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By Mary Mosquera

FCW.com

July 10, 2008



Agencies have until the latter part of 2009 to begin operating 

approximately 79 Internet gateways that will serve the federal 

government under the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC), Karen Evans, 

Office of Management and Budget's administrator for e-Government and 

information technology, said today.



The exact number of connections may change as some agencies provide more 

information and vendors establish TIC services, Evans said as she 

released a status report on the TIC initiative today. Evans also said 

the deadline for the TIC is "toward the end" of calendar year 2009, but 

did not provide a specific date.



The TIC effort should improve the federal government.s information 

security environment by making it easier to monitor data traffic on 

agencies' connections, OMB said when it introduced the initiative last 

year.



"Fewer external connections means fewer vulnerabilities and better 

secured networks," Evans said.



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