallel languages and compilers, high performance mathematical, engineering, and scientific libraries, and software tools--technologies that allow scientists to use powerful parallel systems to focus on Federal agency mission applications; and (5) HPCC support for virtual environments has enabled the development of immersive technologies, where researchers can explore and manipulate multi-dimensional scientific and engineering problems. Educational programs fostered by the HPCC Program have brought into classrooms new science and engineering curricula designed to teach computational science. This document contains a small sample of the significant HPCC Program accomplishments in FY 1996.« less

  8. 77 FR 77051 - Applications for New Awards; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-12-31

    ... development of accessible information technology including cloud computing, software, systems, and devices... documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at: www...

  9. Airline service quality performance reports

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2002-01-01

    The purpose of this federal regulation (Citation 14CFR234) is to set forth required data that certain air carriers must submit to the Department of Transportation and to computer reservations system vendors in computerized form, except as otherwise p...

  10. 41 CFR 302-10.204 - What costs are allowed for preparing a mobile home for shipment?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Management Federal Travel Regulation System RELOCATION ALLOWANCES TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF PROPERTY 10-ALLOWANCES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MOBILE HOMES AND BOATS USED AS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE Computation of Allowances...

  11. 41 CFR 302-10.101 - Must I furnish actual odometer readings on the travel claim?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Management Federal Travel Regulation System RELOCATION ALLOWANCES TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF PROPERTY 10-ALLOWANCES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MOBILE HOMES AND BOATS USED AS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE Computation of Distance...

  12. Federal Highway Administration health in transportation working group : 2013 annual report

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2000-04-24

    Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are the application of advanced computer, electronics, and communications technologies to increase the safety and efficiency of surface transportation. ITS depend on the ability to integrate many advanced tech...

  13. Climate Science's Globally Distributed Infrastructure

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Williams, D. N.

    2016-12-01

    The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) is primarily funded by the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science (the Office of Biological and Environmental Research [BER] Climate Data Informatics Program and the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research Next Generation Network for Science Program), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the European Infrastructure for the European Network for Earth System Modeling (IS-ENES), and the Australian National University (ANU). Support also comes from other U.S. federal and international agencies. The federation works across multiple worldwide data centers and spans seven international network organizations to provide users with the ability to access, analyze, and visualize data using a globally federated collection of networks, computers, and software. Its architecture employs a series of geographically distributed peer nodes that are independently administered and united by common federation protocols and application programming interfaces (APIs). The full ESGF infrastructure has now been adopted by multiple Earth science projects and allows access to petabytes of geophysical data, including the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP; output used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment reports), multiple model intercomparison projects (MIPs; endorsed by the World Climate Research Programme [WCRP]), and the Accelerated Climate Modeling for Energy (ACME; ESGF is included in the overarching ACME workflow process to store model output). ESGF is a successful example of integration of disparate open-source technologies into a cohesive functional system that serves the needs the global climate science community. Data served by ESGF includes not only model output but also observational data from satellites and instruments, reanalysis, and generated images.

  14. 48 CFR 239.7102-2 - Compromising emanations-TEMPEST or other standard.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ...-TEMPEST or other standard. 239.7102-2 Section 239.7102-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE... INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-2 Compromising emanations—TEMPEST or....e., an established National TEMPEST standard (e.g., NACSEM 5100, NACSIM 5100A) or a standard used by...

  15. 48 CFR 239.7102-2 - Compromising emanations-TEMPEST or other standard.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ...-TEMPEST or other standard. 239.7102-2 Section 239.7102-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE... INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-2 Compromising emanations—TEMPEST or....e., an established National TEMPEST standard (e.g., NACSEM 5100, NACSIM 5100A) or a standard used by...

  16. 48 CFR 239.7102-2 - Compromising emanations-TEMPEST or other standard.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ...-TEMPEST or other standard. 239.7102-2 Section 239.7102-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE... INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-2 Compromising emanations—TEMPEST or....e., an established National TEMPEST standard (e.g., NACSEM 5100, NACSIM 5100A) or a standard used by...

  17. 48 CFR 239.7102-2 - Compromising emanations-TEMPEST or other standard.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ...-TEMPEST or other standard. 239.7102-2 Section 239.7102-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE... INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-2 Compromising emanations—TEMPEST or....e., an established National TEMPEST standard (e.g., NACSEM 5100, NACSIM 5100A) or a standard used by...

  18. 48 CFR 239.7102-2 - Compromising emanations-TEMPEST or other standard.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ...-TEMPEST or other standard. 239.7102-2 Section 239.7102-2 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE... INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Security and Privacy for Computer Systems 239.7102-2 Compromising emanations—TEMPEST or....e., an established National TEMPEST standard (e.g., NACSEM 5100, NACSIM 5100A) or a standard used by...

  19. Human Systems Center Products and Progress.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-10-01

    and (CASHE:PVS). CASHE:PVS version 1.0 is a CD-ROM- As a precursor to developing collaborative based hypermedia- ergonomic information base design...computer-generated image to determine if the Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis activity is physically possible. Expert system Center known as...and facility issues relative Federal Drug Administration, and Centers for to dentistry . The scope includes technical Disease Control to establish

  20. Multimedia courseware in an open-systems environment: a DoD strategy

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Welsch, Lawrence A.

    1991-03-01

    The federal government is about to invest billions of dollars to develop multimedia training materials for delivery on computer-based interactive training systems. Acquisition of a variety of computers and peripheral devices hosting various operating systems and suites of authoring system software will be necessary to facilitate the development of this courseware. There is no single source that will satisfy all needs. Although high-performance, low-cost interactive training hardware is available, the products have proprietary software interfaces. Because the interfaces are proprietary, expensive reprogramming is usually required to adapt such software products to other platforms. This costly reprogramming could be eliminated by adopting standard software interfaces. DoD's Portable Courseware Project (PORTCO) is typical of projects worldwide that require standard software interfaces. This paper articulates the strategy whereby PORTCO leverages the open systems movement and the new realities of information technology. These realities encompass changes in the pace at which new technology becomes available, changes in organizational goals and philosophy, new roles of vendors and users, changes in the procurement process, and acceleration toward open system environments. The PORTCO strategy is applicable to all projects and systems that require open systems to achieve mission objectives. The federal goal is to facilitate the creation of an environment in which high quality portable courseware is available as commercial off-the-shelf products and is competitively supplied by a variety of vendors. In order to achieve this goal a system architecture incorporating standards to meet the users' needs must be established. The Request for Architecture (RFA) developed cooperatively by DoD and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will generate the PORTCO systems architecture. This architecture must freely integrate the courseware and authoring software from the lower levels of machine architecture and systems service implementation. In addition, the systems architecture will establish how the application-specific technologies relate to other technologies. Further, a computer-based interactive training applications profile must be developed. This profile, along with the systems architecture derived as a result of the RFA, provides the basis for identifying the needed standards. NIST will then accelerate the development of these standards using, but not restricted to, existing standards activities within established standards forums. The federal multimedia courseware effort has adopted the Interactive Multimedia Association (INA) Recommended Practices for Interactive Video Portability as the baseline for the migration of computer-based interactive training systems to an open systems environment based upon international standards. The PORTCO strategy includes an evolutionary migration to a standards-based, Open System Environments (OSE). An important aspect of this migration strategy is to move to open systems via stepwise evolution rather than via quantum leaps. Another area of concern is that of infrastructure issues, such as maintaining and supporting the technologies required for computer-based interactive training. The federal multimedia initiative will use the RFA-based architecture to differentiate between those technologies that can be maintained and supported by existing infrastructure mechanisms and those that require new mechanisms. Existing infrastructure mechanisms will be used and where infrastructure mechanisms do not exist, the approach will be to place high priority on establishing the appropriate mechanisms. Establishing an infrastructure mechanism is a nontrivial task requiring sustained investment of resources.

  1. Notification: Fieldwork for CIGIE Cloud Computing Initiative – Status of Cloud-Computing Within the Federal Government

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY14-0126, January 15, 2014. The EPA OIG is starting fieldwork on the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Cloud Computing Initiative – Status of Cloud-Computing Environments Within the Federal Government.

  2. 41 CFR 105-56.017 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.017 Section 105-56.017 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  3. 41 CFR 105-56.017 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.017 Section 105-56.017 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  4. 41 CFR 105-56.027 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.027 Section 105-56.027 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  5. 41 CFR 105-56.017 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.017 Section 105-56.017 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  6. 41 CFR 105-56.027 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.027 Section 105-56.027 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  7. 41 CFR 105-56.027 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.027 Section 105-56.027 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  8. 41 CFR 105-56.027 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.027 Section 105-56.027 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  9. 41 CFR 105-56.027 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.027 Section 105-56.027 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  10. 41 CFR 105-56.017 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.017 Section 105-56.017 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  11. 41 CFR 105-56.017 - Centralized salary offset computer match.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... offset computer match. 105-56.017 Section 105-56.017 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal... computer match. (a) Delinquent debt records will be compared with Federal employee records maintained by... a delegation of authority from the Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer...

  12. Earth Science Informatics - Overview

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Ramapriyan, H. K.

    2015-01-01

    Over the last 10-15 years, significant advances have been made in information management, there are an increasing number of individuals entering the field of information management as it applies to Geoscience and Remote Sensing data, and the field of informatics has come to its own. Informatics is the science and technology of applying computers and computational methods to the systematic analysis, management, interchange, and representation of science data, information, and knowledge. Informatics also includes the use of computers and computational methods to support decision making and applications. Earth Science Informatics (ESI, a.k.a. geoinformatics) is the application of informatics in the Earth science domain. ESI is a rapidly developing discipline integrating computer science, information science, and Earth science. Major national and international research and infrastructure projects in ESI have been carried out or are on-going. Notable among these are: the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), the European Commissions INSPIRE, the U.S. NSDI and Geospatial One-Stop, the NASA EOSDIS, and the NSF DataONE, EarthCube and Cyberinfrastructure for Geoinformatics. More than 18 departments and agencies in the U.S. federal government have been active in Earth science informatics. All major space agencies in the world, have been involved in ESI research and application activities. In the United States, the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), whose membership includes nearly 150 organizations (government, academic and commercial) dedicated to managing, delivering and applying Earth science data, has been working on many ESI topics since 1998. The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)s Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) has been actively coordinating the ESI activities among the space agencies. Remote Sensing; Earth Science Informatics, Data Systems; Data Services; Metadata

  13. 75 FR 6185 - Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Rights in...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-02-08

    ...; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (OMB... 227.72, Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation, and related provisions and... rights in technical data and computer software. DoD needs this information to implement 10 U.S.C. 2320...

  14. 31 CFR 29.342 - Computed annuity exceeds the statutory maximum.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 31 Money and Finance: Treasury 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Computed annuity exceeds the... of the Amount of Federal Benefit Payments § 29.342 Computed annuity exceeds the statutory maximum. (a) In cases in which the total computed annuity exceeds the statutory maximum: (1) Federal Benefit...

  15. Computer Security: Governmentwide Planning Process Had Limited Impact. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div.

    As required by the Computer Security Act of 1987, federal agencies have to identify systems that contain sensitive information and develop plans to safeguard them. The planning process was assessed in 10 civilian agencies as well as the extent to which they had implemented planning controls described in 22 selected plans. The National Institute of…

  16. 18 CFR 3b.223 - Fees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ....223 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GENERAL RULES COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, USE, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS OF IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL... the Commission's systems of records on magnetic tape or disks, or computer files, copies of the...

  17. 18 CFR 3b.223 - Fees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ....223 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GENERAL RULES COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, USE, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS OF IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL... the Commission's systems of records on magnetic tape or disks, or computer files, copies of the...

  18. 18 CFR 3b.223 - Fees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ....223 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GENERAL RULES COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, USE, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS OF IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL... the Commission's systems of records on magnetic tape or disks, or computer files, copies of the...

  19. 18 CFR 3b.223 - Fees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ....223 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GENERAL RULES COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, USE, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS OF IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL... the Commission's systems of records on magnetic tape or disks, or computer files, copies of the...

  20. 18 CFR 3b.223 - Fees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ....223 Conservation of Power and Water Resources FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GENERAL RULES COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, USE, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS OF IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL... the Commission's systems of records on magnetic tape or disks, or computer files, copies of the...

  1. 7 CFR 1737.22 - Supplementary information.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... information. (8) Service agreements, such as for management or system maintenance. (9) Certified copies of existing leases, except those for vehicles, furniture and office equipment, and computer equipment. (10... proposed loan project. (12) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorizations. (13) Certified copy of...

  2. Computing the absorption of sound by the atmosphere and its applicability to aircraft noise certification

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1998-08-01

    The United States Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems : Center (Volpe Center), Acoustics Facility, in support of the Federal Aviation Administrations : Office of Environment and Energy (AEE), has recently co...

  3. 5 CFR 550.805 - Back pay computations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 550.805 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS PAY... employment (including a business enterprise) undertaken to replace the employment from which the employee was..., in the case of erroneous payments received from a Federal employee retirement system, must be...

  4. 5 CFR 550.805 - Back pay computations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 550.805 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS PAY... employment (including a business enterprise) undertaken to replace the employment from which the employee was..., in the case of erroneous payments received from a Federal employee retirement system, must be...

  5. 5 CFR 550.805 - Back pay computations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 550.805 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS PAY... employment (including a business enterprise) undertaken to replace the employment from which the employee was..., in the case of erroneous payments received from a Federal employee retirement system, must be...

  6. 5 CFR 550.805 - Back pay computations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 550.805 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS PAY... employment (including a business enterprise) undertaken to replace the employment from which the employee was..., in the case of erroneous payments received from a Federal employee retirement system, must be...

  7. Federal Barriers to Innovation

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Miller, Raegen; Lake, Robin

    2012-01-01

    With educational outcomes inadequate, resources tight, and students' academic needs growing more complex, America's education system is certainly ready for technological innovation. And technology itself is ripe to be exploited. Devices harnessing cheap computing power have become smart and connected. Voice recognition, artificial intelligence,…

  8. HNM, heliport noise model : version 2.2 user's guide

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1994-02-01

    The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), in support of : the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Environment and Energy, has developed : Version 2.2 of the Heliport Noise Model (HNM). The HNM is a computer progr...

  9. An Advanced Commanding and Telemetry System

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Hill, Maxwell G. G.

    The Loral Instrumentation System 500 configured as an Advanced Commanding and Telemetry System (ACTS) supports the acquisition of multiple telemetry downlink streams, and simultaneously supports multiple uplink command streams for today's satellite vehicles. By using industry and federal standards, the system is able to support, without relying on a host computer, a true distributed dataflow architecture that is complemented by state-of-the-art RISC-based workstations and file servers.

  10. An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Integrated Learning Systems on Urban Middle School Student Achievement

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Williams, Yamilette

    2012-01-01

    Many school districts have chosen to invest their federal funds in computer-based integrated learning systems that focus on literacy to increase high-stakes test scores and academic gains (Becker, 1994). Buly and Velencia (2002) supported the belief that a student's reading ability can improve substantially when instruction is integrated with…

  11. Technology To Enhance Special Education: Remediation of Problems in Logical Thinking and Memory. Final Report.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Cavalier, Al; And Others

    A federally sponsored project was designed to incorporate a memory-assessment task and a memory strategy into a computer-based instructional system for assessing and assisting in remediating basic memory-processing and metacognitive deficiencies. The project resulted in an instructional system for school-aged children and youth with mild to…

  12. Partitioning in Avionics Architectures: Requirements, Mechanisms, and Assurance

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Rushby, John

    1999-01-01

    Automated aircraft control has traditionally been divided into distinct "functions" that are implemented separately (e.g., autopilot, autothrottle, flight management); each function has its own fault-tolerant computer system, and dependencies among different functions are generally limited to the exchange of sensor and control data. A by-product of this "federated" architecture is that faults are strongly contained within the computer system of the function where they occur and cannot readily propagate to affect the operation of other functions. More modern avionics architectures contemplate supporting multiple functions on a single, shared, fault-tolerant computer system where natural fault containment boundaries are less sharply defined. Partitioning uses appropriate hardware and software mechanisms to restore strong fault containment to such integrated architectures. This report examines the requirements for partitioning, mechanisms for their realization, and issues in providing assurance for partitioning. Because partitioning shares some concerns with computer security, security models are reviewed and compared with the concerns of partitioning.

  13. Federation of UML models for cyber physical use cases

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    This method employs the concept of federation, which is defined as the use of existing models that represent aspects of a system in specific domains (such as physical and cyber security domains) and building interfaces to link all of domain models. Federation seeks to build on existing bodies of work. Some examples include the Common Information Models (CIM) maintained by the International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 57 (IEC TC 57) for the electric power industry. Another relevant model is the CIM maintained by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)? this CIM defines a representation of the managed elements in anmore » Information Technology (IT) environment. The power system is an example of a cyber-physical system, where the cyber systems, consisting of computing infrastructure such as networks and devices, play a critical role in the operation of the underlying physical electricity delivery system. Measurements from remote field devices are relayed to control centers through computer networks, and the data is processed to determine suitable control actions. Control decisions are then relayed back to field devices. It has been observed that threat actors may be able to successfully compromise this cyber layer in order to impact power system operation. Therefore, future control center applications must be wary of potentially compromised measurements coming from field devices. In order to ensure the integrity of the field measurements, these applications could make use of compromise indicators from alternate sources of information such as cyber security. Thus, modern control applications may require access to data from sources that are not defined in the local information model. In such cases, software application interfaces will require integration of data objects from cross-domain data models. When incorporating or federating different domains, it is important to have subject matter experts work together, recognizing that not everyone has the same knowledge, responsibilities, focus, or skill set.« less

  14. Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) System Administration Guide for FEMIS Version 1.4.6

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Arp, J.A.; Bower, J.C.; Burnett, R.A.

    The Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) is an emergency management planning and response tool that was developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) under the direction of the U.S. Army Chemical Biological Defense Command. The FEMIS System Administration Guide provides information necessary for the system administrator to maintain the FEMIS system. The FEMIS system is designed for a single Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) site that has multiple Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). Each EOC has personal computers (PCs) that emergency planners and operations personnel use to do their jobs. These PCs are corrected via a local areamore » network (LAN) to servers that provide EOC-wide services. Each EOC is interconnected to other EOCs via a Wide Area Network (WAN). Thus, FEMIS is an integrated software product that resides on client/server computer architecture. The main body of FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Application Software, resides on the PC client(s) and is directly accessible to emergency management personnel. The remainder of the FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Support Software, resides on the UNIX server. The Support Software provides the communication data distribution and notification functionality necessary to operate FEMIS in a networked, client/server environment.« less

  15. Optical Disk Technology.

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    Abbott, George L.; And Others

    1987-01-01

    This special feature focuses on recent developments in optical disk technology. Nine articles discuss current trends, large scale image processing, data structures for optical disks, the use of computer simulators to create optical disks, videodisk use in training, interactive audio video systems, impacts on federal information policy, and…

  16. 47 CFR 32.2690 - Intangibles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) COMMON CARRIER SERVICES UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS... purpose computer software and for network software. Subsidiary records for this account shall also include..., not including software, having a life of one year or less shall be charged directly to Account 6564...

