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Hackers say they took down CIA site

From National Journal — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:22:04 -0500

Hackers said they took down the CIA website on Friday, Mashable reported. ...

SBA's loan system troubles could complicate reorganization

By Joseph Marks — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:23 -0500

The Small Business Administration is behind schedule on five of six planned improvements to its Loan Management and Accounting Systems and costs for the overall project have risen about 20 percent since 2010 to $28 million, a recent ...

Pentagon expects to soon clear Apple, Android devices

By Bob Brewin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:19:35 -0500

Defense Information Systems Agency is working with industry for August release of security guidelines.

NSA's whitelisting approach economically blocks computer viruses

By Aliya Sternstein — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:13:30 -0500

Military computers soon will be configured to execute only administrator-approved software applications in certain areas of a computer, Pentagon officials told Nextgov. The Defense Department's unique version of the ...

Romney in his comfort zone in technology speech

By Rebecca Kaplan, National Journal — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:05:28 -0500

RESTON, Va.--Appearing at home in front of an audience of technology executives and workers, Mitt Romney on Friday extolled the virtues of innovation, limited regulation, and low taxes to spur the U.S. economy. ...

Turning government data into private sector products is complicated business

By Joseph Marks — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:30 -0500

Data.gov helps app developers tap government information, but that isn't really the problem.

Marines eye thin client infrastructure to slim down IT outlays

By Bob Brewin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:28:15 -0500

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Marine Corps eventually could end up with more thin clients than PCs working off its networks as part of a shift to a virtual desktop environment, but such a move also has obvious pitfalls, Brig. Gen. ...

Groups warn of privacy concerns in cybersecurity bills

By Josh Smith, National Journal — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:22:42 -0500

Civil liberties groups are on the Hill Thursday to warn of the dangers they say cybersecurity proposals could pose to privacy and other civil rights. ...

Self-service U.S.-Mexican border crossing could be replicated

By Aliya Sternstein — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:31:52 -0500

CBP could open more unmanned checkpoints in remote Southwest expanses and eventually add biometric ID verification, former official says.

Outgoing CTO ruffles some feathers praising citizen innovators

By Joseph Marks — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:59:51 -0500

An event to mark federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra's last day in office Wednesday briefly turned into a debate about the nature of government innovation. ...

Want an iPad? Pentagon CIO thinks you should be able to have one.

By Bob Brewin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:02:11 -0500

Defense Chief Information Officer Teri Takai is working to speed deployments of tablets and smartphones across the department.

Threatened Pentagon programs will play up cyber roles, experts predict

By Aliya Sternstein — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:35 -0500

Military program managers whose operations are vaguely associated with computer networks could reposition their programs as being critical to cybersecurity to tap into one of the few untouched defense accounts and boost their own ...

Aviation, GPS representatives warn of LightSquared's 'catastrophic' plans

By Josh Smith, National Journal — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:39:52 -0500

LightSquared cried foul on Wednesday after one of its staunchest congressional critics held a hearing that aired fears over the company's proposed wireless networks. ...

Hearing highlights disagreement over cybersecurity incentives vs. regulation

By Josh Smith, National Journal — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:33:05 -0500

Even as Congress takes up broad cybersecurity legislation, witnesses at a House subcommittee hearing highlighted lingering disagreement over just how to reduce cyber threats. ...

Air Force cyber chief: Speed up acquisitions already

By Bob Brewin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:38 -0500

The service also must improve cyber situational awareness and resilient networks.

VA kicks off Wi-Fi buy, plans national rollout

By Bob Brewin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:01:25 -0500

The Veterans Affairs Department kicked off a procurement to install a patient Wi-Fi system in its Augusta, Ga., hospital and eventually plans to install patient wireless systems in all 152 hospitals nationwide, a regional VA ...

Interior rebids cloud email contract

By Joseph Marks — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:27:01 -0500

The Interior Department issued a new solicitation for cloud email services Tuesday. ...

No easy answers on Twitter's new censorship policy

By Joseph Marks — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:46:02 -0500

The headline and opening paragraphs of this story were changed to more accurately characterize the sources' positions on the issue. ...

Update: Pentagon IG's website outage blamed on technical problems

By Aliya Sternstein — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:15:43 -0500

This story has been updated. ...

GSA hands agencies cloud security marching orders

By Aliya Sternstein — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:57:52 -0500

The guidelines provide more clarity on continuous monitoring requirements and the role of Homeland Security.

Outgoing federal CTO talks transparency, bottom-up change

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:27:59 -0500

As the first ever federal chief technology officer, Aneesh Chopra, who steps down this week, was responsible for advising the President on ...

U.S. could maintain virtual presence in Syria

By Joseph Marks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:46:58 -0500

Social media provides American officials with potentially valuable outreach tools to promote democracy.

Feds fight cyberattacks on public image

By Aliya Sternstein — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:28:53 -0500

Cyberassaults on federal authorities are garnering increased attention due to publicity-seeking hackers, but those authorities say other, perhaps more harmful, intrusions are going undetected. ...

Air Force seeks 18,000 iPads for cargo flight crews

By Bob Brewin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:09:32 -0500

Air Mobility Command plans to replace paper manuals and navigation charts with electronic flight bags.

Groups ask Congress to postpone new anti-piracy efforts

By Josh Smith, National Journal — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:24:29 -0500

Opponents of the House's Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the Senate want Congress to hit pause on efforts to forge new anti-piracy legislation. ...