Cybersecurity
GAO urges review of ship-tracking plans
The Government Accountability Office wants the Coast Guard to make sure its plans to improve ship tracking electronically for security will add value.
Cybersecurity
Greater energy efficiency relies on better information
Agencies have until October 2012 to install power meters on many of their buildings to help them get a better sense of their energy consumption and identify areas for savings.
Cybersecurity
Drapeau: Web 2.0 best practices already surface
Agencies are starting to learn smart ways to use emerging technologies for communicating with citizens and each other.
Cybersecurity
CIOs urge more telework programs
Officials also say managers need different skills to supervise employees who work at remote locations.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Dead people can still get passports
The State Department needs to conduct mandatory checks of a death database to avoid issuing fraudulent passports, GAO recommends in a new report.
Cybersecurity
IG: CBP didn't give auditors enough info on passenger system
DHS' inspector general said he did not receive enough information to fully assess the privacy and security enhancements to Customs and Border Protection's airline passenger database.
Cybersecurity
DHS seeks nuclear detection research
The Homeland Security Department plans to award $3 million for exploratory research on nuclear detection technologies.
Cybersecurity
DHS grants total millions for IT
The Homeland Security Department announces $970 million in state and local grants that include funding for IT items such as port identification cards, truck-tracking systems and the Real ID Act.
Cybersecurity
VA, DOD to create lifetime e-record
President Barack Obama said VA and DOD are moving toward a single, lifetime electronic health record for active-duty service members and veterans.
Cybersecurity
Obama picks leader for DHS directorate
Robert "Rand" Beers would lead the Homeland Security Department's National Protection and Programs Directorate, which includes DHS' cybersecurity programs.
Cybersecurity
Electric grid breaches symptomatic of deeper cybersecurity gaps
Observers say networked environment and lax regulation of private sector companies make critical infrastructure particularly difficult to protect.
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IT contractors split on likely effects of Obama policies
Large firms concerned about proposals aimed at reducing role of contractors.
Cybersecurity
FEMA publishes reorganization details
The agency describes details of its recent reorganizations and says the changes do not effect its substance.
Cybersecurity
Group wants government cybersecurity CEO
Private sector executives recommend a single leader at the White House level to align the government's cybersecurity efforts.
Cybersecurity
Industry group calls for public-private cybersecurity standards
The private sector also should play a role in self-regulating overall Internet security.
Cybersecurity
IRS slow on security settings, IG says
The tax agency also was late to establish a project management team for FDCC, which did not follow best practices, auditors have said.
Cybersecurity