  17. [The development of legal guardianship and involuntary treatment in a Bavarian catchment area in comparison to trends at the federal state and the federal level between 1999 and 2009].

    PubMed

    Valdes-Stauber, Juan; Putzhammer, Albert; Kilian, Reinhold

    2011-05-01

    In this study trends in legal guardianship and involuntary treatment in a Bavarian catchment area in comparison to trends at federal state and federal level between 1999 and 2009 will be examined. Data from the federal department of justice, from the federal health monitoring system and data from a district court were used to compute rates, quotas and quotients. Regression analyses were conducted to analyse associations between time series. In comparison to the federal state and the federal level the target region shows a significantly higher rate of new guardianships but a lower rate of judicial ordered mobility restrictions and at least in comparison to the federal state level a significantly lower rate of involuntary admissions according to guardianship law. The obtained differences indicate significant differences in the legal guardianship and involuntary admission practise which cannot be explained by epidemiological developments. Therefore it is necessary to investigate potential socio-cultural and socioeconomic sources for these varieties. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

  18. DOE`s nation-wide system for access control can solve problems for the federal government

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Callahan, S.; Tomes, D.; Davis, G.

    1996-07-01

    The U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) ongoing efforts to improve its physical and personnel security systems while reducing its costs, provide a model for federal government visitor processing. Through the careful use of standardized badges, computer databases, and networks of automated access control systems, the DOE is increasing the security associated with travel throughout the DOE complex, and at the same time, eliminating paperwork, special badging, and visitor delays. The DOE is also improving badge accountability, personnel identification assurance, and access authorization timeliness and accuracy. Like the federal government, the DOE has dozens of geographically dispersed locations run by manymore » different contractors operating a wide range of security systems. The DOE has overcome these obstacles by providing data format standards, a complex-wide virtual network for security, the adoption of a standard high security system, and an open-systems-compatible link for any automated access control system. If the location`s level of security requires it, positive visitor identification is accomplished by personal identification number (PIN) and/or by biometrics. At sites with automated access control systems, this positive identification is integrated into the portals.« less

  19. 47 CFR 32.6112 - Motor vehicle expense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 2 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Motor vehicle expense. 32.6112 Section 32.6112 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) COMMON CARRIER SERVICES UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS.../or to other Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts. These amounts shall be computed on the basis...

  20. 48 CFR 3452.239-72 - Department security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... contracting officer or the COR, the Department personnel security officer, and the Department computer... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 7 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Department security... Clauses 3452.239-72 Department security requirements. As prescribed in 3439.702, include the following...

  1. 48 CFR 3452.239-72 - Department security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... contracting officer or the COR, the Department personnel security officer, and the Department computer... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 7 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Department security... Clauses 3452.239-72 Department security requirements. As prescribed in 3439.702, include the following...

  2. 48 CFR 3452.239-72 - Department security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... contracting officer or the COR, the Department personnel security officer, and the Department computer... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 7 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Department security... Clauses 3452.239-72 Department security requirements. As prescribed in 3439.702, include the following...

  3. 48 CFR 3452.239-72 - Department security requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... contracting officer or the COR, the Department personnel security officer, and the Department computer... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 7 2013-10-01 2012-10-01 true Department security... Clauses 3452.239-72 Department security requirements. As prescribed in 3439.702, include the following...

  4. Guideline for Software Documentation Management.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC.

    Designed as a basic reference for federal personnel concerned with the development, maintenance, enhancement, control, and management of computer-based systems, this manual provides a general overview of the software development process and software documentation issues so that managers can assess their own documentation requirements. Reference is…

  5. Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS), Installation Guide for FEMIS 1.4.6

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Arp, J.A.; Burnett, R.A.; Carter, R.J.

    The Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) is an emergency management planning and response tool that was developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) under the direction of the U.S. Army Chemical Biological Defense Command. The FEMIS System Administration Guide provides information necessary for the system administrator to maintain the FEMIS system. The FEMIS system is designed for a single Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) site that has multiple Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). Each EOC has personal computers (PCs) that emergency planners and operations personnel use to do their jobs. These PCs are corrected via a local areamore » network (LAN) to servers that provide EOC-wide services. Each EOC is interconnected to other EOCs via a Wide Area Network (WAN). Thus, FEMIS is an integrated software product that resides on client/server computer architecture. The main body of FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Application Software, resides on the PC client(s) and is directly accessible to emergency management personnel. The remainder of the FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Support Software, resides on the UNIX server. The Support Software provides the communication data distribution and notification functionality necessary to operate FEMIS in a networked, client/server environment.« less

  6. Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) Data Management Guide for FEMIS Version 1.4.6

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Angel, L.K.; Bower, J.C.; Burnett, R.A.

    1999-06-29

    The Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) is an emergency management planning and response tool that was developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) under the direction of the U.S. Army Chemical Biological Defense Command. The FEMIS System Administration Guide provides information necessary for the system administrator to maintain the FEMIS system. The FEMIS system is designed for a single Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) site that has multiple Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). Each EOC has personal computers (PCs) that emergency planners and operations personnel use to do their jobs. These PCs are corrected via a local areamore » network (LAN) to servers that provide EOC-wide services. Each EOC is interconnected to other EOCs via a Wide Area Network (WAN). Thus, FEMIS is an integrated software product that resides on client/server computer architecture. The main body of FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Application Software, resides on the PC client(s) and is directly accessible to emergency management personnel. The remainder of the FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Support Software, resides on the UNIX server. The Support Software provides the communication data distribution and notification functionality necessary to operate FEMIS in a networked, client/server environment.« less

  7. Federal Research Opportunities: DOE, DOD, and HHS Need Better Guidance for Participant Activities

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-01-01

    process controls of advanced power systems, gas sensors and high temperatures, improving extraction of earth elements, quantum computing, biofilms ...chronic diseases (e.g., heart, obesity, cancer ), environmental health, toxic substances, health statistics, and public health preparedness. Food and...Health Localization of proteins using molecular markers, gene regulatory effects in cancer , medical informatics, and central nervous system

  8. Computer Resources Handbook for Flight Critical Systems.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-01-01

    8183 UNCLASSIFIED F /G 1 /3 NLllEEEEEEEEEEEE Illll lflflflflfl Illlfll..lflll EIEEIhEEIIIIII llElfllfllflfllfll .flflflflflflflflflflflll llEEEEEEllEII...Requiring Simulation .... ............. ... 114 6-4 Typical Transition Elements of Care III. ...... ............ 116 D- 1 F -16 Digital Flight Control...following forms: 1 . By reference to MIL- F -9490(for flight control systems); 2. By reference, with tailoring if required, to a Federal Aviation Regulation

  9. 500 Contractors Receiving the Largest Dollar Volume of Prime Contract Awards for RDT&E Fiscal Year 1989

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1989-01-01

    COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 84 B AVCO RESEARCH LABORATORY INC 109 B CONTEL FEDERAL SYSTEMS INC 439 B B D SYSTEMS INC 427 B CONTRAVES GOERZ CORPORATION...2,121 Costa Mesa California 2,026 Santa Ana California 52 450 COMPRHENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTL S 2,109 * Chant illy Virginia 2,109 427 CONTRAVES GOERZ

  10. An Advanced Computational Approach to System of Systems Analysis & Architecting Using Agent-Based Behavioral Model: Phase 2

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-11-18

    for each valid interface between the systems. The factor is proportional to the count of feasible interfaces in the meta-architecture framework... proportional to the square root of the sector area being covered by each type of system, plus some time for transmitting data to, and double checking by, the...22] J.-H. Ahn, "An Archietcture Description method for Acknowledged System of Systems based on Federated Architeture ," in Advanced Science and

  11. System and Method for Providing a Climate Data Persistence Service

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Schnase, John L. (Inventor); Ripley, III, William David (Inventor); Duffy, Daniel Q. (Inventor); Thompson, John H. (Inventor); Strong, Savannah L. (Inventor); McInerney, Mark (Inventor); Sinno, Scott (Inventor); Tamkin, Glenn S. (Inventor); Nadeau, Denis (Inventor)

    2018-01-01

    A system, method and computer-readable storage devices for providing a climate data persistence service. A system configured to provide the service can include a climate data server that performs data and metadata storage and management functions for climate data objects, a compute-storage platform that provides the resources needed to support a climate data server, provisioning software that allows climate data server instances to be deployed as virtual climate data servers in a cloud computing environment, and a service interface, wherein persistence service capabilities are invoked by software applications running on a client device. The climate data objects can be in various formats, such as International Organization for Standards (ISO) Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model Submission Information Packages, Archive Information Packages, and Dissemination Information Packages. The climate data server can enable scalable, federated storage, management, discovery, and access, and can be tailored for particular use cases.

  12. Emergency Management Computer-Aided Trainer (EMCAT)

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Rodriguez, R. C.; Johnson, R. P.

    1986-01-01

    The Emergency Management Computer-Aided Trainer (EMCAT) developed by Essex Corporation or NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Administration's (FEMA) National Fire Academy (NFA) is described. It is a computer based training system for fire fighting personnel. A prototype EMCAT system was developed by NASA first using video tape images and then video disk images when the technology became available. The EMCAT system is meant to fill the training needs of the fire fighting community with affordable state-of-the-art technologies. An automated real time simulation of the fire situation was needed to replace the outdated manual training methods currently being used. In order to be successful, this simulator had to provide realism, be user friendly, be affordable, and support multiple scenarios. The EMCAT system meets these requirements and therefore represents an innovative training tool, not only for the fire fighting community, but also for the needs of other disciplines.

  13. Managing End User Computing in the Federal Government.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    General Services Administration, Washington, DC.

    This report presents an initial approach developed by the General Services Administration for the management of end user computing in federal government agencies. Defined as technology used directly by individuals in need of information products, end user computing represents a new field encompassing such technologies as word processing, personal…

  14. Earth Science Informatics - Overview

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Ramapriyan, H. K.

    2017-01-01

    Over the last 10-15 years, significant advances have been made in information management, there are an increasing number of individuals entering the field of information management as it applies to Geoscience and Remote Sensing data, and the field of informatics has come to its own. Informatics is the science and technology of applying computers and computational methods to the systematic analysis, management, interchange, and representation of science data, information, and knowledge. Informatics also includes the use of computers and computational methods to support decision making and applications. Earth Science Informatics (ESI, a.k.a. geoinformatics) is the application of informatics in the Earth science domain. ESI is a rapidly developing discipline integrating computer science, information science, and Earth science. Major national and international research and infrastructure projects in ESI have been carried out or are on-going. Notable among these are: the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), the European Commissions INSPIRE, the U.S. NSDI and Geospatial One-Stop, the NASA EOSDIS, and the NSF DataONE, EarthCube and Cyberinfrastructure for Geoinformatics. More than 18 departments and agencies in the U.S. federal government have been active in Earth science informatics. All major space agencies in the world, have been involved in ESI research and application activities. In the United States, the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), whose membership includes over 180 organizations (government, academic and commercial) dedicated to managing, delivering and applying Earth science data, has been working on many ESI topics since 1998. The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)s Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) has been actively coordinating the ESI activities among the space agencies.

  15. Earth Science Informatics - Overview

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Ramapriyan, H. K.

    2017-01-01

    Over the last 10-15 years, significant advances have been made in information management, there are an increasing number of individuals entering the field of information management as it applies to Geoscience and Remote Sensing data, and the field of informatics has come to its own. Informatics is the science and technology of applying computers and computational methods to the systematic analysis, management, interchange, and representation of science data, information, and knowledge. Informatics also includes the use of computers and computational methods to support decision making and applications. Earth Science Informatics (ESI, a.k.a. geoinformatics) is the application of informatics in the Earth science domain. ESI is a rapidly developing discipline integrating computer science, information science, and Earth science. Major national and international research and infrastructure projects in ESI have been carried out or are on-going. Notable among these are: the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), the European Commissions INSPIRE, the U.S. NSDI and Geospatial One-Stop, the NASA EOSDIS, and the NSF DataONE, EarthCube and Cyberinfrastructure for Geoinformatics. More than 18 departments and agencies in the U.S. federal government have been active in Earth science informatics. All major space agencies in the world, have been involved in ESI research and application activities. In the United States, the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), whose membership includes over 180 organizations (government, academic and commercial) dedicated to managing, delivering and applying Earth science data, has been working on many ESI topics since 1998. The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)s Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) has been actively coordinating the ESI activities among the space agencies.The talk will present an overview of current efforts in ESI, the role members of IEEE GRSS play, and discuss recent developments in data preservation and provenance.

  16. A system to build distributed multivariate models and manage disparate data sharing policies: implementation in the scalable national network for effectiveness research.

    PubMed

    Meeker, Daniella; Jiang, Xiaoqian; Matheny, Michael E; Farcas, Claudiu; D'Arcy, Michel; Pearlman, Laura; Nookala, Lavanya; Day, Michele E; Kim, Katherine K; Kim, Hyeoneui; Boxwala, Aziz; El-Kareh, Robert; Kuo, Grace M; Resnic, Frederic S; Kesselman, Carl; Ohno-Machado, Lucila

    2015-11-01

    Centralized and federated models for sharing data in research networks currently exist. To build multivariate data analysis for centralized networks, transfer of patient-level data to a central computation resource is necessary. The authors implemented distributed multivariate models for federated networks in which patient-level data is kept at each site and data exchange policies are managed in a study-centric manner. The objective was to implement infrastructure that supports the functionality of some existing research networks (e.g., cohort discovery, workflow management, and estimation of multivariate analytic models on centralized data) while adding additional important new features, such as algorithms for distributed iterative multivariate models, a graphical interface for multivariate model specification, synchronous and asynchronous response to network queries, investigator-initiated studies, and study-based control of staff, protocols, and data sharing policies. Based on the requirements gathered from statisticians, administrators, and investigators from multiple institutions, the authors developed infrastructure and tools to support multisite comparative effectiveness studies using web services for multivariate statistical estimation in the SCANNER federated network. The authors implemented massively parallel (map-reduce) computation methods and a new policy management system to enable each study initiated by network participants to define the ways in which data may be processed, managed, queried, and shared. The authors illustrated the use of these systems among institutions with highly different policies and operating under different state laws. Federated research networks need not limit distributed query functionality to count queries, cohort discovery, or independently estimated analytic models. Multivariate analyses can be efficiently and securely conducted without patient-level data transport, allowing institutions with strict local data storage requirements to participate in sophisticated analyses based on federated research networks. © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association.

  17. Integration and validation of a data grid software

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Carenton-Madiec, Nicolas; Berger, Katharina; Cofino, Antonio

    2014-05-01

    The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) is a software infrastructure for the management, dissemination, and analysis of model output and observational data. The ESGF grid is composed with several types of nodes which have different roles. About 40 data nodes host model outputs and datasets using thredds catalogs. About 25 compute nodes offer remote visualization and analysis tools. About 15 index nodes crawl data nodes catalogs and implement faceted and federated search in a web interface. About 15 Identity providers nodes manage accounts, authentication and authorization. Here we will present an actual size test federation spread across different institutes in different countries and a python test suite that were started in December 2013. The first objective of the test suite is to provide a simple tool that helps to test and validate a single data node and its closest index, compute and identity provider peer. The next objective will be to run this test suite on every data node of the federation and therefore test and validate every single node of the whole federation. The suite already implements nosetests, requests, myproxy-logon, subprocess, selenium and fabric python libraries in order to test both web front ends, back ends and security services. The goal of this project is to improve the quality of deliverable in a small developers team context. Developers are widely spread around the world working collaboratively and without hierarchy. This kind of working organization context en-lighted the need of a federated integration test and validation process.

  18. AN AVIATION COURSE FOR JUNIOR COLLEGES.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, KS.

    THE COURSE IS IN TWO PARTS. IN PART 1, A PROGRAM OF 60 HOURS COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS FLIGHT PRINCIPLES, AIRCRAFT OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE, NAVIGATION, THE FLIGHT COMPUTER, RADIO GUIDANCE AND COMMUNICATION, WEATHER, FLIGHT INFORMATION PUBLICATIONS, FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS, THE AIRWAY SYSTEM, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, AND FLIGHT PLANNING. THE TOPICS…

  19. Public Health Surveillance and Meaningful Use Regulations: A Crisis of Opportunity

    PubMed Central

    Sundwall, David N.

    2012-01-01

    The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act is intended to enhance reimbursement of health care providers for meaningful use of electronic health records systems. This presents both opportunities and challenges for public health departments. To earn incentive payments, clinical providers must exchange specified types of data with the public health system, such as immunization and syndromic surveillance data and notifiable disease reporting. However, a crisis looms because public health’s information technology systems largely lack the capabilities to accept the types of data proposed for exchange. Cloud computing may be a solution for public health information systems. Through shared computing resources, public health departments could reap the benefits of electronic reporting within federal funding constraints. PMID:22390523

  20. Public health surveillance and meaningful use regulations: a crisis of opportunity.

    PubMed

    Lenert, Leslie; Sundwall, David N

    2012-03-01

    The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act is intended to enhance reimbursement of health care providers for meaningful use of electronic health records systems. This presents both opportunities and challenges for public health departments. To earn incentive payments, clinical providers must exchange specified types of data with the public health system, such as immunization and syndromic surveillance data and notifiable disease reporting. However, a crisis looms because public health's information technology systems largely lack the capabilities to accept the types of data proposed for exchange. Cloud computing may be a solution for public health information systems. Through shared computing resources, public health departments could reap the benefits of electronic reporting within federal funding constraints.

  1. Information Resources Management: Systems Communicating with Systems. A Session Especially Designed by Senior Managers for Senior Management Officials. Viewgraphs and Presentations. Intensive One-Day Symposium (Gaithersburg, Maryland, December 3, 1987).

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    General Services Administration, Washington, DC.

    Summaries of the welcoming and opening remarks for a symposium on the standards issues that will affect the federal government's planning, acquisition, and use of integrated computer and telecommunications systems over the next five years set the stage for the keynote address by Joseph Timko of IBM entitled "Standards--Perspectives and Evolution."…

  2. Defining the Meaning of a Major Modeling and Simulation Change as Applied to Accreditation

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-12-12

    the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010. His research interests include model- driven engineering, embedded systems , cloud computing. J...Stevens Institute of Technology, Systems Engineering Research Center This material is based upon work supported, in whole or in part, by the U.S...Department of Defense through the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) under Contract H98230-08-D-0171. SERC is a federally funded University

  3. A Research and Development Strategy for High Performance Computing.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC.

    This report is the result of a systematic review of the status and directions of high performance computing and its relationship to federal research and development. Conducted by the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET), the review involved a series of workshops attended by numerous computer scientists and…

  4. Library Theory and Research Section. Education and Research Division. Papers.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).

    Papers on library/information science theory and research, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The Role of the Library in Computer-Aided Information and Documentation Systems," in which Wolf D. Rauch (West Germany) asserts that libraries must adapt to the…

  5. Guidance on Software Maintenance. Final Report. Reports on Computer Science and Technology.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Martin, Roger J.; Osborne, Wilma M.

    Based on informal discussions with personnel at selected federal agencies and private sector organizations and on additional research, this publication addresses issues and problems of software maintenance and suggests actions and procedures which can help software maintenance organizations meet the growing demands of maintaining existing systems.…

  6. 47 CFR 1.4 - Computation of time.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... release date. Example 3: The Chief, Mass Media Bureau, adopts an order on Thursday, April 2, 1987. The... Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE General Rules of Practice and... Licensing System (ULS) pursuant to § 1.939(b) must be received before midnight on the filing date. Media...

