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In the first quarter of year 2008, electronic reverse auctions (e-RAs) allowed the Brazilian Government to save up to US$ 270 million, which account for 87% of its acquisitions in the period, against 1% in the same period 6 years earlier - according to the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management. A tool of such importance is subjected to fraud or even anomalous behaviors, which are difficult to...
Identity Management plays a crucial role in many application contexts, including e-Governments, e-Commerce, business intelligence, investigation, and homeland security. The variety of approaches to and techniques for identity management, while addressing some of the challenges, have introduced new problems, especially concerning interoperability and privacy. We focus here on two fundamental issues...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.