Cybersecurity
Lawmakers pressure DHS on financial modernization program
Two House Democrats have written the White House to criticize a Homeland Security Department financial system upgrade expected to cost as much as $1 billion.
People
FBI agents cheated on computerized exam, IG says
The FBI's inspector general today alleged that agents and supervisors cheated on an operations exam delivered online.
Cybersecurity
Army awards $1.2 billion contract for NSA data center in Utah
The massive facility will support the federal Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative to protect intelligence, Defense and civilian agencies' networks from cyberattacks.
Digital Government
HUD issues to IBM new, cheaper financial management upgrade
Reworked project is part of the Obama administration's initiative to improve expensive, troubled systems.
Digital Government
Services nominate officers for key information systems positions
Air Force chooses commanders for the Electronic Systems Center and the 14th Air Force, while the Army names chief and deputy chief of staff.
Digital Government
Net neutrality bill gives FCC no new rulemaking power
The Federal Communications Commission will not have rulemaking authority under a network neutrality bill that key House Democrats plan to introduce soon, according to a recent draft obtained by CongressDaily's Tech Daily Dose blog.
Ideas
Europe to Google: Not in My Front Yard
Another European country has blocked <a href=http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/>Google Street View</a> from taking pictures in their country, as some Europeans fight the program that provides panoramic views of locations from the street level.
Cybersecurity
Israel Targets Iran with Stuxnet Worm?
The Stuxnet computer worm - described as possibly the most dangerous malware because it can target and control specified industrial machinery - is thought to have been created in Israel to specifically target a nuclear power plant in Iran, reports the Guardian in London.
Digital Government
DOD's Biggest Cyber Challenge?
For the Defense Department's Cyber Command, looking for qualified cybersecurity employees is the easy part. Finding them is turning out to be a difficult prospect.
Digital Government
Honoring the Chosin Few
On Dec. 6, 1950, the 5th and 7th Marine regiments started their famed advance to the rear (Marines never retreat) from Chosin Reservoir in northeast Korea near the Chinese border to Hungnam, South Korea. They carried their dead and wounded in temperatures that hovered around 35 degrees below zero. The feat is celebrated in the Corps to this day, but it's an otherwise little known event in a widely ignored war.
Digital Government
Health IT: Home Court Advantage
Health IT systems are critical to the success of patient-centered medical home models for health care, a new study finds.
People
NSF urges lawmakers to back use of better science data
Officials worry about measuring the direct benefits of federal scientific research spending.
Digital Government
Marines harness the sun
Gas-powered generators use hundreds of gallons of fuel that has to be sent to the front lines. Marines are hoping new technologies will ease the load.
Digital Government