  7. Taking the Heat off the School Lunchroom.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lutz, Raymond P.; And Others

    The application of operations research techniques to a public school system's lunch program suggests a possible solution to the problem of rapidly increasing program costs. A computer-assisted menu planner was developed which generated a monthly set of menus satisfying nutritional and Federal standards, and food demand cycles. When compared to the…

  8. Final report for the fy 2000 ITS integration component of the ITS Deployment Program : Incident Response Computer Aided Dispatch System, Boise, Idaho

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    1998-12-01

    There is widespread perception among various trucking industry representatives and observers that commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators are frequently forced to violate the Federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations because of the tightness of the...

  9. Help for Finding Missing Children.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    McCormick, Kathleen

    1984-01-01

    Efforts to locate missing children have expanded from a federal law allowing for entry of information into an F.B.I. computer system to companion bills before Congress for establishing a national missing child clearinghouse and a Justice Department center to help in conducting searches. Private organizations are also involved. (KS)

  10. WATSTORE: National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System of the U. S. Geological Survey; user's guide

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hutchison, Norman E.

    1975-01-01

    with an IBM 370/155 computer. WATSTORE is now (1975) available to other Federal agencies and selected cooperators of the Geological Survey who acquire and(or) use water data. The WATSTORE User's Guide describes the systeb and how it operates.

  11. 76 FR 24564 - Privacy Act of 1974: Computer Matching Program

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-02

    ...-federal systems of records are: 1. Alabama Department of Human Resources. 2. Alabama Medicaid Agency. 3... Department of Human Resources. 13. Hawaii Department of Human Services. 14. Idaho Department of Health and... of Human Services. 41. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. 42. Oklahoma Department of Human...

  12. 75 FR 29818 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-27

    ... computers used with the particular project are available to authorized personnel only. Records on... Research and Development Project Records--VA'' (34VA12) as set forth in the Federal Register 40 FR 38095... include electronic or other databases containing research information developed during a research project...

  13. SisPorto 4.0 - computer analysis following the 2015 FIGO Guidelines for intrapartum fetal monitoring.

    PubMed

    Ayres-de-Campos, Diogo; Rei, Mariana; Nunes, Inês; Sousa, Paulo; Bernardes, João

    2017-01-01

    SisPorto 4.0 is the most recent version of a program for the computer analysis of cardiotocographic (CTG) signals and ST events, which has been adapted to the 2015 International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) guidelines for intrapartum foetal monitoring. This paper provides a detailed description of the analysis performed by the system, including the signal-processing algorithms involved in identification of basic CTG features and the resulting real-time alerts.

  14. Change of Detection: To Find the Terrorist within the Identification of the U.S. Army’s Insider Threat

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-06-08

    Management, usually used in conjunction with the word System TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command UCMJ Uniform Code of Military Justice U.S. United...information system , whether a military member, a DOD civilian employee, or employee of another Federal agency or the private sector. Some...recommendations, however, address the broader scope of “ system components” or “computer software code” inside a system and intended to carry out a malicious

  15. The Computer and Personal Privacy, Part III: The Regulation of Computer Records in the United States.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Rubin, Michael Rogers

    1989-01-01

    Examines the major federal and state laws that govern the privacy aspects of the use of computer databases in three areas: private institutions, state and local governments, and the federal government. The ability of existing privacy laws to prevent abusive information collection, dissemination, and management practices is evaluated. (four…

  16. The NASA/Baltimore Applications Project (BAP). Computer aided dispatch and communications system for the Baltimore Fire Department: A case study of urban technology application

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Levine, A. L.

    1981-01-01

    An engineer and a computer expert from Goddard Space Flight Center were assigned to provide technical assistance in the design and installation of a computer assisted system for dispatching and communicating with fire department personnel and equipment in Baltimore City. Primary contributions were in decision making and management processes. The project is analyzed from four perspectives: (1) fire service; (2) technology transfer; (3) public administration; and (5) innovation. The city benefitted substantially from the approach and competence of the NASA personnel. Given the proper conditions, there are distinct advantages in having a nearby Federal laboratory provide assistance to a city on a continuing basis, as is done in the Baltimore Applications Project.

  17. Improved computer simulation of the TCAS 3 circular array mounted on an aircraft

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Rojas, R. G.; Chen, Y. C.; Burnside, Walter D.

    1989-03-01

    The Traffic advisory and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is being developed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assist aircraft pilots in mid-air collision avoidance. This report concentrates on the computer simulation of the enchanced TCAS 2 systems mounted on a Boeing 727. First, the moment method is used to obtain an accurate model for the enhanced TCAS 2 antenna array. Then, the OSU Aircraft Code is used to generate theoretical radiation patterns of this model mounted on a simulated Boeing 727 model. Scattering error curves obtained from these patterns can be used to evaluate the performance of this system in determining the angular position of another aircraft with respect to the TCAS-equipped aircraft. Finally, the tracking of another aircraft is simulated when the TCAS-equipped aircraft follows a prescribed escape curve. In short, the computer models developed in this report have generality, completeness and yield reasonable results.

  18. Computer Security: Improvements Needed to Reduce Risk to Critical Federal Operations and Assets

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2001-11-09

    COMPUTER SECURITY Improvements Needed to Reduce Risk to Critical Federal Operations and Assets Statement of Robert F. Dacey Director, Information...Improvements Needed to Reduce Risk to Critical Federal Operations and Assets Contract Number Grant Number Program Element Number Author(s...The benefits have been enormous. Vast amounts of information are now literally at our fingertips, facilitating research on virtually every topic

  19. Copyright Law Constraints on the Transfer of Certain Federal Computer Software with Commercial Applications. Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Ols, John M., Jr.

    Under current federal copyright law (17 U.S.C. 105), federal agencies cannot copyright and license their computer software. Officials at the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institutes of Health state that a significant…

  20. Distributed Multisearch and Resource Selection for the TREC Million Query Track

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-11-01

    performance  of  distributed  information  retrieval  applications  such  as  metasearch  [1],  federated   search   [2],  and  collection  sampling  [3...years,  the  ARSC  system  performance  is  below  the  TREC  median,  due  in  part  to  the  additional difficulty involved in a  federated   search   and...effective metasearch engines. ACM  Computing Surveys, 2002. 34(1): p. 48‐49.  2.  Si, L.,  Federated   Search  of Text Search Engines  in Uncooperative

  1. Terrorism and Cybercrime

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-05-01

    www.fbi.gov/congress/congress03/farnan051503.htm 63 Federal Bureau of Investigations. “Netting Cyber Criminals : Inside the Connecticut Computer Crimes Task...http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/cyberhome.htm Federal Bureau of Investigations. “Netting Cyber Criminals : Inside the Connecticut Computer Crimes

  2. Computer assisted audit techniques for UNIX (UNIX-CAATS)

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Polk, W.T.

    1991-12-31

    Federal and DOE regulations impose specific requirements for internal controls of computer systems. These controls include adequate separation of duties and sufficient controls for access of system and data. The DOE Inspector General`s Office has the responsibility to examine internal controls, as well as efficient use of computer system resources. As a result, DOE supported NIST development of computer assisted audit techniques to examine BSD UNIX computers (UNIX-CAATS). These systems were selected due to the increasing number of UNIX workstations in use within DOE. This paper describes the design and development of these techniques, as well as the results ofmore » testing at NIST and the first audit at a DOE site. UNIX-CAATS consists of tools which examine security of passwords, file systems, and network access. In addition, a tool was developed to examine efficiency of disk utilization. Test results at NIST indicated inadequate password management, as well as weak network resource controls. File system security was considered adequate. Audit results at a DOE site indicated weak password management and inefficient disk utilization. During the audit, we also found improvements to UNIX-CAATS were needed when applied to large systems. NIST plans to enhance the techniques developed for DOE/IG in future work. This future work would leverage currently available tools, along with needed enhancements. These enhancements would enable DOE/IG to audit large systems, such as supercomputers.« less

  3. Computer assisted audit techniques for UNIX (UNIX-CAATS)

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Polk, W.T.

    1991-01-01

    Federal and DOE regulations impose specific requirements for internal controls of computer systems. These controls include adequate separation of duties and sufficient controls for access of system and data. The DOE Inspector General's Office has the responsibility to examine internal controls, as well as efficient use of computer system resources. As a result, DOE supported NIST development of computer assisted audit techniques to examine BSD UNIX computers (UNIX-CAATS). These systems were selected due to the increasing number of UNIX workstations in use within DOE. This paper describes the design and development of these techniques, as well as the results ofmore » testing at NIST and the first audit at a DOE site. UNIX-CAATS consists of tools which examine security of passwords, file systems, and network access. In addition, a tool was developed to examine efficiency of disk utilization. Test results at NIST indicated inadequate password management, as well as weak network resource controls. File system security was considered adequate. Audit results at a DOE site indicated weak password management and inefficient disk utilization. During the audit, we also found improvements to UNIX-CAATS were needed when applied to large systems. NIST plans to enhance the techniques developed for DOE/IG in future work. This future work would leverage currently available tools, along with needed enhancements. These enhancements would enable DOE/IG to audit large systems, such as supercomputers.« less

  4. From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change: Rethinking Weapon System Acquisition

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-01-01

    phones, digital cameras, Blackberries , GPS navigation systems, Bluetooth headsets, et cetera. To achieve these breakthroughs, businesses accept a greater...informing the detailed design phase—is less valid. For instance, even with advances in computational fl uid dynamics, wind tunnel testing and live fl ight...of Federal Procurement Pol- icy, 2007. Antón, Philip S., Eugene C. Gritton, Richard Mesic, and Paul Steinberg, Wind Tunnel and Propulsion Test

  5. National High-Performance Computing and Networking Act. Report To Accompany S. 343, Senate, 102d Congess, 1st Session.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    The purpose of the bill (S. 343), as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is to establish a federal commitment to the advancement of high-performance computing, improve interagency planning and coordination of federal high-performance computing and networking activities, authorize a national high-speed computer…

  6. 18 CFR Appendix C to Part 2 - Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline Affiliates and Pipeline Producers... Total computed revenue 9,465,231,966 8,985,807,669 2,336,439,376 16(gross income) 17 18 revenue...

  7. 18 CFR Appendix C to Part 2 - Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline Affiliates and Pipeline Producers... Total computed revenue 9,465,231,966 8,985,807,669 2,336,439,376 16(gross income) 17 18 revenue...

  8. 18 CFR Appendix C to Part 2 - Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline Affiliates and Pipeline Producers... Total computed revenue 9,465,231,966 8,985,807,669 2,336,439,376 16(gross income) 17 18 revenue...

  9. 77 FR 18297 - Air Traffic Noise, Fuel Burn, and Emissions Modeling Using the Aviation Environmental Design Tool...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-03-27

    ... Integrated Routing System-- NIRS].'' The FAA developed the AEDT 2a to model aircraft noise, fuel burn, and... operations schedule. These data are used to compute aircraft noise, fuel burn and emissions simultaneously... DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Noise, Fuel Burn, and...

  10. 41 CFR 101-42.202 - Identification of hazardous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ...'s Federal Supply Service (4FQ) maintains an automated data base, accessible via modem and computer... on the terminal screen, the system allows for the addition of the MSDS to the user's local data base... personnel who handle, store, ship, use or dispose of hazardous materials. Each record in the data base is...

  11. 41 CFR 101-42.202 - Identification of hazardous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ...'s Federal Supply Service (4FQ) maintains an automated data base, accessible via modem and computer... on the terminal screen, the system allows for the addition of the MSDS to the user's local data base... personnel who handle, store, ship, use or dispose of hazardous materials. Each record in the data base is...

  12. 41 CFR 101-42.202 - Identification of hazardous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ...'s Federal Supply Service (4FQ) maintains an automated data base, accessible via modem and computer... on the terminal screen, the system allows for the addition of the MSDS to the user's local data base... personnel who handle, store, ship, use or dispose of hazardous materials. Each record in the data base is...

  13. 41 CFR 101-42.202 - Identification of hazardous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ...'s Federal Supply Service (4FQ) maintains an automated data base, accessible via modem and computer... on the terminal screen, the system allows for the addition of the MSDS to the user's local data base... personnel who handle, store, ship, use or dispose of hazardous materials. Each record in the data base is...

  14. 41 CFR 101-42.202 - Identification of hazardous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ...'s Federal Supply Service (4FQ) maintains an automated data base, accessible via modem and computer... on the terminal screen, the system allows for the addition of the MSDS to the user's local data base... personnel who handle, store, ship, use or dispose of hazardous materials. Each record in the data base is...

  15. 48 CFR 215.404-71-3 - Contract type risk and working capital adjustment.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... provisions for performance-based payments, do not compute a working capital adjustment. (d) Evaluation... working capital adjustment. 215.404-71-3 Section 215.404-71-3 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION Contract Pricing 215.404-71-3 Contract type risk and working capital adjustment. (a...

  16. Creating FGDC and NBII metadata with Metavist 2005.

    Treesearch

    David J. Rugg

    2004-01-01

    This report documents a computer program for creating metadata compliant with the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) 1998 metadata standard or the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) 1999 Biological Data Profile for the FGDC standard. The software runs under the Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP operating systems, and requires the presence of...

  17. Study of the Acquisition of Peripheral Equipment for Use with Automatic Data Processing Systems.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC.

    The General Accounting Office (GAO) performed this study because: preliminary indications showed that significant savings could be achieved in the procurement of selected computer components; the Federal Government is investing increasing amounts of money in Automatic Data Processing (ADP) equipment; and there is a widespread congressional…

  18. Instant Read on Reading, in Palms of Their Hands

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Olson, Lynn

    2007-01-01

    This article discusses teachers' use of hand-held computers in a rural New Mexico district to assess student's reading progress. With the help of a federal Reading First grant, the district began using the DIBELS assessments across its elementary schools along with the mCLASS: DIBELS assessment and reporting system. The district's experience helps…

  19. Computers and Mental Health Care Delivery. A Resource Guide to Federal Information.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Levy, Louise

    Prepared for the mental health professional or administrator who is involved in the planning, developing, or implementation of an automated information system in a mental health environment, this guide is limited to the electronic processing and storage of information for management and clinical functions. Management application areas include…

  20. 5 CFR 842.405 - Air traffic controllers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and nuclear materials couriers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Air traffic controllers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and nuclear materials couriers. 842.405 Section 842.405 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (CONTINUED) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM-BASIC ANNUITY Computations ...

  1. 5 CFR 842.405 - Air traffic controllers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and nuclear materials couriers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 2 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Air traffic controllers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and nuclear materials couriers. 842.405 Section 842.405 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (CONTINUED) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM-BASIC ANNUITY Computations ...

  2. 5 CFR 842.405 - Air traffic controllers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and nuclear materials couriers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 2 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Air traffic controllers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and nuclear materials couriers. 842.405 Section 842.405 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (CONTINUED) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM-BASIC ANNUITY Computations ...

  3. 45 CFR 602.41 - Financial reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION UNIFORM... under this part. (5) Federal agencies may provide computer outputs to grantees to expedite or contribute... machine usable format or computer printouts instead of prescribed forms. (6) Federal agencies may waive...

  4. 45 CFR 602.41 - Financial reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION UNIFORM... under this part. (5) Federal agencies may provide computer outputs to grantees to expedite or contribute... machine usable format or computer printouts instead of prescribed forms. (6) Federal agencies may waive...

  5. 45 CFR 602.41 - Financial reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION UNIFORM... under this part. (5) Federal agencies may provide computer outputs to grantees to expedite or contribute... machine usable format or computer printouts instead of prescribed forms. (6) Federal agencies may waive...

  6. 45 CFR 602.41 - Financial reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION UNIFORM... under this part. (5) Federal agencies may provide computer outputs to grantees to expedite or contribute... machine usable format or computer printouts instead of prescribed forms. (6) Federal agencies may waive...

  7. 45 CFR 602.41 - Financial reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION UNIFORM... under this part. (5) Federal agencies may provide computer outputs to grantees to expedite or contribute... machine usable format or computer printouts instead of prescribed forms. (6) Federal agencies may waive...

  8. Federated and Cloud Enabled Resources for Data Management and Utilization

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Rankin, R.; Gordon, M.; Potter, R. G.; Satchwill, B.

    2011-12-01

    The emergence of cloud computing over the past three years has led to a paradigm shift in how data can be managed, processed and made accessible. Building on the federated data management system offered through the Canadian Space Science Data Portal (www.cssdp.ca), we demonstrate how heterogeneous and geographically distributed data sets and modeling tools have been integrated to form a virtual data center and computational modeling platform that has services for data processing and visualization embedded within it. We also discuss positive and negative experiences in utilizing Eucalyptus and OpenStack cloud applications, and job scheduling facilitated by Condor and Star Cluster. We summarize our findings by demonstrating use of these technologies in the Cloud Enabled Space Weather Data Assimilation and Modeling Platform CESWP (www.ceswp.ca), which is funded through Canarie's (canarie.ca) Network Enabled Platforms program in Canada.

  9. A Community Publication and Dissemination System for Hydrology Education Materials

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ruddell, B. L.

    2015-12-01

    Hosted by CUAHSI and the Science Education Resource Center (SERC), federated by the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), and allied with the Water Data Center (WDC), Hydrologic Information System (HIS), and HydroShare projects, a simple cyberinfrastructure has been launched for the publication and dissemination of data and model driven university hydrology education materials. This lightweight system's metadata describes learning content as a data-driven module with defined data inputs and outputs. This structure allows a user to mix and match modules to create sequences of content that teach both hydrology and computer learning outcomes. Importantly, this modular infrastructure allows an instructor to substitute a module based on updated computer methods for one based on outdated computer methods, hopefully solving the problem of rapid obsolescence that has hampered previous community efforts. The prototype system is now available from CUAHSI and SERC, with some example content. The system is designed to catalog, link to, make visible, and make accessible the existing and future contributions of the community; this system does not create content. Submissions from hydrology educators are eagerly solicited, especially for existing content.

  10. HPCC and the National Information Infrastructure: an overview.

    PubMed Central

    Lindberg, D A

    1995-01-01

    The National Information Infrastructure (NII) or "information superhighway" is a high-priority federal initiative to combine communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics to deliver information services to all U.S. citizens. The NII will be used to improve government and social services while cutting administrative costs. Operated by the private sector, the NII will rely on advanced technologies developed under the direction of the federal High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program. These include computing systems capable of performing trillions of operations (teraops) per second and networks capable of transmitting billions of bits (gigabits) per second. Among other activities, the HPCC Program supports the national supercomputer research centers, the federal portion of the Internet, and the development of interface software, such as Mosaic, that facilitates access to network information services. Health care has been identified as a critical demonstration area for HPCC technology and an important application area for the NII. As an HPCC participant, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) assists hospitals and medical centers to connect to the Internet through projects directed by the Regional Medical Libraries and through an Internet Connections Program cosponsored by the National Science Foundation. In addition to using the Internet to provide enhanced access to its own information services, NLM sponsors health-related applications of HPCC technology. Examples include the "Visible Human" project and recently awarded contracts for test-bed networks to share patient data and medical images, telemedicine projects to provide consultation and medical care to patients in rural areas, and advanced computer simulations of human anatomy for training in "virtual surgery." PMID:7703935

  11. Procurement of information systems effectively (POISE): using the new UK guidelines to purchase an integrated clinical laboratory system.

