Digital Government
Banging the Cyber Workforce Drum
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/56941-revamping-and-securing-our-countrys-civilian-cyber-infrastructure-rep-loretta-sanchez">writes</a> on The Hill's Congress Blog about the importance of securing a top-notch cybersecurity workforce in the federal government. The Defense Department, for example, has thousands of cybersecurity workers dedicated to combating cyber threats and building cybersecurity plans, but the Homeland Security Department has only 100 employees dedicated to this work. "With the gap between military and civilian cyber security personnel as large as it is," Sanchez writes, "there needs to be strong government leadership to increase recruitment pools and employ the next generation of cyber leaders that will help and protect our civilian networks."
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House Hearing on VA-SPAWAR Deal
The House Veterans Affairs Committee's Economic Opportunity Subcommittee has just shoehorned into its schedule next week a hearing on the interagency agreement that the Veterans Affairs Department put together with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.
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Silicon Valley's Recruitment Model
Wired's Epicenter blog <a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/what-the-obama-administration-is-learning-from-facebook-google-and-ideo/">highlights</a> a recent trip Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry made to Silicon Valley. The goal of the trip was to learn from companies like Facebook, Google and design firm Ideo about how to attract young, tech-savvy employees to the federal workforce.
Digital Government
Senator's hold on GSA confirmation hobbles Networx transition
Transition to Networx slowed further because Sen. Kit Bond won't let Martha Johnson's confirmation come up for a vote.
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DHS needs to plug some cybersecurity holes, audit finds
The DHS Inspector General recommends improving the department's coordination of cybersecurity for critical control systems.
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Stimulus watchdog site exempted from paperwork rules
Recovery Act board cuts through the red tape of reduction act to collect stimulus reports on time.
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Varied questions drawn from troops in virtual town hall meetings
While the president received questions dealing with wartime strategy, Gates dealt with nitty-gritty Defense issues and Mullen fielded more politically tinged comments.
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GAO: Technology can help secure Southwest border
Resources are distributed unevenly among checkpoints and some lower priority crossings have outdated equipment, watchdog agency finds.
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Agencies should institute tougher policies on storing sensitive info
Security officials say the policies could reduce the No. 1 cause of data loss: stolen laptops and storage devices.
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