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Einstein keeps an eye on agency networks
Voluntary network gateway monitoring program gives DHS a big-picture view of federal cybersecurity

• Read the Office of Management and Budget's report to Congress on the Federal Information Security Management Act implementation (.pdf).
  (Source: OMB)
• Examine the Homeland Security Department's business case for Einstein for 2008 (.pdf).
  (Source DHS)
• Learn more about DHS’ Privacy Impact Assessment for Einstein (.pdf).
  (Source: DHS)
• Check out the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team for government users.
  (Source: US-CERT)

Defeating the dumpster divers
The proliferation of storage media, from thumb drives and cell phones to giant disk arrays, makes secure disposal of decommissioned gear a much trickier task

• Read the Defense Department's and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (.pdf) guidelines on sanitizing storage media.
• Read the first article, "Spring cleaning for storage clutter," in FCW's two-part series on storage.

FCW@20: Reporting on storage, then and now

• See all of FCW's 20th anniversary coverage.
  

Buzz of the Week: GSA assists the assistors

DOD is caught in the Web 2.0
Military officials name operational concerns as their reason for blocking popular sites

Another bailout for DSS?

GSA: We’re focusing on assisted services

Circuit

Editorial: Help acquisition workers
The next administration could save money in the long run by adding procurement executives

Kelman: A public service incentive

• Keep the conversation going on Steve Kelman's blog, The Lectern.

Leidinger: Recruit creatively

Stephenson: Government in your hand

Government taps the power of us
Officials turn to blogs and wikis to share information and achieve goals

• Read and contribute to Stephen Urquhart’s Politicopia wiki, the General Services Administration's wiki homepage and New York Law School's Peer to Patent Project.

States move warily on Real ID
Officials still crave funding and firm guidance on nationwide standards for driver’s licenses

GSA to retool e-contracting
Contracting officers say they shun the difficult-to-use eOffer, eMod applications

• Read the General Services Administration Inspector General's report on e-contracting (.pdf).
  (Source: GSA)
  

Feds face new HSPD-12 hurdles
Challenges include upgrading building access controls and issuing cards to contractors

• Visit the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems and Federal Identity Credentialing Committee Web sites.

House bill sets higher bar for DHS

E-filing trails 80 percent goal

Election season heats up
The big election for the Industry Advisory Council’s Executive Committee is under way

• Industry Advisory Council Executive Committee position descriptions and candidate statements.
  

Buzz of the Week

• Click here to find out what the word about town was or here to listen to a podcast of the Buzz from the May 21, 2007, issue.

Editorials: Submission guidelines

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Letters

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