    PubMed

    Feltham, R K

    1995-01-01

    Open tendering for medical informatics systems in the UK has traditionally been lengthy and, therefore, expensive on resources for vendor and purchaser alike. Events in the United Kingdom (UK) and European Community (EC) have led to new Government guidance being published on procuring information systems for the public sector: Procurement of Information Systems Effectively (POISE). This innovative procurement process, launched in 1993, has the support of the Computing Services Association (CSA) and the Federation of the Electronics Industry (FEI). This paper gives an overview of these new UK guidelines on healthcare information system purchasing in the context of a recent procurement project with an NHS Trust Hospital. The aim of the project was to replace three aging, separate, and different laboratory computer systems with a new, integrated turnkey system offering all department modules, an Open modern computer environment, and on-line electronic links to key departmental systems, both within and external to the Trust by the end of 1994. The new system had to complement the Trust's strategy for providing a modern clinical laboratory service to the local population and meet a tight budget.

  12. Management, Security, and Congressional Oversight. Federal Government Information Technology.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment.

    This report considers the management, use, and congressional oversight of information technology in the Federal Government as rapid advances in technology--e.g., microcomputers, computer networking, computer modeling, videoconferencing, and electronic information exchange--are generating many new applications, opportunities, and issues which are…

  13. 34 CFR 80.41 - Financial reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... under this part. (5) Federal agencies may provide computer outputs to grantees to expedite or contribute... machine usable format or computer printouts instead of prescribed forms. (6) Federal agencies may waive... project or program. However, the report will not be required more frequently than quarterly. If the...

  14. OpenID connect as a security service in Cloud-based diagnostic imaging systems

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ma, Weina; Sartipi, Kamran; Sharghi, Hassan; Koff, David; Bak, Peter

    2015-03-01

    The evolution of cloud computing is driving the next generation of diagnostic imaging (DI) systems. Cloud-based DI systems are able to deliver better services to patients without constraining to their own physical facilities. However, privacy and security concerns have been consistently regarded as the major obstacle for adoption of cloud computing by healthcare domains. Furthermore, traditional computing models and interfaces employed by DI systems are not ready for accessing diagnostic images through mobile devices. RESTful is an ideal technology for provisioning both mobile services and cloud computing. OpenID Connect, combining OpenID and OAuth together, is an emerging REST-based federated identity solution. It is one of the most perspective open standards to potentially become the de-facto standard for securing cloud computing and mobile applications, which has ever been regarded as "Kerberos of Cloud". We introduce OpenID Connect as an identity and authentication service in cloud-based DI systems and propose enhancements that allow for incorporating this technology within distributed enterprise environment. The objective of this study is to offer solutions for secure radiology image sharing among DI-r (Diagnostic Imaging Repository) and heterogeneous PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) as well as mobile clients in the cloud ecosystem. Through using OpenID Connect as an open-source identity and authentication service, deploying DI-r and PACS to private or community clouds should obtain equivalent security level to traditional computing model.

  15. 41 CFR 105-56.024 - Purpose and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... offset computer matching, identify Federal employees who owe delinquent non-tax debt to the United States. Centralized salary offset computer matching is the computerized comparison of delinquent debt records with...) administrative offset program, to collect delinquent debts owed to the Federal Government. This process is known...

  16. 45 CFR 263.13 - Is there a limit on the amount of Federal TANF funds that a State may spend on administrative costs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Relating to Public Welfare OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN...) Expenditures on the information technology and computerization needed for tracking and monitoring required by..., support or operate the portions of information technology or computer systems used for tracking and...

  17. 45 CFR 263.13 - Is there a limit on the amount of Federal TANF funds that a State may spend on administrative costs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Relating to Public Welfare OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN...) Expenditures on the information technology and computerization needed for tracking and monitoring required by..., support or operate the portions of information technology or computer systems used for tracking and...

  18. 45 CFR 263.13 - Is there a limit on the amount of Federal TANF funds that a State may spend on administrative costs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Relating to Public Welfare OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN...) Expenditures on the information technology and computerization needed for tracking and monitoring required by..., support or operate the portions of information technology or computer systems used for tracking and...

  19. 45 CFR 263.13 - Is there a limit on the amount of Federal TANF funds that a State may spend on administrative costs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Relating to Public Welfare OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN...) Expenditures on the information technology and computerization needed for tracking and monitoring required by..., support or operate the portions of information technology or computer systems used for tracking and...

  20. 45 CFR 263.13 - Is there a limit on the amount of Federal TANF funds that a State may spend on administrative costs?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Relating to Public Welfare OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN...) Expenditures on the information technology and computerization needed for tracking and monitoring required by..., support or operate the portions of information technology or computer systems used for tracking and...

  1. 75 FR 68664 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems; Booster Seat Effectiveness...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-11-08

    ... early graduation from booster seats to lap and shoulder belts. Estimates are computed by double-pair... 3-4-year-olds there is evidence of increased risk of injury when restrained in booster seats rather.... Among 4-8-year-olds there is strong evidence of increased risk of injury when restrained by lap and...

  2. NASA Tech Briefs, May 1995. Volume 19, No. 5

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1995-01-01

    This issue features an resource report on Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a special focus on advanced composites and plastics. It also contains articles on electronic components and circuits, electronic systems, physical sciences, computer programs, mechanics, machinery, manufacturing and fabrication, mathematics and information sciences, and life sciences. This issue also contains a supplement on federal laboratory test and measurements.

  3. Site in a box: Improving the Tier 3 experience

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Dost, J. M.; Fajardo, E. M.; Jones, T. R.; Martin, T.; Tadel, A.; Tadel, M.; Würthwein, F.

    2017-10-01

    The Pacific Research Platform is an initiative to interconnect Science DMZs between campuses across the West Coast of the United States over a 100 gbps network. The LHC @ UC is a proof of concept pilot project that focuses on interconnecting 6 University of California campuses. It is spearheaded by computing specialists from the UCSD Tier 2 Center in collaboration with the San Diego Supercomputer Center. A machine has been shipped to each campus extending the concept of the Data Transfer Node to a cluster in a box that is fully integrated into the local compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. The node contains a full HTCondor batch system, and also an XRootD proxy cache. User jobs routed to the DTN can run on 40 additional slots provided by the machine, and can also flock to a common GlideinWMS pilot pool, which sends jobs out to any of the participating UCs, as well as to Comet, the new supercomputer at SDSC. In addition, a common XRootD federation has been created to interconnect the UCs and give the ability to arbitrarily export data from the home university, to make it available wherever the jobs run. The UC level federation also statically redirects to either the ATLAS FAX or CMS AAA federation respectively to make globally published datasets available, depending on end user VO membership credentials. XRootD read operations from the federation transfer through the nearest DTN proxy cache located at the site where the jobs run. This reduces wide area network overhead for subsequent accesses, and improves overall read performance. Details on the technical implementation, challenges faced and overcome in setting up the infrastructure, and an analysis of usage patterns and system scalability will be presented.

  4. Software architecture and engineering for patient records: current and future.

    PubMed

    Weng, Chunhua; Levine, Betty A; Mun, Seong K

    2009-05-01

    During the "The National Forum on the Future of the Defense Health Information System," a track focusing on "Systems Architecture and Software Engineering" included eight presenters. These presenters identified three key areas of interest in this field, which include the need for open enterprise architecture and a federated database design, net centrality based on service-oriented architecture, and the need for focus on software usability and reusability. The eight panelists provided recommendations related to the suitability of service-oriented architecture and the enabling technologies of grid computing and Web 2.0 for building health services research centers and federated data warehouses to facilitate large-scale collaborative health care and research. Finally, they discussed the need to leverage industry best practices for software engineering to facilitate rapid software development, testing, and deployment.

  5. EPA and GSA Webinar: E Scrap Management, Computers for Learning and the Federal Green Challenge

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA and the General Services Administration (GSA) are hosting a webinar on May 2, 2018. Topics will include policies and procedures on E Scrap management, a review of the Computers For Leaning Program, and benefits of joining the Federal Green Challenge.

  6. 18 CFR Appendix C to Part 2 - Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... Continental U.S.-1972 Data (Docket No. R-478) C Appendix C to Part 2 Conservation of Power and Water Resources... INTERPRETATIONS Pt. 2, App. C Appendix C to Part 2—Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax...

  7. 18 CFR Appendix C to Part 2 - Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... Continental U.S.-1972 Data (Docket No. R-478) C Appendix C to Part 2 Conservation of Power and Water Resources... INTERPRETATIONS Pt. 2, App. C Appendix C to Part 2—Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax...

  8. 26 CFR 1.36B-1 - Premium tax credit definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... meaning as in 45 CFR 155.20. (h) Federal poverty line. The Federal poverty line means the most recently published poverty guidelines (updated periodically in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Health and... Federal poverty line for computing the premium tax credit for a taxable year is the Federal poverty line...

  9. 26 CFR 1.36B-1 - Premium tax credit definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... meaning as in 45 CFR 155.20. (h) Federal poverty line. The Federal poverty line means the most recently published poverty guidelines (updated periodically in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Health and... Federal poverty line for computing the premium tax credit for a taxable year is the Federal poverty line...

  10. Computing Legacy Software Behavior to Understand Functionality and Security Properties: An IBM/370 Demonstration

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Linger, Richard C; Pleszkoch, Mark G; Prowell, Stacy J

    Organizations maintaining mainframe legacy software can benefit from code modernization and incorporation of security capabilities to address the current threat environment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is developing the Hyperion system to compute the behavior of software as a means to gain understanding of software functionality and security properties. Computation of functionality is critical to revealing security attributes, which are in fact specialized functional behaviors of software. Oak Ridge is collaborating with MITRE Corporation to conduct a demonstration project to compute behavior of legacy IBM Assembly Language code for a federal agency. The ultimate goal is to understand functionality and securitymore » vulnerabilities as a basis for code modernization. This paper reports on the first phase, to define functional semantics for IBM Assembly instructions and conduct behavior computation experiments.« less

  11. OpenID Connect as a security service in cloud-based medical imaging systems.

    PubMed

    Ma, Weina; Sartipi, Kamran; Sharghigoorabi, Hassan; Koff, David; Bak, Peter

    2016-04-01

    The evolution of cloud computing is driving the next generation of medical imaging systems. However, privacy and security concerns have been consistently regarded as the major obstacles for adoption of cloud computing by healthcare domains. OpenID Connect, combining OpenID and OAuth together, is an emerging representational state transfer-based federated identity solution. It is one of the most adopted open standards to potentially become the de facto standard for securing cloud computing and mobile applications, which is also regarded as "Kerberos of cloud." We introduce OpenID Connect as an authentication and authorization service in cloud-based diagnostic imaging (DI) systems, and propose enhancements that allow for incorporating this technology within distributed enterprise environments. The objective of this study is to offer solutions for secure sharing of medical images among diagnostic imaging repository (DI-r) and heterogeneous picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) as well as Web-based and mobile clients in the cloud ecosystem. The main objective is to use OpenID Connect open-source single sign-on and authorization service and in a user-centric manner, while deploying DI-r and PACS to private or community clouds should provide equivalent security levels to traditional computing model.

  12. Logical design of a decision support system to forecast technology, prices and costs for the national communications system

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Williams, K. A.; Partridge, E. C., III

    1984-09-01

    Originally envisioned as a means to integrate the many systems found throughout the government, the general mission of the NCS continues to be to ensure the survivability of communications during and subsequent to any national emergency. In order to accomplish this mission the NCS is an arrangement of heterogeneous telecommunications systems which are provided by their sponsor Federal agencies. The physical components of Federal telecommunications systems and networks include telephone and digital data switching facilities and primary common user communications centers; Special purpose local delivery message switching and exchange facilities; Government owned or leased radio systems; Technical control facilities which are under exclusive control of a government agency. This thesis describes the logical design of a proposed decision support system for use by the National Communications System in forecasting technology, prices, and costs. It is general in nature and only includes those forecasting models which are suitable for computer implementation. Because it is a logical design it can be coded and applied in many different hardware and/or software configurations.

  13. 48 CFR 227.7202 - Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... software and commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202 Section 227.7202 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202 Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation. ...

  14. 48 CFR 227.7203 - Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... software and noncommercial computer software documentation. 227.7203 Section 227.7203 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203 Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation. ...

  15. 48 CFR 227.7203 - Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... software and noncommercial computer software documentation. 227.7203 Section 227.7203 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203 Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation. ...

  16. 48 CFR 227.7203 - Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... software and noncommercial computer software documentation. 227.7203 Section 227.7203 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203 Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation. ...

  17. 48 CFR 227.7202 - Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... software and commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202 Section 227.7202 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202 Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation. ...

  18. 48 CFR 227.7203 - Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... software and noncommercial computer software documentation. 227.7203 Section 227.7203 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203 Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation. ...

  19. 48 CFR 227.7202 - Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... software and commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202 Section 227.7202 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202 Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation. ...

  20. 48 CFR 227.7202 - Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... software and commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202 Section 227.7202 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202 Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation. ...

  1. 48 CFR 227.7202 - Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... software and commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202 Section 227.7202 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202 Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation. ...

  2. 48 CFR 227.7203 - Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... software and noncommercial computer software documentation. 227.7203 Section 227.7203 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203 Noncommercial computer software and noncommercial computer software documentation. ...

  3. Exploiting volatile opportunistic computing resources with Lobster

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Woodard, Anna; Wolf, Matthias; Mueller, Charles; Tovar, Ben; Donnelly, Patrick; Hurtado Anampa, Kenyi; Brenner, Paul; Lannon, Kevin; Hildreth, Mike; Thain, Douglas

    2015-12-01

    Analysis of high energy physics experiments using the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can be limited by availability of computing resources. As a joint effort involving computer scientists and CMS physicists at Notre Dame, we have developed an opportunistic workflow management tool, Lobster, to harvest available cycles from university campus computing pools. Lobster consists of a management server, file server, and worker processes which can be submitted to any available computing resource without requiring root access. Lobster makes use of the Work Queue system to perform task management, while the CMS specific software environment is provided via CVMFS and Parrot. Data is handled via Chirp and Hadoop for local data storage and XrootD for access to the CMS wide-area data federation. An extensive set of monitoring and diagnostic tools have been developed to facilitate system optimisation. We have tested Lobster using the 20 000-core cluster at Notre Dame, achieving approximately 8-10k tasks running simultaneously, sustaining approximately 9 Gbit/s of input data and 340 Mbit/s of output data.

  4. DREAM: Distributed Resources for the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) Advanced Management

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Williams, D. N.

    2015-12-01

    The data associated with climate research is often generated, accessed, stored, and analyzed on a mix of unique platforms. The volume, variety, velocity, and veracity of this data creates unique challenges as climate research attempts to move beyond stand-alone platforms to a system that truly integrates dispersed resources. Today, sharing data across multiple facilities is often a challenge due to the large variance in supporting infrastructures. This results in data being accessed and downloaded many times, which requires significant amounts of resources, places a heavy analytic development burden on the end users, and mismanaged resources. Working across U.S. federal agencies, international agencies, and multiple worldwide data centers, and spanning seven international network organizations, the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) has begun to solve this problem. Its architecture employs a system of geographically distributed peer nodes that are independently administered yet united by common federation protocols and application programming interfaces. However, significant challenges remain, including workflow provenance, modular and flexible deployment, scalability of a diverse set of computational resources, and more. Expanding on the existing ESGF, the Distributed Resources for the Earth System Grid Federation Advanced Management (DREAM) will ensure that the access, storage, movement, and analysis of the large quantities of data that are processed and produced by diverse science projects can be dynamically distributed with proper resource management. This system will enable data from an infinite number of diverse sources to be organized and accessed from anywhere on any device (including mobile platforms). The approach offers a powerful roadmap for the creation and integration of a unified knowledge base of an entire ecosystem, including its many geophysical, geographical, social, political, agricultural, energy, transportation, and cyber aspects. The resulting aggregation of data combined with analytics services has the potential to generate an informational universe and knowledge system of unprecedented size and value to the scientific community, downstream applications, decision makers, and the public.

  5. 42 CFR 413.337 - Methodology for calculating the prospective payment rates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal payment rates. In addition, allowable costs related to exceptions payments under § 413.30(f) are excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal... prospective payment rates. (a) Data used. (1) To calculate the prospective payment rates, CMS uses— (i...

  6. 42 CFR 413.337 - Methodology for calculating the prospective payment rates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal payment rates. In addition, allowable costs related to exceptions payments under § 413.30(f) are excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal... prospective payment rates. (a) Data used. (1) To calculate the prospective payment rates, CMS uses— (i...

  7. 42 CFR 413.337 - Methodology for calculating the prospective payment rates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal payment rates. In addition, allowable costs related to exceptions payments under § 413.30(f) are excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal... prospective payment rates. (a) Data used. (1) To calculate the prospective payment rates, CMS uses— (i...

  8. Federal High Performance Computing and Communications Program. The Department of Energy Component.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Research.

    This report, profusely illustrated with color photographs and other graphics, elaborates on the Department of Energy (DOE) research program in High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC). The DOE is one of seven agency programs within the Federal Research and Development Program working on HPCC. The DOE HPCC program emphasizes research in…

  9. 24 CFR 5.234 - Requests for information from SWICAs and Federal agencies; restrictions on use.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ...; WAIVERS Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers... obtained through computer matching agreements between HUD and a SWICA or Federal agency, or between a PHA... Privacy Act notice is required, as follows: (1) When HUD requests the computer match, the processing...

  10. 24 CFR 5.234 - Requests for information from SWICAs and Federal agencies; restrictions on use.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ...; WAIVERS Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers... obtained through computer matching agreements between HUD and a SWICA or Federal agency, or between a PHA... Privacy Act notice is required, as follows: (1) When HUD requests the computer match, the processing...

  11. 77 FR 13294 - Announcing Approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 180-4, Secure...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-03-06

    ... hash algorithms in many computer network applications. On February 11, 2011, NIST published a notice in... Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347), the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to approve Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). NIST activities to develop computer...

  12. 24 CFR 5.234 - Requests for information from SWICAs and Federal agencies; restrictions on use.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ...; WAIVERS Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers... obtained through computer matching agreements between HUD and a SWICA or Federal agency, or between a PHA... Privacy Act notice is required, as follows: (1) When HUD requests the computer match, the processing...

  13. 24 CFR 5.234 - Requests for information from SWICAs and Federal agencies; restrictions on use.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ...; WAIVERS Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers... obtained through computer matching agreements between HUD and a SWICA or Federal agency, or between a PHA... Privacy Act notice is required, as follows: (1) When HUD requests the computer match, the processing...

  14. 24 CFR 5.234 - Requests for information from SWICAs and Federal agencies; restrictions on use.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ...; WAIVERS Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers... obtained through computer matching agreements between HUD and a SWICA or Federal agency, or between a PHA... Privacy Act notice is required, as follows: (1) When HUD requests the computer match, the processing...

