Cybersecurity
ISIMC chooses candidates to co-chair subcommittees
The CIO Council’s new Information Security and Identity Management Committee has named co-chairmen to the subcommittees that will work to identify and recommend strategic IT security initiatives designed to strengthen agencies' data and network protection efforts.
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DHS gets new privacy chief
Mary Ellen Callahan, the Homeland Security Department's new chief privacy officer, is an attorney who has specialized in privacy, security, data protection, consumer protection and e-commerce law.
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Institute: Better coordination needed for cybersecurity R&D
A report makes recommendations to improve cybersecurity research efforts.
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IG: FEMA should stay in DHS
DHS' inspector general recommends Congress not endorse moving FEMA out of DHS.
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DHS Earth used for infrastructure protection
The Homeland Security Department is using DHS Earth, an application built using a Google Earth application, to improve information sharing and situational awareness related to infrastructure protection.
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Number of reported cyber incidents jumps
Federal agencies reported three times as many cyber-related incidents to US-CERT in fiscal 2008 as they did in fiscal 2006.
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The stimulus at a glance: The latest on IT-related proposals
The House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package contain more than $70 billion in proposed information technology spending.
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DHS gets IT money in stimulus
The Homeland Security Department will get about $2.8 billion from the stimulus package; about half of that money will go for IT-related items such as scanners and surveillance systems.
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News ticker: NSPS, fixed-price contracting, mid-sized contractors, the Conflicker worm
A roundup of news from around the Web on Feb. 13.
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E-Verify dropped from stimulus bill
The E-Verify employment verification provisions have been dropped from the final version of the economic stimulus package.
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Bill would increase reporting on contractors
A House bill would require additional reporting on how intelligence agencies use private contractors.
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Intelligence community assesses cyber threat
The intelligence community's annual assessment of national security threats found "cyber exploitation activity" had increased over the past year and expected the trend to continue.
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FAA data breach irks readers
Numerous readers take issue with the Federal Aviation Administration's handling of its recent data breach.
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State Department uses biometrics for computer access
An official says more than half of the 45,000 users of the department's unclassified network now use smart cards that contain biometrics to log onto that network.
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Bush's cyber chief calls national security initiative too secret
Greg Garcia says plan to protect major networks was coordinated and effective, but admits DHS could have done more to share information.
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Senate stimulus bill lacks House's E-Verify provision
The House version of the economic stimulus bill would require E-Verify employment verification for all contracts covered by the stimulus spending; the Senate bill approved today does not.
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