  15. 41 CFR 302-10.100 - What distance will my agency allow for points of origin and destination within CONUS and Alaska?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... agency allow for points of origin and destination within CONUS and Alaska? 302-10.100 Section 302-10.100 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal Travel Regulation System RELOCATION ALLOWANCES... PRIMARY RESIDENCE Computation of Distance § 302-10.100 What distance will my agency allow for points of...

  16. New Resources for Computer-Aided Legal Research: An Assessment of the Usefulness of the DIALOG System in Securities Regulation Studies.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Gruner, Richard; Heron, Carol E.

    1984-01-01

    Examines usefulness of DIALOG as legal research tool through use of DIALOG's DIALINDEX database to identify those databases among almost 200 available that contain large numbers of records related to federal securities regulation. Eight databases selected for further study are detailed. Twenty-six footnotes, database statistics, and samples are…

  17. An Experimental Design of a Foundational Framework for the Application of Affective Computing to Soaring Flight Simulation and Training

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Moon, Shannon

    2017-01-01

    In the absence of tools for intelligent tutoring systems for soaring flight simulation training, this study evaluated a framework foundation to measure pilot performance, affect, and physiological response to training in real-time. Volunteers were asked to perform a series of flight tasks selected from Federal Aviation Administration Practical…

  18. Open system environment procurement

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Fisher, Gary

    1994-01-01

    Relationships between the request for procurement (RFP) process and open system environment (OSE) standards are described. A guide was prepared to help Federal agency personnel overcome problems in writing an adequate statement of work and developing realistic evaluation criteria when transitioning to an OSE. The guide contains appropriate decision points and transition strategies for developing applications that are affordable, scalable and interoperable across a broad range of computing environments. While useful, the guide does not eliminate the requirement that agencies posses in-depth expertise in software development, communications, and database technology in order to evaluate open systems.

  19. 48 CFR 352.239-72 - Security requirements for Federal information technology resources.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ...' mission. The term “information technology (IT)”, as used in this clause, includes computers, ancillary... Federal information technology resources. 352.239-72 Section 352.239-72 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Provisions and Clauses 352.239-72 Security requirements for Federal information technology resources. As...

  20. 48 CFR 352.239-72 - Security requirements for Federal information technology resources.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ...' mission. The term “information technology (IT)”, as used in this clause, includes computers, ancillary... Federal information technology resources. 352.239-72 Section 352.239-72 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Provisions and Clauses 352.239-72 Security requirements for Federal information technology resources. As...

  1. 48 CFR 352.239-72 - Security requirements for Federal information technology resources.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ...' mission. The term “information technology (IT)”, as used in this clause, includes computers, ancillary... Federal information technology resources. 352.239-72 Section 352.239-72 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Provisions and Clauses 352.239-72 Security requirements for Federal information technology resources. As...

  2. 48 CFR 352.239-72 - Security requirements for Federal information technology resources.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ...' mission. The term “information technology (IT)”, as used in this clause, includes computers, ancillary... Federal information technology resources. 352.239-72 Section 352.239-72 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Provisions and Clauses 352.239-72 Security requirements for Federal information technology resources. As...

  3. Legal issues of the electronic dental record: security and confidentiality.

    PubMed

    Szekely, D G; Milam, S; Khademi, J A

    1996-01-01

    Computer-based, electronic dental record keeping involves complex issues of patient privacy and the dental practitioner's ethical duty of confidentiality. Federal and state law is responding to the new legal issues presented by computer technology. Authenticating the electronic record in terms of ensuring its reliability and accuracy is essential in order to protect its admissibility as evidence in legal actions. Security systems must be carefully planned to limit access and provide for back-up and storage of dental records. Carefully planned security systems protect the patient from disclosure without the patient's consent and also protect the practitioner from the liability that would arise from such disclosure. Human errors account for the majority of data security problems. Personnel security is assured through pre-employment screening, employment contracts, policies, and staff education. Contracts for health information systems should include provisions for indemnification and ensure the confidentiality of the system by the vendor.

  4. 48 CFR 227.7203-15 - Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... computer software or computer software documentation. 227.7203-15 Section 227.7203-15 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation. (a...

  5. 48 CFR 227.7203-15 - Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... computer software or computer software documentation. 227.7203-15 Section 227.7203-15 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation. (a...

  6. 48 CFR 227.7203-15 - Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... computer software or computer software documentation. 227.7203-15 Section 227.7203-15 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation. (a...

  7. 48 CFR 227.7203-15 - Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... computer software or computer software documentation. 227.7203-15 Section 227.7203-15 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation. (a...

  8. 48 CFR 227.7203-15 - Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... computer software or computer software documentation. 227.7203-15 Section 227.7203-15 Federal Acquisition... REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-15 Subcontractor rights in computer software or computer software documentation. (a...

  9. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Wyoming: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Wyoming as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate BLM State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the Mining Claim Recordation System (MCRS) database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  10. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Colorado: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Colorado as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate BLM State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the Mining Claim Recordation System (MCRS) database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  11. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Washington: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Washington as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate BLM State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the Mining Claim Recordation System (MCRS) database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  12. GeoBrain Computational Cyber-laboratory for Earth Science Studies

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Deng, M.; di, L.

    2009-12-01

    Computational approaches (e.g., computer-based data visualization, analysis and modeling) are critical for conducting increasingly data-intensive Earth science (ES) studies to understand functions and changes of the Earth system. However, currently Earth scientists, educators, and students have met two major barriers that prevent them from being effectively using computational approaches in their learning, research and application activities. The two barriers are: 1) difficulties in finding, obtaining, and using multi-source ES data; and 2) lack of analytic functions and computing resources (e.g., analysis software, computing models, and high performance computing systems) to analyze the data. Taking advantages of recent advances in cyberinfrastructure, Web service, and geospatial interoperability technologies, GeoBrain, a project funded by NASA, has developed a prototype computational cyber-laboratory to effectively remove the two barriers. The cyber-laboratory makes ES data and computational resources at large organizations in distributed locations available to and easily usable by the Earth science community through 1) enabling seamless discovery, access and retrieval of distributed data, 2) federating and enhancing data discovery with a catalogue federation service and a semantically-augmented catalogue service, 3) customizing data access and retrieval at user request with interoperable, personalized, and on-demand data access and services, 4) automating or semi-automating multi-source geospatial data integration, 5) developing a large number of analytic functions as value-added, interoperable, and dynamically chainable geospatial Web services and deploying them in high-performance computing facilities, 6) enabling the online geospatial process modeling and execution, and 7) building a user-friendly extensible web portal for users to access the cyber-laboratory resources. Users can interactively discover the needed data and perform on-demand data analysis and modeling through the web portal. The GeoBrain cyber-laboratory provides solutions to meet common needs of ES research and education, such as, distributed data access and analysis services, easy access to and use of ES data, and enhanced geoprocessing and geospatial modeling capability. It greatly facilitates ES research, education, and applications. The development of the cyber-laboratory provides insights, lessons-learned, and technology readiness to build more capable computing infrastructure for ES studies, which can meet wide-range needs of current and future generations of scientists, researchers, educators, and students for their formal or informal educational training, research projects, career development, and lifelong learning.

  13. Combining patient administration and laboratory computer systems - a proposal to measure and improve the quality of care.

    PubMed

    Wolff, Anthony H; Kellett, John

    2011-12-01

    Several approaches to measuring the quality of hospital care have been suggested. We propose the simple and objective approach of using the health related data of the patient administration systems and the laboratory results that have been collected and stored electronically in hospitals for years. Imaginative manipulation of this data can give new insights into the quality of patient care. Copyright © 2011 European Federation of Internal Medicine. All rights reserved.

  14. 48 CFR 227.7202-3 - Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... computer software or commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202-3 Section 227.7202-3 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202-3 Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation...

  15. 48 CFR 227.7202-3 - Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... computer software or commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202-3 Section 227.7202-3 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202-3 Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation...

  16. 48 CFR 227.7203-2 - Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. 227.7203-2 Section 227.7203-2 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-2 Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. (a...

  17. 48 CFR 227.7203-2 - Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation.

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  18. 48 CFR 227.7203-2 - Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation.

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    ... noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. 227.7203-2 Section 227.7203-2 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-2 Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. (a...

  19. 48 CFR 227.7203-2 - Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. 227.7203-2 Section 227.7203-2 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-2 Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. (a...

  20. 48 CFR 227.7202-3 - Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation.

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  1. 48 CFR 227.7202-3 - Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation.

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    ... computer software or commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202-3 Section 227.7202-3 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202-3 Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation...

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    ... computer software or commercial computer software documentation. 227.7202-3 Section 227.7202-3 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7202-3 Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation...

  3. 48 CFR 227.7203-2 - Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation.

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    2013-10-01

    ... noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. 227.7203-2 Section 227.7203-2 Federal... CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation 227.7203-2 Acquisition of noncommercial computer software and computer software documentation. (a...

  4. High Performance Computing and Communications Act of 1991. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. One Hundred Second Congress, First Session on S. 272 To Provide for a Coordinated Federal Research Program To Ensure Continued United States Leadership in High-Performance Computing.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    This hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space focuses on S. 272, the High-Performance Computing and Communications Act of 1991, a bill that provides for a coordinated federal research and development program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in this area. Performance computing is defined as representing the…

  5. Impact of remote sensing upon the planning, management, and development of water resources

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Castruccio, P. A.; Loats, H. L.; Fowler, T. R.; Frech, S. L.

    1975-01-01

    Principal water resources users were surveyed to determine the impact of remote data streams on hydrologic computer models. Analysis of responses demonstrated that: most water resources effort suitable to remote sensing inputs is conducted through federal agencies or through federally stimulated research; and, most hydrologic models suitable to remote sensing data are federally developed. Computer usage by major water resources users was analyzed to determine the trends of usage and costs for the principal hydrologic users/models. The laws and empirical relationships governing the growth of the data processing loads were described and applied to project the future data loads. Data loads for ERTS CCT image processing were computed and projected through the 1985 era.

  6. Federation in genomics pipelines: techniques and challenges.

    PubMed

    Chaterji, Somali; Koo, Jinkyu; Li, Ninghui; Meyer, Folker; Grama, Ananth; Bagchi, Saurabh

    2017-08-29

    Federation is a popular concept in building distributed cyberinfrastructures, whereby computational resources are provided by multiple organizations through a unified portal, decreasing the complexity of moving data back and forth among multiple organizations. Federation has been used in bioinformatics only to a limited extent, namely, federation of datastores, e.g. SBGrid Consortium for structural biology and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) for functional genomics. Here, we posit that it is important to federate both computational resources (CPU, GPU, FPGA, etc.) and datastores to support popular bioinformatics portals, with fast-increasing data volumes and increasing processing requirements. A prime example, and one that we discuss here, is in genomics and metagenomics. It is critical that the processing of the data be done without having to transport the data across large network distances. We exemplify our design and development through our experience with metagenomics-RAST (MG-RAST), the most popular metagenomics analysis pipeline. Currently, it is hosted completely at Argonne National Laboratory. However, through a recently started collaborative National Institutes of Health project, we are taking steps toward federating this infrastructure. Being a widely used resource, we have to move toward federation without disrupting 50 K annual users. In this article, we describe the computational tools that will be useful for federating a bioinformatics infrastructure and the open research challenges that we see in federating such infrastructures. It is hoped that our manuscript can serve to spur greater federation of bioinformatics infrastructures by showing the steps involved, and thus, allow them to scale to support larger user bases. © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

  7. SCANS (Shipping Cask ANalysis System) a microcomputer-based analysis system for shipping cask design review: User`s manual to Version 3a. Volume 1, Revision 2

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Mok, G.C.; Thomas, G.R.; Gerhard, M.A.

    SCANS (Shipping Cask ANalysis System) is a microcomputer-based system of computer programs and databases developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for evaluating safety analysis reports on spent fuel shipping casks. SCANS is an easy-to-use system that calculates the global response to impact loads, pressure loads and thermal conditions, providing reviewers with an independent check on analyses submitted by licensees. SCANS is based on microcomputers compatible with the IBM-PC family of computers. The system is composed of a series of menus, input programs, cask analysis programs, and output display programs. All data is entered through fill-in-the-blank input screens thatmore » contain descriptive data requests. Analysis options are based on regulatory cases described in the Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR 71 and Regulatory Guides published by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1977 and 1978.« less

  8. Monitoring of large-scale federated data storage: XRootD and beyond

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Andreeva, J.; Beche, A.; Belov, S.; Diguez Arias, D.; Giordano, D.; Oleynik, D.; Petrosyan, A.; Saiz, P.; Tadel, M.; Tuckett, D.; Vukotic, I.

    2014-06-01

    The computing models of the LHC experiments are gradually moving from hierarchical data models with centrally managed data pre-placement towards federated storage which provides seamless access to data files independently of their location and dramatically improve recovery due to fail-over mechanisms. Construction of the data federations and understanding the impact of the new approach to data management on user analysis requires complete and detailed monitoring. Monitoring functionality should cover the status of all components of the federated storage, measuring data traffic and data access performance, as well as being able to detect any kind of inefficiencies and to provide hints for resource optimization and effective data distribution policy. Data mining of the collected monitoring data provides a deep insight into new usage patterns. In the WLCG context, there are several federations currently based on the XRootD technology. This paper will focus on monitoring for the ATLAS and CMS XRootD federations implemented in the Experiment Dashboard monitoring framework. Both federations consist of many dozens of sites accessed by many hundreds of clients and they continue to grow in size. Handling of the monitoring flow generated by these systems has to be well optimized in order to achieve the required performance. Furthermore, this paper demonstrates the XRootD monitoring architecture is sufficiently generic to be easily adapted for other technologies, such as HTTP/WebDAV dynamic federations.

  9. @neurIST: infrastructure for advanced disease management through integration of heterogeneous data, computing, and complex processing services.

    PubMed

    Benkner, Siegfried; Arbona, Antonio; Berti, Guntram; Chiarini, Alessandro; Dunlop, Robert; Engelbrecht, Gerhard; Frangi, Alejandro F; Friedrich, Christoph M; Hanser, Susanne; Hasselmeyer, Peer; Hose, Rod D; Iavindrasana, Jimison; Köhler, Martin; Iacono, Luigi Lo; Lonsdale, Guy; Meyer, Rodolphe; Moore, Bob; Rajasekaran, Hariharan; Summers, Paul E; Wöhrer, Alexander; Wood, Steven

    2010-11-01

    The increasing volume of data describing human disease processes and the growing complexity of understanding, managing, and sharing such data presents a huge challenge for clinicians and medical researchers. This paper presents the @neurIST system, which provides an infrastructure for biomedical research while aiding clinical care, by bringing together heterogeneous data and complex processing and computing services. Although @neurIST targets the investigation and treatment of cerebral aneurysms, the system's architecture is generic enough that it could be adapted to the treatment of other diseases. Innovations in @neurIST include confining the patient data pertaining to aneurysms inside a single environment that offers clinicians the tools to analyze and interpret patient data and make use of knowledge-based guidance in planning their treatment. Medical researchers gain access to a critical mass of aneurysm related data due to the system's ability to federate distributed information sources. A semantically mediated grid infrastructure ensures that both clinicians and researchers are able to seamlessly access and work on data that is distributed across multiple sites in a secure way in addition to providing computing resources on demand for performing computationally intensive simulations for treatment planning and research.

  10. A Microprocessor-Controlled Data Acquisition System for the Federal Scientific Model UA-500-1 Ubiquitous Spectrum Analyzer

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-09-01

    Model AN/ UGC -59A teletype and paper-tape punch console. This unit is connected with the Intellec 8 computer and punching operations are controlled by...order to use this program, the microprocessor would have to be one of the many types on the market that make use of the INTEL 8008-1 CPD chip. The use

  11. OpenID Connect as a security service in cloud-based medical imaging systems

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    Ma, Weina; Sartipi, Kamran; Sharghigoorabi, Hassan; Koff, David; Bak, Peter

    2016-01-01

    Abstract. The evolution of cloud computing is driving the next generation of medical imaging systems. However, privacy and security concerns have been consistently regarded as the major obstacles for adoption of cloud computing by healthcare domains. OpenID Connect, combining OpenID and OAuth together, is an emerging representational state transfer-based federated identity solution. It is one of the most adopted open standards to potentially become the de facto standard for securing cloud computing and mobile applications, which is also regarded as “Kerberos of cloud.” We introduce OpenID Connect as an authentication and authorization service in cloud-based diagnostic imaging (DI) systems, and propose enhancements that allow for incorporating this technology within distributed enterprise environments. The objective of this study is to offer solutions for secure sharing of medical images among diagnostic imaging repository (DI-r) and heterogeneous picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) as well as Web-based and mobile clients in the cloud ecosystem. The main objective is to use OpenID Connect open-source single sign-on and authorization service and in a user-centric manner, while deploying DI-r and PACS to private or community clouds should provide equivalent security levels to traditional computing model. PMID:27340682

  12. Additional studies of competition and performance in OCS oil and gas sales, 1954-1975

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    Mead, Walter J.; Sorensen, Philip Edward

    1980-01-01

    Economic rent is commonly defined in economics as any payment to a factor of production in excess of the minimum necessary to engage it in production. In the case of OCS lands owned by the federal government, the minimum supply price necessary to induce the federal government to lease production rights would be the costs of establishing and administering lease contracts. Assuming, for the sake of simplicity, that these costs are small enough to be ignored in the analysis, all payments to the federal government for use of OCS lands are forms of economic rent. An ideal leasing system should transfer the full amount of economic rent implicit in OCS resources to the federal government. Whether such a complete transfer of economic rent occurs depends upon the conditions of competition in the market for OCS leases. The principal means for capturing economic rent under the bidding system employed by the federal government over the years 1954-1969 are the bonus paid by the highest bidder and a royalty payment which has historically been fixed at 16 2/3 percent of gross production value. Of less importance is an annual rental payment, usually about \\$3.00 per acre, which is paid as long as a tract under lease is not producing.In the sections which follow, major factors affecting the capture of economic rent by the federal government are discussed and data are presented which demonstrate the importance of the different means used. In computing the amounts of economic rent captured by the federal government, the discounted cash flow technique is employed. This requires selection of an appropriate discount rate, in contrast to the internal rate of return analysis used in Part I, above.

  13. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Garzoglio, Gabriele

    The Fermilab Grid and Cloud Computing Department and the KISTI Global Science experimental Data hub Center are working on a multi-year Collaborative Research and Development Agreement.With the knowledge developed in the first year on how to provision and manage a federation of virtual machines through Cloud management systems. In this second year, we expanded the work on provisioning and federation, increasing both scale and diversity of solutions, and we started to build on-demand services on the established fabric, introducing the paradigm of Platform as a Service to assist with the execution of scientific workflows. We have enabled scientific workflows ofmore » stakeholders to run on multiple cloud resources at the scale of 1,000 concurrent machines. The demonstrations have been in the areas of (a) Virtual Infrastructure Automation and Provisioning, (b) Interoperability and Federation of Cloud Resources, and (c) On-demand Services for ScientificWorkflows.« less

  14. Cognitive computing and eScience in health and life science research: artificial intelligence and obesity intervention programs.

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    Marshall, Thomas; Champagne-Langabeer, Tiffiany; Castelli, Darla; Hoelscher, Deanna

    2017-12-01

    To present research models based on artificial intelligence and discuss the concept of cognitive computing and eScience as disruptive factors in health and life science research methodologies. The paper identifies big data as a catalyst to innovation and the development of artificial intelligence, presents a framework for computer-supported human problem solving and describes a transformation of research support models. This framework includes traditional computer support; federated cognition using machine learning and cognitive agents to augment human intelligence; and a semi-autonomous/autonomous cognitive model, based on deep machine learning, which supports eScience. The paper provides a forward view of the impact of artificial intelligence on our human-computer support and research methods in health and life science research. By augmenting or amplifying human task performance with artificial intelligence, cognitive computing and eScience research models are discussed as novel and innovative systems for developing more effective adaptive obesity intervention programs.

  15. Three Dimensional Computer Graphics Federates for the 2012 Smackdown Simulation

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    Fordyce, Crystal; Govindaiah, Swetha; Muratet, Sean; O'Neil, Daniel A.; Schricker, Bradley C.

    2012-01-01

    The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Smackdown is a two-year old annual event held at the 2012 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW). A primary objective of the Smackdown event is to provide college students with hands-on experience in developing distributed simulations using High Level Architecture (HLA). Participating for the second time, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) deployed four federates, two federates simulated a communications server and a lunar communications satellite with a radio. The other two federates generated 3D computer graphics displays for the communication satellite constellation and for the surface based lunar resupply mission. Using the Light-Weight Java Graphics Library, the satellite display federate presented a lunar-texture mapped sphere of the moon and four Telemetry Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), which received object attributes from the lunar communications satellite federate to drive their motion. The surface mission display federate was an enhanced version of the federate developed by ForwardSim, Inc. for the 2011 Smackdown simulation. Enhancements included a dead-reckoning algorithm and a visual indication of which communication satellite was in line of sight of Hadley Rille. This paper concentrates on these two federates by describing the functions, algorithms, HLA object attributes received from other federates, development experiences and recommendations for future, participating Smackdown teams.

  16. Interoperating Cloud-based Virtual Farms

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    Bagnasco, S.; Colamaria, F.; Colella, D.; Casula, E.; Elia, D.; Franco, A.; Lusso, S.; Luparello, G.; Masera, M.; Miniello, G.; Mura, D.; Piano, S.; Vallero, S.; Venaruzzo, M.; Vino, G.

    2015-12-01

    The present work aims at optimizing the use of computing resources available at the grid Italian Tier-2 sites of the ALICE experiment at CERN LHC by making them accessible to interactive distributed analysis, thanks to modern solutions based on cloud computing. The scalability and elasticity of the computing resources via dynamic (“on-demand”) provisioning is essentially limited by the size of the computing site, reaching the theoretical optimum only in the asymptotic case of infinite resources. The main challenge of the project is to overcome this limitation by federating different sites through a distributed cloud facility. Storage capacities of the participating sites are seen as a single federated storage area, preventing the need of mirroring data across them: high data access efficiency is guaranteed by location-aware analysis software and storage interfaces, in a transparent way from an end-user perspective. Moreover, the interactive analysis on the federated cloud reduces the execution time with respect to grid batch jobs. The tests of the investigated solutions for both cloud computing and distributed storage on wide area network will be presented.

  17. Knowledge management: Role of the the Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC)

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Valentine, Timothy

    2017-09-01

    The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is an information analysis center that collects, archives, evaluates, synthesizes and distributes information, data and codes that are used in various nuclear technology applications. RSICC retains more than 2,000 software packages that have been provided by code developers from various federal and international agencies. RSICC's customers (scientists, engineers, and students from around the world) obtain access to such computing codes (source and/or executable versions) and processed nuclear data files to promote on-going research, to ensure nuclear and radiological safety, and to advance nuclear technology. The role of such information analysis centers is critical for supporting and sustaining nuclear education and training programs both domestically and internationally, as the majority of RSICC's customers are students attending U.S. universities. Additionally, RSICC operates a secure CLOUD computing system to provide access to sensitive export-controlled modeling and simulation (M&S) tools that support both domestic and international activities. This presentation will provide a general review of RSICC's activities, services, and systems that support knowledge management and education and training in the nuclear field.

  18. 76 FR 31945 - Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Energy... teleconference meeting of the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC). The Federal [email protected] . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melea Baker, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing...

  19. Data federation strategies for ATLAS using XRootD

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Gardner, Robert; Campana, Simone; Duckeck, Guenter; Elmsheuser, Johannes; Hanushevsky, Andrew; Hönig, Friedrich G.; Iven, Jan; Legger, Federica; Vukotic, Ilija; Yang, Wei; Atlas Collaboration

    2014-06-01

    In the past year the ATLAS Collaboration accelerated its program to federate data storage resources using an architecture based on XRootD with its attendant redirection and storage integration services. The main goal of the federation is an improvement in the data access experience for the end user while allowing more efficient and intelligent use of computing resources. Along with these advances come integration with existing ATLAS production services (PanDA and its pilot services) and data management services (DQ2, and in the next generation, Rucio). Functional testing of the federation has been integrated into the standard ATLAS and WLCG monitoring frameworks and a dedicated set of tools provides high granularity information on its current and historical usage. We use a federation topology designed to search from the site's local storage outward to its region and to globally distributed storage resources. We describe programmatic testing of various federation access modes including direct access over the wide area network and staging of remote data files to local disk. To support job-brokering decisions, a time-dependent cost-of-data-access matrix is made taking into account network performance and key site performance factors. The system's response to production-scale physics analysis workloads, either from individual end-users or ATLAS analysis services, is discussed.

  20. Orbiter Flying Qualities (OFQ) Workstation user's guide

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Myers, Thomas T.; Parseghian, Zareh; Hogue, Jeffrey R.

    1988-01-01

    This project was devoted to the development of a software package, called the Orbiter Flying Qualities (OFQ) Workstation, for working with the OFQ Archives which are specially selected sets of space shuttle entry flight data relevant to flight control and flying qualities. The basic approach to creation of the workstation software was to federate and extend commercial software products to create a low cost package that operates on personal computers. Provision was made to link the workstation to large computers, but the OFQ Archive files were also converted to personal computer diskettes and can be stored on workstation hard disk drives. The primary element of the workstation developed in the project is the Interactive Data Handler (IDH) which allows the user to select data subsets from the archives and pass them to specialized analysis programs. The IDH was developed as an application in a relational database management system product. The specialized analysis programs linked to the workstation include a spreadsheet program, FREDA for spectral analysis, MFP for frequency domain system identification, and NIPIP for pilot-vehicle system parameter identification. The workstation also includes capability for ensemble analysis over groups of missions.

  1. Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Breast Ultrasound Using Computerized BI-RADS Features and Machine Learning Methods.

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    Shan, Juan; Alam, S Kaisar; Garra, Brian; Zhang, Yingtao; Ahmed, Tahira

    2016-04-01

    This work identifies effective computable features from the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS), to develop a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for breast ultrasound. Computerized features corresponding to ultrasound BI-RADs categories were designed and tested using a database of 283 pathology-proven benign and malignant lesions. Features were selected based on classification performance using a "bottom-up" approach for different machine learning methods, including decision tree, artificial neural network, random forest and support vector machine. Using 10-fold cross-validation on the database of 283 cases, the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) was 0.84 from a support vector machine with 77.7% overall accuracy; the highest overall accuracy, 78.5%, was from a random forest with the AUC 0.83. Lesion margin and orientation were optimum features common to all of the different machine learning methods. These features can be used in CAD systems to help distinguish benign from worrisome lesions. Copyright © 2016 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. All rights reserved.

  2. 34 CFR 365.11 - How is the allotment of Federal funds for State independent living (IL) services computed?

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    2011-07-01

    ... 34 Education 2 2011-07-01 2010-07-01 true How is the allotment of Federal funds for State independent living (IL) services computed? 365.11 Section 365.11 Education Regulations of the Offices of the... EDUCATION STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES How Does the Secretary Make a Grant to a State? § 365.11 How is...

  3. 34 CFR 365.11 - How is the allotment of Federal funds for State independent living (IL) services computed?

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    2010-07-01

    ... 34 Education 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false How is the allotment of Federal funds for State independent living (IL) services computed? 365.11 Section 365.11 Education Regulations of the Offices of the... EDUCATION STATE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES How Does the Secretary Make a Grant to a State? § 365.11 How is...

  4. Defense Finance and Accounting Service Needs to Strengthen Procedures to Comply with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-08-14

    Improvement Act requirements and secure access to two payroll offices at Indianapolis, Indiana, that process sensitive payroll information. We...Without adequate controls over physical access, individuals could gain unauthorized access to computers and sensitive payroll data contained in online...and resolved. 2  Personnel and payroll data transmitted to and from interfacing systems were transferred completely, accurately, and timely

  5. High-End Climate Science: Development of Modeling and Related Computing Capabilities

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2000-12-01

    toward strengthening research on key scientific issues. The Program has supported research that has led to substantial increases in knowledge , improved...provides overall direction and executive oversight of the USGCRP. Within this framework, agencies manage and coordinate Federally supported scientific...critical for the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Such models can be used to look backward to test the consistency of our knowledge of Earth system

  6. Small Business Innovations

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1993-01-01

    Under an Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, Symbiotics, Inc. developed a software system that permits users to upgrade products from standalone applications so they can communicate in a distributed computing environment. Under a subsequent NASA SBIR grant, Symbiotics added additional tools to the SOCIAL product to enable NASA to coordinate conventional systems for planning Shuttle launch support operations. Using SOCIAL, data may be shared among applications in a computer network even when the applications are written in different programming languages. The product was introduced to the commercial market in 1993 and is used to monitor and control equipment for operation support and to integrate financial networks. The SBIR program was established to increase small business participation in federal R&D activities and to transfer government research to industry. InQuisiX is a reuse library providing high performance classification, cataloging, searching, browsing, retrieval and synthesis capabilities. These form the foundation for software reuse, producing higher quality software at lower cost and in less time. Software Productivity Solutions, Inc. developed the technology under Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects funded by NASA and the Army and is marketing InQuisiX in conjunction with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The SBIR program was established to increase small business participation in federal R&D activities and to transfer government research to industry.

  7. 47 CFR 32.2124 - General purpose computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 2 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false General purpose computers. 32.2124 Section 32.2124 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) COMMON CARRIER SERVICES UNIFORM... General purpose computers. (a) This account shall include the original cost of computers and peripheral...

  8. 47 CFR 32.2124 - General purpose computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 2 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false General purpose computers. 32.2124 Section 32.2124 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) COMMON CARRIER SERVICES UNIFORM... General purpose computers. (a) This account shall include the original cost of computers and peripheral...

  9. 47 CFR 32.2124 - General purpose computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 2 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false General purpose computers. 32.2124 Section 32.2124 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) COMMON CARRIER SERVICES UNIFORM... General purpose computers. (a) This account shall include the original cost of computers and peripheral...

  10. 47 CFR 32.2124 - General purpose computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 2 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false General purpose computers. 32.2124 Section 32.2124 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) COMMON CARRIER SERVICES UNIFORM... General purpose computers. (a) This account shall include the original cost of computers and peripheral...

  11. 47 CFR 32.2124 - General purpose computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

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  12. 75 FR 9887 - Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee

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  13. 76 FR 9765 - Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee

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  14. 77 FR 45345 - DOE/Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee

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    ... Recompetition results for Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) applications Co-design Public... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOE/Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee AGENCY: Office of... the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub...

  15. 75 FR 64720 - DOE/Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOE/Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of... the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L.... FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melea Baker, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research; SC-21...

  16. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Idaho: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Idaho as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the Mining Claim Recordation System (MCRS) database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  17. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Oregon: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Oregon as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the Mining Claim Recordation System (MCRS) database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  18. Solutions for medical databases optimal exploitation.

    PubMed

    Branescu, I; Purcarea, V L; Dobrescu, R

    2014-03-15

    The paper discusses the methods to apply OLAP techniques for multidimensional databases that leverage the existing, performance-enhancing technique, known as practical pre-aggregation, by making this technique relevant to a much wider range of medical applications, as a logistic support to the data warehousing techniques. The transformations have practically low computational complexity and they may be implemented using standard relational database technology. The paper also describes how to integrate the transformed hierarchies in current OLAP systems, transparently to the user and proposes a flexible, "multimodel" federated system for extending OLAP querying to external object databases.

  19. 41 CFR 105-57.002 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    .... (b) Business day means Monday through Friday, excluding Federal legal holidays. For purposes of computation, the last day of the period will be included unless it is a Federal legal holiday. (c) Day means... Saturday, a Sunday, or a Federal legal holiday. (d) Debtor means an individual who owes a delinquent non...

  20. 75 FR 43518 - Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee; Meeting

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    2010-07-26

    ... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee; Meeting AGENCY: Office of... Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770...: Melea Baker, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research; SC-21/Germantown Building; U. S...

  1. Directory of Federal Contractors and Cognizant Audit Offices

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1994-12-31

    34 qLELECTE 11. Title: , Directory of Federal Contractors and Cognizant Audit Offices 12. Performing Organization: 13 . Performing Report #: 14...GRAND AVE EL SEGUNDO CA 90245 3106150311 COMPUTER SCIENCE CORPORATION 04311 044 BUILDING T-164 FT. HUNTER LIGGE CA 93928 4083882775 COMPUTER SCIENCE...INC 03621 110 2650 INDUSTRIAL PKW MARINETTE WI 54143 7157359058 FIRE SYS INC 01271 084 5110 S. MACDILL AVE TAMPA FL 33611 6138379491 FIRE-BANN

  2. FAA computer security : recommendations to address continuing weaknesses

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2000-12-01

    In September, testimony before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, focused on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) computer security program. In brief, we reported that FAA's agency-wide computer security program has serious, p...

  3. Dynamic SLA Negotiation in Autonomic Federated Environments

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Rubach, Pawel; Sobolewski, Michael

    Federated computing environments offer requestors the ability to dynamically invoke services offered by collaborating providers in the virtual service network. Without an efficient resource management that includes Dynamic SLA Negotiation, however, the assignment of providers to customer's requests cannot be optimized and cannot offer high reliability without relevant SLA guarantees. We propose a new SLA-based SERViceable Metacomputing Environment (SERVME) capable of matching providers based on QoS requirements and performing autonomic provisioning and deprovisioning of services according to dynamic requestor needs. This paper presents the SLA negotiation process that includes on-demand provisioning and uses an object-oriented SLA model for large-scale service-oriented systems supported by SERVME. An initial reference implementation in the SORCER environment is also described.

  4. The High-Performance Computing and Communications program, the national information infrastructure and health care.

    PubMed Central

    Lindberg, D A; Humphreys, B L

    1995-01-01

    The High-Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program is a multiagency federal effort to advance the state of computing and communications and to provide the technologic platform on which the National Information Infrastructure (NII) can be built. The HPCC program supports the development of high-speed computers, high-speed telecommunications, related software and algorithms, education and training, and information infrastructure technology and applications. The vision of the NII is to extend access to high-performance computing and communications to virtually every U.S. citizen so that the technology can be used to improve the civil infrastructure, lifelong learning, energy management, health care, etc. Development of the NII will require resolution of complex economic and social issues, including information privacy. Health-related applications supported under the HPCC program and NII initiatives include connection of health care institutions to the Internet; enhanced access to gene sequence data; the "Visible Human" Project; and test-bed projects in telemedicine, electronic patient records, shared informatics tool development, and image systems. PMID:7614116

  5. Health care information infrastructure: what will it be and how will we get there?

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Kun, Luis G.

    1996-02-01

    During the first Health Care Technology Policy [HCTPI conference last year, during Health Care Reform, four major issues were brought up in regards to the underway efforts to develop a Computer Based Patient Record (CBPR)I the National Information Infrastructure (NIl) as part of the High Performance Computers & Communications (HPCC), and the so-called "Patient Card" . More specifically it was explained how a national information system will greatly affect the way health care delivery is provided to the United States public and reduce its costs. These four issues were: Constructing a National Information Infrastructure (NIl); Building a Computer Based Patient Record System; Bringing the collective resources of our National Laboratories to bear in developing and implementing the NIl and CBPR, as well as a security system with which to safeguard the privacy rights of patients and the physician-patient privilege; Utilizing Government (e.g. DOD, DOE) capabilities (technology and human resources) to maximize resource utilization, create new jobs and accelerate technology transfer to address health care issues. During the second HCTP conference, in mid 1 995, a section of this meeting entitled: "Health Care Technology Assets of the Federal Government" addressed benefits of the technology transfer which should occur for maximizing already developed resources. Also a section entitled:"Transfer and Utilization of Government Technology Assets to the Private Sector", looked at both Health Care and non-Health Care related technologies since many areas such as Information Technologies (i.e. imaging, communications, archival I retrieval, systems integration, information display, multimedia, heterogeneous data bases, etc.) already exist and are part of our National Labs and/or other federal agencies, i.e. ARPA. These technologies although they are not labeled under "Health Care" programs they could provide enormous value to address technical needs. An additional issue deals with both the technical (hardware, software) and human expertise that resides within these labs and their possible role in creating cost effective solutions.

  6. Transfer and utilization of government technology assets to the private sector in the fields of health care and information technologies

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Kun, Luis G.

    1995-10-01

    During the first Health Care Technology Policy conference last year, during health care reform, four major issues were brought up in regards to the efforts underway to develop a computer based patient record (CBPR), the National Information Infrastructure (NII) as part of the high performance computers and communications (HPCC), and the so-called 'patient card.' More specifically it was explained how a national information system will greatly affect the way health care delivery is provided to the United States public and reduce its costs. These four issues were: (1) Constructing a national information infrastructure (NII); (2) Building a computer based patient record system; (3) Bringing the collective resources of our national laboratories to bear in developing and implementing the NII and CBPR, as well as a security system with which to safeguard the privacy rights of patients and the physician-patient privilege; (4) Utilizing government (e.g., DOD, DOE) capabilities (technology and human resources) to maximize resource utilization, create new jobs, and accelerate technology transfer to address health care issues. This year a section of this conference entitled: 'Health Care Technology Assets of the Federal Government' addresses benefits of the technology transfer which should occur for maximizing already developed resources. This section entitled: 'Transfer and Utilization of Government Technology Assets to the Private Sector,' will look at both health care and non-health care related technologies since many areas such as information technologies (i.e. imaging, communications, archival/retrieval, systems integration, information display, multimedia, heterogeneous data bases, etc.) already exist and are part of our national labs and/or other federal agencies, i.e., ARPA. These technologies although they are not labeled under health care programs they could provide enormous value to address technical needs. An additional issue deals with both the technical (hardware, software) and human expertise that resides within these labs and their possible role in creating cost effective solutions.

  7. EarthCube - Earth System Bridge: Spanning Scientific Communities with Interoperable Modeling Frameworks

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Peckham, S. D.; DeLuca, C.; Gochis, D. J.; Arrigo, J.; Kelbert, A.; Choi, E.; Dunlap, R.

    2014-12-01

    In order to better understand and predict environmental hazards of weather/climate, ecology and deep earth processes, geoscientists develop and use physics-based computational models. These models are used widely both in academic and federal communities. Because of the large effort required to develop and test models, there is widespread interest in component-based modeling, which promotes model reuse and simplified coupling to tackle problems that often cross discipline boundaries. In component-based modeling, the goal is to make relatively small changes to models that make it easy to reuse them as "plug-and-play" components. Sophisticated modeling frameworks exist to rapidly couple these components to create new composite models. They allow component models to exchange variables while accommodating different programming languages, computational grids, time-stepping schemes, variable names and units. Modeling frameworks have arisen in many modeling communities. CSDMS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System) serves the academic earth surface process dynamics community, while ESMF (Earth System Modeling Framework) serves many federal Earth system modeling projects. Others exist in both the academic and federal domains and each satisfies design criteria that are determined by the community they serve. While they may use different interface standards or semantic mediation strategies, they share fundamental similarities. The purpose of the Earth System Bridge project is to develop mechanisms for interoperability between modeling frameworks, such as the ability to share a model or service component. This project has three main goals: (1) Develop a Framework Description Language (ES-FDL) that allows modeling frameworks to be described in a standard way so that their differences and similarities can be assessed. (2) Demonstrate that if a model is augmented with a framework-agnostic Basic Model Interface (BMI), then simple, universal adapters can go from BMI to a modeling framework's native component interface. (3) Create semantic mappings between modeling frameworks that support semantic mediation. This third goal involves creating a crosswalk between the CF Standard Names and the CSDMS Standard Names (a set of naming conventions). This talk will summarize progress towards these goals.

  8. Python as a federation tool for GENESIS 3.0.

    PubMed

    Cornelis, Hugo; Rodriguez, Armando L; Coop, Allan D; Bower, James M

    2012-01-01

    The GENESIS simulation platform was one of the first broad-scale modeling systems in computational biology to encourage modelers to develop and share model features and components. Supported by a large developer community, it participated in innovative simulator technologies such as benchmarking, parallelization, and declarative model specification and was the first neural simulator to define bindings for the Python scripting language. An important feature of the latest version of GENESIS is that it decomposes into self-contained software components complying with the Computational Biology Initiative federated software architecture. This architecture allows separate scripting bindings to be defined for different necessary components of the simulator, e.g., the mathematical solvers and graphical user interface. Python is a scripting language that provides rich sets of freely available open source libraries. With clean dynamic object-oriented designs, they produce highly readable code and are widely employed in specialized areas of software component integration. We employ a simplified wrapper and interface generator to examine an application programming interface and make it available to a given scripting language. This allows independent software components to be 'glued' together and connected to external libraries and applications from user-defined Python or Perl scripts. We illustrate our approach with three examples of Python scripting. (1) Generate and run a simple single-compartment model neuron connected to a stand-alone mathematical solver. (2) Interface a mathematical solver with GENESIS 3.0 to explore a neuron morphology from either an interactive command-line or graphical user interface. (3) Apply scripting bindings to connect the GENESIS 3.0 simulator to external graphical libraries and an open source three dimensional content creation suite that supports visualization of models based on electron microscopy and their conversion to computational models. Employed in this way, the stand-alone software components of the GENESIS 3.0 simulator provide a framework for progressive federated software development in computational neuroscience.

  9. Python as a Federation Tool for GENESIS 3.0

    PubMed Central

    Cornelis, Hugo; Rodriguez, Armando L.; Coop, Allan D.; Bower, James M.

    2012-01-01

    The GENESIS simulation platform was one of the first broad-scale modeling systems in computational biology to encourage modelers to develop and share model features and components. Supported by a large developer community, it participated in innovative simulator technologies such as benchmarking, parallelization, and declarative model specification and was the first neural simulator to define bindings for the Python scripting language. An important feature of the latest version of GENESIS is that it decomposes into self-contained software components complying with the Computational Biology Initiative federated software architecture. This architecture allows separate scripting bindings to be defined for different necessary components of the simulator, e.g., the mathematical solvers and graphical user interface. Python is a scripting language that provides rich sets of freely available open source libraries. With clean dynamic object-oriented designs, they produce highly readable code and are widely employed in specialized areas of software component integration. We employ a simplified wrapper and interface generator to examine an application programming interface and make it available to a given scripting language. This allows independent software components to be ‘glued’ together and connected to external libraries and applications from user-defined Python or Perl scripts. We illustrate our approach with three examples of Python scripting. (1) Generate and run a simple single-compartment model neuron connected to a stand-alone mathematical solver. (2) Interface a mathematical solver with GENESIS 3.0 to explore a neuron morphology from either an interactive command-line or graphical user interface. (3) Apply scripting bindings to connect the GENESIS 3.0 simulator to external graphical libraries and an open source three dimensional content creation suite that supports visualization of models based on electron microscopy and their conversion to computational models. Employed in this way, the stand-alone software components of the GENESIS 3.0 simulator provide a framework for progressive federated software development in computational neuroscience. PMID:22276101

  10. A Boundary Delineation System for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Vandegraft, Douglas L.

    2018-05-01

    Federal government mapping of the offshore areas of the United States in support of the development of oil and gas resources began in 1954. The first mapping system utilized a network of rectangular blocks defined by State Plane coordinates which was later revised to utilize the Universal Transverse Mercator grid. Creation of offshore boundaries directed by the Submerged Lands Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act were mathematically determined using early computer programs that performed the required computations, but required many steps. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has revised these antiquated methods using GIS technology which provide the required accuracy and produce the mapping products needed for leasing of energy resources, including renewable energy projects, on the outer continental shelf. (Note: this is an updated version of a paper of the same title written and published in 2015).

  11. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Nevada: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Nevada as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the MCRS database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  12. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Utah: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Utah as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate BLM State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the MCRS database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  13. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in California: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in California as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate BLM State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the MCRS database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  14. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in New Mexico: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in New Mexico as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate BLM State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the MCRS database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  15. Digital mining claim density map for federal lands in Arizona: 1996

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Hyndman, Paul C.; Campbell, Harry W.

    1999-01-01

    This report describes a digital map generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide digital spatial mining claim density information for federal lands in Arizona as of March 1997. Mining claim data is earth science information deemed to be relevant to the assessment of historic, current, and future ecological, economic, and social systems. There is no paper map included in this Open-File report. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), all unpatented mining claims, mill, and tunnel sites must be recorded at the appropriate BLM State office. BLM maintains a cumulative computer listing of mining claims in the MCRS database with locations given by meridian, township, range, and section. A mining claim is considered closed when the claim is relinquished or a formal BLM decision declaring the mining claim null and void has been issued and the appeal period has expired. All other mining claims filed with BLM are considered to be open and actively held. The digital map (figure 1.) with the mining claim density database available in this report are suitable for geographic information system (GIS)-based regional assessments at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.

  16. Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) system administration guide. Version 1.4

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Arp, J.A.; Burnett, R.A.; Downing, T.R.

    The Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) is an emergency management planning and analysis tool that was developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) under the direction of the US Army Chemical Biological Defense Command. The FEMIS System Administration Guide defines FEMIS hardware and software requirements and gives instructions for installing the FEMIS software package. This document also contains information on the following: software installation for the FEMIS data servers, communication server, mail server, and the emergency management workstations; distribution media loading and FEMIS installation validation and troubleshooting; and system management of FEMIS users, login privileges, and usage. Themore » system administration utilities (tools), available in the FEMIS client software, are described for user accounts and site profile. This document also describes the installation and use of system and database administration utilities that will assist in keeping the FEMIS system running in an operational environment. The FEMIS system is designed for a single Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) site that has multiple Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). Each EOC has personal computers (PCs) that emergency planners and operations personnel use to do their jobs. These PCs are connected via a local area network (LAN) to servers that provide EOC-wide services. Each EOC is interconnected to other EOCs via telecommunications links.« less

  17. 48 CFR 252.227-7027 - Deferred ordering of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7027 Section 252.227-7027 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(b), use the following clause: Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) In addition to technical data or computer software...

  18. 48 CFR 252.227-7027 - Deferred ordering of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7027 Section 252.227-7027 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(b), use the following clause: Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) In addition to technical data or computer software...

  19. 48 CFR 252.227-7027 - Deferred ordering of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7027 Section 252.227-7027 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(b), use the following clause: Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) In addition to technical data or computer software...

  20. 48 CFR 252.227-7027 - Deferred ordering of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7027 Section 252.227-7027 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(b), use the following clause: Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) In addition to technical data or computer software...

  1. 48 CFR 252.227-7027 - Deferred ordering of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7027 Section 252.227-7027 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(b), use the following clause: Deferred Ordering of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) In addition to technical data or computer software...

  2. 77 FR 26660 - Guidelines for the Transfer of Excess Computers or Other Technical Equipment Pursuant to Section...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-07

    ....usda.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Background A proposed rule was published in the Federal.... Computers or other technical equipment means central processing units, laptops, desktops, computer mouses...

  3. Security and privacy qualities of medical devices: an analysis of FDA postmarket surveillance.

    PubMed

    Kramer, Daniel B; Baker, Matthew; Ransford, Benjamin; Molina-Markham, Andres; Stewart, Quinn; Fu, Kevin; Reynolds, Matthew R

    2012-01-01

    Medical devices increasingly depend on computing functions such as wireless communication and Internet connectivity for software-based control of therapies and network-based transmission of patients' stored medical information. These computing capabilities introduce security and privacy risks, yet little is known about the prevalence of such risks within the clinical setting. We used three comprehensive, publicly available databases maintained by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate recalls and adverse events related to security and privacy risks of medical devices. Review of weekly enforcement reports identified 1,845 recalls; 605 (32.8%) of these included computers, 35 (1.9%) stored patient data, and 31 (1.7%) were capable of wireless communication. Searches of databases specific to recalls and adverse events identified only one event with a specific connection to security or privacy. Software-related recalls were relatively common, and most (81.8%) mentioned the possibility of upgrades, though only half of these provided specific instructions for the update mechanism. Our review of recalls and adverse events from federal government databases reveals sharp inconsistencies with databases at individual providers with respect to security and privacy risks. Recalls related to software may increase security risks because of unprotected update and correction mechanisms. To detect signals of security and privacy problems that adversely affect public health, federal postmarket surveillance strategies should rethink how to effectively and efficiently collect data on security and privacy problems in devices that increasingly depend on computing systems susceptible to malware.

  4. Security and Privacy Qualities of Medical Devices: An Analysis of FDA Postmarket Surveillance

    PubMed Central

    Kramer, Daniel B.; Baker, Matthew; Ransford, Benjamin; Molina-Markham, Andres; Stewart, Quinn; Fu, Kevin; Reynolds, Matthew R.

    2012-01-01

    Background Medical devices increasingly depend on computing functions such as wireless communication and Internet connectivity for software-based control of therapies and network-based transmission of patients’ stored medical information. These computing capabilities introduce security and privacy risks, yet little is known about the prevalence of such risks within the clinical setting. Methods We used three comprehensive, publicly available databases maintained by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate recalls and adverse events related to security and privacy risks of medical devices. Results Review of weekly enforcement reports identified 1,845 recalls; 605 (32.8%) of these included computers, 35 (1.9%) stored patient data, and 31 (1.7%) were capable of wireless communication. Searches of databases specific to recalls and adverse events identified only one event with a specific connection to security or privacy. Software-related recalls were relatively common, and most (81.8%) mentioned the possibility of upgrades, though only half of these provided specific instructions for the update mechanism. Conclusions Our review of recalls and adverse events from federal government databases reveals sharp inconsistencies with databases at individual providers with respect to security and privacy risks. Recalls related to software may increase security risks because of unprotected update and correction mechanisms. To detect signals of security and privacy problems that adversely affect public health, federal postmarket surveillance strategies should rethink how to effectively and efficiently collect data on security and privacy problems in devices that increasingly depend on computing systems susceptible to malware. PMID:22829874

  5. An FPGA-Based System for Tracking Digital Information Transmitted Via Peer-to-Peer Protocols

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-01

    Sullivan. ISPs are Pressed to Become Child Porn Cops, October 2008. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27198621. DVR07. Hamza Dahmouni, Sandrine Vaton, and David...of child pornography. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Re- gional Computer Forensics Laboratory states in its 2007 annual report that...cyber- crime, which includes crimes against children and child pornography, is the offense for which law enforcement requested assistance most often

  6. 41 CFR 101-30.401 - Data available from the Federal Catalog System.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Federal Catalog System. 101-30.401 Section 101-30.401 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal...-FEDERAL CATALOG SYSTEM 30.4-Use of the Federal Catalog System § 101-30.401 Data available from the Federal Catalog System. Federal Catalog System data are available in publications of general interest to...

  7. 41 CFR 101-30.401 - Data available from the Federal Catalog System.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Federal Catalog System. 101-30.401 Section 101-30.401 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal...-FEDERAL CATALOG SYSTEM 30.4-Use of the Federal Catalog System § 101-30.401 Data available from the Federal Catalog System. Federal Catalog System data are available in publications of general interest to...

  8. 41 CFR 101-30.401 - Data available from the Federal Catalog System.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Federal Catalog System. 101-30.401 Section 101-30.401 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal...-FEDERAL CATALOG SYSTEM 30.4-Use of the Federal Catalog System § 101-30.401 Data available from the Federal Catalog System. Federal Catalog System data are available in publications of general interest to...

  9. 41 CFR 101-30.401 - Data available from the Federal Catalog System.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Federal Catalog System. 101-30.401 Section 101-30.401 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal...-FEDERAL CATALOG SYSTEM 30.4-Use of the Federal Catalog System § 101-30.401 Data available from the Federal Catalog System. Federal Catalog System data are available in publications of general interest to...

  10. 41 CFR 101-30.401 - Data available from the Federal Catalog System.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Federal Catalog System. 101-30.401 Section 101-30.401 Public Contracts and Property Management Federal...-FEDERAL CATALOG SYSTEM 30.4-Use of the Federal Catalog System § 101-30.401 Data available from the Federal Catalog System. Federal Catalog System data are available in publications of general interest to...

  11. Federated Tensor Factorization for Computational Phenotyping

    PubMed Central

    Kim, Yejin; Sun, Jimeng; Yu, Hwanjo; Jiang, Xiaoqian

    2017-01-01

    Tensor factorization models offer an effective approach to convert massive electronic health records into meaningful clinical concepts (phenotypes) for data analysis. These models need a large amount of diverse samples to avoid population bias. An open challenge is how to derive phenotypes jointly across multiple hospitals, in which direct patient-level data sharing is not possible (e.g., due to institutional policies). In this paper, we developed a novel solution to enable federated tensor factorization for computational phenotyping without sharing patient-level data. We developed secure data harmonization and federated computation procedures based on alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). Using this method, the multiple hospitals iteratively update tensors and transfer secure summarized information to a central server, and the server aggregates the information to generate phenotypes. We demonstrated with real medical datasets that our method resembles the centralized training model (based on combined datasets) in terms of accuracy and phenotypes discovery while respecting privacy. PMID:29071165

  12. pSCANNER: patient-centered Scalable National Network for Effectiveness Research

    PubMed Central

    Ohno-Machado, Lucila; Agha, Zia; Bell, Douglas S; Dahm, Lisa; Day, Michele E; Doctor, Jason N; Gabriel, Davera; Kahlon, Maninder K; Kim, Katherine K; Hogarth, Michael; Matheny, Michael E; Meeker, Daniella; Nebeker, Jonathan R

    2014-01-01

    This article describes the patient-centered Scalable National Network for Effectiveness Research (pSCANNER), which is part of the recently formed PCORnet, a national network composed of learning healthcare systems and patient-powered research networks funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). It is designed to be a stakeholder-governed federated network that uses a distributed architecture to integrate data from three existing networks covering over 21 million patients in all 50 states: (1) VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI), with data from Veteran Health Administration's 151 inpatient and 909 ambulatory care and community-based outpatient clinics; (2) the University of California Research exchange (UC-ReX) network, with data from UC Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego; and (3) SCANNER, a consortium of UCSD, Tennessee VA, and three federally qualified health systems in the Los Angeles area supplemented with claims and health information exchange data, led by the University of Southern California. Initial use cases will focus on three conditions: (1) congestive heart failure; (2) Kawasaki disease; (3) obesity. Stakeholders, such as patients, clinicians, and health service researchers, will be engaged to prioritize research questions to be answered through the network. We will use a privacy-preserving distributed computation model with synchronous and asynchronous modes. The distributed system will be based on a common data model that allows the construction and evaluation of distributed multivariate models for a variety of statistical analyses. PMID:24780722

  13. 12 CFR 1202.2 - What do the terms in this part mean?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... employee performing the work, the cost of any computer searches, and the cost of operating duplication... Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), any Federal Home Loan Bank and/or any affiliate thereof that is subject to the regulatory...

  14. Computer Science and Technology Publications. NBS Publications List 84.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. Inst. for Computer Sciences and Technology.

    This bibliography lists publications of the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology of the National Bureau of Standards. Publications are listed by subject in the areas of computer security, computer networking, and automation technology. Sections list publications of: (1) current Federal Information Processing Standards; (2) computer…

  15. Evolution of the ATLAS distributed computing system during the LHC long shutdown

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Campana, S.; Atlas Collaboration

    2014-06-01

    The ATLAS Distributed Computing project (ADC) was established in 2007 to develop and operate a framework, following the ATLAS computing model, to enable data storage, processing and bookkeeping on top of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) distributed infrastructure. ADC development has always been driven by operations and this contributed to its success. The system has fulfilled the demanding requirements of ATLAS, daily consolidating worldwide up to 1 PB of data and running more than 1.5 million payloads distributed globally, supporting almost one thousand concurrent distributed analysis users. Comprehensive automation and monitoring minimized the operational manpower required. The flexibility of the system to adjust to operational needs has been important to the success of the ATLAS physics program. The LHC shutdown in 2013-2015 affords an opportunity to improve the system in light of operational experience and scale it to cope with the demanding requirements of 2015 and beyond, most notably a much higher trigger rate and event pileup. We will describe the evolution of the ADC software foreseen during this period. This includes consolidating the existing Production and Distributed Analysis framework (PanDA) and ATLAS Grid Information System (AGIS), together with the development and commissioning of next generation systems for distributed data management (DDM/Rucio) and production (Prodsys-2). We will explain how new technologies such as Cloud Computing and NoSQL databases, which ATLAS investigated as R&D projects in past years, will be integrated in production. Finally, we will describe more fundamental developments such as breaking job-to-data locality by exploiting storage federations and caches, and event level (rather than file or dataset level) workload engines.

  16. Evaluation of low wing-loading fuel conservative, short-haul transports

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Pasley, L. H.; Waldeck, T. A.

    1976-01-01

    Fuel conservation that could be attained with two technology advancements, Q fan propulsion system and active control technology (ACT) was studied. Aircraft incorporating each technology were sized for a Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) field length of 914 meters (3,000 feet), 148 passengers, and a 926 kilometer (500 nautical mile) mission. The cruise Mach number was .70 at 10100 meter (33,000 foot) altitude. The improvement resulting from application of the Q fan propulsion system was computed relative to an optimized fuel conservative transport design. The performance improvements resulting from application of ACT technology were relative to the optimized Q fan propulsion system configuration.

  17. 47 CFR 15.102 - CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... computers. 15.102 Section 15.102 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES Unintentional Radiators § 15.102 CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers. (a... modifications that must be made to a personal computer, peripheral device, CPU board or power supply during...

  18. 47 CFR 15.102 - CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... computers. 15.102 Section 15.102 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES Unintentional Radiators § 15.102 CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers. (a... modifications that must be made to a personal computer, peripheral device, CPU board or power supply during...

  19. 47 CFR 15.102 - CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... computers. 15.102 Section 15.102 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES Unintentional Radiators § 15.102 CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers. (a... modifications that must be made to a personal computer, peripheral device, CPU board or power supply during...

  20. 47 CFR 15.102 - CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... computers. 15.102 Section 15.102 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES Unintentional Radiators § 15.102 CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers. (a... modifications that must be made to a personal computer, peripheral device, CPU board or power supply during...

  1. 47 CFR 15.102 - CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... computers. 15.102 Section 15.102 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES Unintentional Radiators § 15.102 CPU boards and power supplies used in personal computers. (a... modifications that must be made to a personal computer, peripheral device, CPU board or power supply during...

  2. 78 FR 54453 - Notice of Public Meeting-Intersection of Cloud Computing and Mobility Forum and Workshop

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-09-04

    ...--Intersection of Cloud Computing and Mobility Forum and Workshop AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and.../intersection-of-cloud-and-mobility.cfm . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST hosted six prior Cloud Computing Forum... interoperability, portability, and security, discuss the Federal Government's experience with cloud computing...

  3. 48 CFR 252.227-7032 - Rights in technical data and computer software (foreign).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... and computer software (foreign). 252.227-7032 Section 252.227-7032 Federal Acquisition Regulations... computer software (foreign). As prescribed in 227.7103-17, use the following clause: Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (Foreign) (JUN 1975) The United States Government may duplicate, use, and...

  4. 48 CFR 252.227-7032 - Rights in technical data and computer software (foreign).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... and computer software (foreign). 252.227-7032 Section 252.227-7032 Federal Acquisition Regulations... computer software (foreign). As prescribed in 227.7103-17, use the following clause: Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (Foreign) (JUN 1975) The United States Government may duplicate, use, and...

  5. 48 CFR 252.227-7032 - Rights in technical data and computer software (foreign).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... and computer software (foreign). 252.227-7032 Section 252.227-7032 Federal Acquisition Regulations... computer software (foreign). As prescribed in 227.7103-17, use the following clause: Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (Foreign) (JUN 1975) The United States Government may duplicate, use, and...

  6. 48 CFR 252.227-7032 - Rights in technical data and computer software (foreign).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... and computer software (foreign). 252.227-7032 Section 252.227-7032 Federal Acquisition Regulations... computer software (foreign). As prescribed in 227.7103-17, use the following clause: Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (Foreign) (JUN 1975) The United States Government may duplicate, use, and...

  7. 48 CFR 252.227-7032 - Rights in technical data and computer software (foreign).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... and computer software (foreign). 252.227-7032 Section 252.227-7032 Federal Acquisition Regulations... computer software (foreign). As prescribed in 227.7103-17, use the following clause: Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (Foreign) (JUN 1975) The United States Government may duplicate, use, and...

  8. 24 CFR 180.405 - Time computations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 24 Housing and Urban Development 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Time computations. 180.405 Section... Hearing § 180.405 Time computations. (a) In computing time under this part, the time period begins the day... Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday observed by the Federal Government, in which case the time period...

  9. 24 CFR 180.405 - Time computations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 24 Housing and Urban Development 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Time computations. 180.405 Section... Hearing § 180.405 Time computations. (a) In computing time under this part, the time period begins the day... Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday observed by the Federal Government, in which case the time period...

  10. Neural networks: Application to medical imaging

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Clarke, Laurence P.

    1994-01-01

    The research mission is the development of computer assisted diagnostic (CAD) methods for improved diagnosis of medical images including digital x-ray sensors and tomographic imaging modalities. The CAD algorithms include advanced methods for adaptive nonlinear filters for image noise suppression, hybrid wavelet methods for feature segmentation and enhancement, and high convergence neural networks for feature detection and VLSI implementation of neural networks for real time analysis. Other missions include (1) implementation of CAD methods on hospital based picture archiving computer systems (PACS) and information networks for central and remote diagnosis and (2) collaboration with defense and medical industry, NASA, and federal laboratories in the area of dual use technology conversion from defense or aerospace to medicine.

  11. 18 CFR 37.5 - Obligations of Transmission Providers and Responsible Parties.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT OPEN...-computer file transfers or queries, or extensive requests for data. (d) In the event that an OASIS user's...

  12. Computer Insecurity.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Wilson, David L.

    1994-01-01

    College administrators recently appealed to students and faculty to change their computer passwords after security experts announced that tens of thousands had been stolen by computer hackers. Federal officials are investigating. Such attacks are not uncommon, but the most effective solutions are either inconvenient or cumbersome. (MSE)

  13. 47 CFR 1.958 - Distance computation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Distance computation. 1.958 Section 1.958 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Wireless Radio Services Applications and Proceedings Application Requirements and Procedures § 1.958 Distance computation. The method...

  14. 47 CFR 1.958 - Distance computation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Distance computation. 1.958 Section 1.958 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Wireless Radio Services Applications and Proceedings Application Requirements and Procedures § 1.958 Distance computation. The method...

  15. Solutions for medical databases optimal exploitation

    PubMed Central

    Branescu, I; Purcarea, VL; Dobrescu, R

    2014-01-01

    The paper discusses the methods to apply OLAP techniques for multidimensional databases that leverage the existing, performance-enhancing technique, known as practical pre-aggregation, by making this technique relevant to a much wider range of medical applications, as a logistic support to the data warehousing techniques. The transformations have practically low computational complexity and they may be implemented using standard relational database technology. The paper also describes how to integrate the transformed hierarchies in current OLAP systems, transparently to the user and proposes a flexible, “multimodel" federated system for extending OLAP querying to external object databases. PMID:24653769

  16. Utilizing data grid architecture for the backup and recovery of clinical image data.

    PubMed

    Liu, Brent J; Zhou, M Z; Documet, J

    2005-01-01

    Grid Computing represents the latest and most exciting technology to evolve from the familiar realm of parallel, peer-to-peer and client-server models. However, there has been limited investigation into the impact of this emerging technology in medical imaging and informatics. In particular, PACS technology, an established clinical image repository system, while having matured significantly during the past ten years, still remains weak in the area of clinical image data backup. Current solutions are expensive or time consuming and the technology is far from foolproof. Many large-scale PACS archive systems still encounter downtime for hours or days, which has the critical effect of crippling daily clinical operations. In this paper, a review of current backup solutions will be presented along with a brief introduction to grid technology. Finally, research and development utilizing the grid architecture for the recovery of clinical image data, in particular, PACS image data, will be presented. The focus of this paper is centered on applying a grid computing architecture to a DICOM environment since DICOM has become the standard for clinical image data and PACS utilizes this standard. A federation of PACS can be created allowing a failed PACS archive to recover its image data from others in the federation in a seamless fashion. The design reflects the five-layer architecture of grid computing: Fabric, Resource, Connectivity, Collective, and Application Layers. The testbed Data Grid is composed of one research laboratory and two clinical sites. The Globus 3.0 Toolkit (Co-developed by the Argonne National Laboratory and Information Sciences Institute, USC) for developing the core and user level middleware is utilized to achieve grid connectivity. The successful implementation and evaluation of utilizing data grid architecture for clinical PACS data backup and recovery will provide an understanding of the methodology for using Data Grid in clinical image data backup for PACS, as well as establishment of benchmarks for performance from future grid technology improvements. In addition, the testbed can serve as a road map for expanded research into large enterprise and federation level data grids to guarantee CA (Continuous Availability, 99.999% up time) in a variety of medical data archiving, retrieval, and distribution scenarios.

  17. A Comparative Study of the Demographic Profiles of Prisoners Confined in the Federal and U.S. Army Correctional Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-07-18

    training programs ranging from shoe repair, woodworking, furniture repair, auto repair, barbering, horticulture and farming (Cavanaugh; Diamond, 1989...food preparation, and horticulture . The I number and quality of programs have improved over the years to include the use of computer-assisted...USDB celebrates 115th birthday sunday. The Lamp. pp. 14-15. Durick, M.D. (1990). The USDB reality therapy for student officers. Military Police Journal

  18. Federal Aviation Administration Aviation System Capital Investment Plan 1993

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-12-01

    Facilitates full use of terminal airspace capacity. 0 Increases safety and efficiency. 62-21 Airport Surface Traffic 0 Optimizes sequencing and...installation of tower control computer complexes (TCCCs) in se- 0 AAS software for terminal and en route ATC lected airport traffic control towers. TCCCs...project provides economical ASR-4/5/6, and install 40 ASR-9s at radar service at airports with air traffic densi- ASR-4/5/6 sites). ties high enough to

  19. Critical Infrastructure Protection II, The International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 290.

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Papa, Mauricio; Shenoi, Sujeet

    The information infrastructure -- comprising computers, embedded devices, networks and software systems -- is vital to day-to-day operations in every sector: information and telecommunications, banking and finance, energy, chemicals and hazardous materials, agriculture, food, water, public health, emergency services, transportation, postal and shipping, government and defense. Global business and industry, governments, indeed society itself, cannot function effectively if major components of the critical information infrastructure are degraded, disabled or destroyed. Critical Infrastructure Protection II describes original research results and innovative applications in the interdisciplinary field of critical infrastructure protection. Also, it highlights the importance of weaving science, technology and policy in crafting sophisticated, yet practical, solutions that will help secure information, computer and network assets in the various critical infrastructure sectors. Areas of coverage include: - Themes and Issues - Infrastructure Security - Control Systems Security - Security Strategies - Infrastructure Interdependencies - Infrastructure Modeling and Simulation This book is the second volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.10 on Critical Infrastructure Protection, an international community of scientists, engineers, practitioners and policy makers dedicated to advancing research, development and implementation efforts focused on infrastructure protection. The book contains a selection of twenty edited papers from the Second Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection held at George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, USA in the spring of 2008.

  20. Multi-hazards risk assessment at different levels

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Frolova, N.; Larionov, V.; Bonnin, J.

    2012-04-01

    Natural and technological disasters are becoming more frequent and devastating. Social and economic losses due to those events increase annually, which is definitely in relation with evolution of society. Natural hazards identification and analysis, as well natural risk assessment taking into account secondary technological accidents are the first steps in prevention strategy aimed at saving lives and protecting property against future events. The paper addresses methodological issues of natural and technological integrated risk assessment and mapping at different levels [1, 2]. At the country level the most hazardous natural processes, which may results in fatalities, injuries and economic loss in the Russian Federation, are considered. They are earthquakes, landslides, mud flows, floods, storms, avalanches. The special GIS environment for the country territory was developed which includes information about hazards' level and reoccurrence, an impact databases for the last 20 years, as well as models for estimating damage and casualties caused by these hazards. Federal maps of seismic individual and collective risk, as well as multi-hazards natural risk maps are presented. The examples of regional seismic risk assessment taking into account secondary accidents at fire, explosion and chemical hazardous facilities and regional integrated risk assessment are given for the earthquake prone areas of the Russian Federation. The paper also gives examples of loss computations due to scenario earthquakes taking into account accidents trigged by strong events at critical facilities: fire and chemical hazardous facilities, including oil pipe lines routes located in the earthquake prone areas. The estimations of individual seismic risk obtained are used by EMERCOM of the Russian Federation, as well as by other federal and local authorities, for planning and implementing preventive measures, aimed at saving lives and protecting property against future disastrous events. The results also allow to develop effective emergency response plans taking into account possible scenario events. Taking into consideration the size of the oil pipe line systems located in the highly active seismic zones, the results of seismic risk computation are used by TRANSNEFT JSC.

  1. Local storage federation through XRootD architecture for interactive distributed analysis

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Colamaria, F.; Colella, D.; Donvito, G.; Elia, D.; Franco, A.; Luparello, G.; Maggi, G.; Miniello, G.; Vallero, S.; Vino, G.

    2015-12-01

    A cloud-based Virtual Analysis Facility (VAF) for the ALICE experiment at the LHC has been deployed in Bari. Similar facilities are currently running in other Italian sites with the aim to create a federation of interoperating farms able to provide their computing resources for interactive distributed analysis. The use of cloud technology, along with elastic provisioning of computing resources as an alternative to the grid for running data intensive analyses, is the main challenge of these facilities. One of the crucial aspects of the user-driven analysis execution is the data access. A local storage facility has the disadvantage that the stored data can be accessed only locally, i.e. from within the single VAF. To overcome such a limitation a federated infrastructure, which provides full access to all the data belonging to the federation independently from the site where they are stored, has been set up. The federation architecture exploits both cloud computing and XRootD technologies, in order to provide a dynamic, easy-to-use and well performing solution for data handling. It should allow the users to store the files and efficiently retrieve the data, since it implements a dynamic distributed cache among many datacenters in Italy connected to one another through the high-bandwidth national network. Details on the preliminary architecture implementation and performance studies are discussed.

  2. Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2016. Final rule.

    PubMed

    2015-08-06

    This final rule updates the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for federal fiscal year (FY) 2016 as required by the statute. As required by section 1886(j)(5) of the Act, this rule includes the classification and weighting factors for the IRF PPS's case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2016. This final rule also finalizes policy changes, including the adoption of an IRF-specific market basket that reflects the cost structures of only IRF providers, a 1-year phase-in of the revised wage index changes, a 3-year phase-out of the rural adjustment for certain IRFs, and revisions and updates to the quality reporting program (QRP).

  3. Federal Emergency Management Information System (FEMIS) system administration guide, version 1.4.5

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Arp, J.A.; Burnett, R.A.; Carter, R.J.

    The Federal Emergency Management Information Systems (FEMIS) is an emergency management planning and response tool that was developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) under the direction of the US Army Chemical Biological Defense Command. The FEMIS System Administration Guide provides information necessary for the system administrator to maintain the FEMIS system. The FEMIS system is designed for a single Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) site that has multiple Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). Each EOC has personal computers (PCs) that emergency planners and operations personnel use to do their jobs. These PCs are connected via a local areamore » network (LAN) to servers that provide EOC-wide services. Each EOC is interconnected to other EOCs via a Wide Area Network (WAN). Thus, FEMIS is an integrated software product that resides on client/server computer architecture. The main body of FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Application Software, resides on the PC client(s) and is directly accessible to emergency management personnel. The remainder of the FEMIS software, referred to as the FEMIS Support Software, resides on the UNIX server. The Support Software provides the communication, data distribution, and notification functionality necessary to operate FEMIS in a networked, client/server environment. The UNIX server provides an Oracle relational database management system (RDBMS) services, ARC/INFO GIS (optional) capabilities, and basic file management services. PNNL developed utilities that reside on the server include the Notification Service, the Command Service that executes the evacuation model, and AutoRecovery. To operate FEMIS, the Application Software must have access to a site specific FEMIS emergency management database. Data that pertains to an individual EOC`s jurisdiction is stored on the EOC`s local server. Information that needs to be accessible to all EOCs is automatically distributed by the FEMIS database to the other EOCs at the site.« less

  4. Overview of Computer Security Certification and Accreditation. Final Report.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Ruthberg, Zella G.; Neugent, William

    Primarily intended to familiarize ADP (automatic data processing) policy and information resource managers with the approach to computer security certification and accreditation found in "Guideline to Computer Security Certification and Accreditation," Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS-PUB) 102, this overview…

  5. 31 CFR 285.7 - Salary offset.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Secretary, has waived certain requirements of the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 5 U... process known as centralized salary offset computer matching, identify Federal employees who owe delinquent nontax debt to the United States. Centralized salary offset computer matching is the computerized...

  6. 48 CFR 252.227-7026 - Deferred delivery of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7026 Section 252.227-7026 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(a), use the following clause: Deferred Delivery of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) The Government shall have the right to require, at...

  7. 48 CFR 52.227-15 - Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software. 52.227-15 Section 52.227-15 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Computer Software. As prescribed in 27.409(c), insert the following provision: Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software (DEC 2007) (a) This solicitation sets forth the Government's...

  8. 48 CFR 52.227-15 - Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software. 52.227-15 Section 52.227-15 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Computer Software. As prescribed in 27.409(c), insert the following provision: Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software (DEC 2007) (a) This solicitation sets forth the Government's...

  9. 48 CFR 52.227-15 - Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software. 52.227-15 Section 52.227-15 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Computer Software. As prescribed in 27.409(c), insert the following provision: Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software (DEC 2007) (a) This solicitation sets forth the Government's...

  10. 48 CFR 252.227-7026 - Deferred delivery of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7026 Section 252.227-7026 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(a), use the following clause: Deferred Delivery of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) The Government shall have the right to require, at...

  11. 48 CFR 52.227-15 - Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software. 52.227-15 Section 52.227-15 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Computer Software. As prescribed in 27.409(c), insert the following provision: Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software (DEC 2007) (a) This solicitation sets forth the Government's...

  12. 48 CFR 52.227-15 - Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software. 52.227-15 Section 52.227-15 Federal Acquisition Regulations... Computer Software. As prescribed in 27.409(c), insert the following provision: Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software (DEC 2007) (a) This solicitation sets forth the Government's...

  13. 48 CFR 252.227-7026 - Deferred delivery of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7026 Section 252.227-7026 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(a), use the following clause: Deferred Delivery of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) The Government shall have the right to require, at...

  14. 48 CFR 252.227-7026 - Deferred delivery of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7026 Section 252.227-7026 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(a), use the following clause: Deferred Delivery of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) The Government shall have the right to require, at...

  15. 48 CFR 252.227-7026 - Deferred delivery of technical data or computer software.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... technical data or computer software. 252.227-7026 Section 252.227-7026 Federal Acquisition Regulations... data or computer software. As prescribed at 227.7103-8(a), use the following clause: Deferred Delivery of Technical Data or Computer Software (APR 1988) The Government shall have the right to require, at...

  16. 48 CFR 52.223-16 - IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products. 52.223-16 Section 52.223-16 Federal Acquisition... Assessment of Personal Computer Products. As prescribed in 23.705(b)(1), insert the following clause: IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (DEC 2007) (a) Definitions...

  17. 48 CFR 52.223-16 - IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products. 52.223-16 Section 52.223-16 Federal Acquisition... Assessment of Personal Computer Products. As prescribed in 23.705(b)(1), insert the following clause: IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (DEC 2007) (a) Definitions...

  18. 78 FR 37875 - Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/Bureau of the Fiscal Service...

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    2013-06-24

    ...: Social Security Administration (SSA). ACTION: Notice of a renewal of an existing computer matching... above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. General The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988... computer matching involving the Federal government could be performed and adding certain protections for...

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    2010-09-03

    ... 1021 AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA). ACTION: Notice of a renewal of an existing computer.... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. General The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Public Law (Pub... computer matching involving the Federal government could be performed and adding certain protections for...

  20. 48 CFR 52.223-16 - IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products. 52.223-16 Section 52.223-16 Federal Acquisition... Assessment of Personal Computer Products. As prescribed in 23.705(b)(1), insert the following clause: IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (DEC 2007) (a) Definitions...

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