Digital Government
Sen. Rockefeller doubts net neutrality bill will move this year
The Senate Commerce Committee chairman said on Wednesday he believes it will be "almost impossible" to move a network neutrality bill through Congress this year.
Digital Government
GAO: Defense finance systems $6.9 billion over budget, years behind schedule
Department believes it can improve development of the networks by focusing on budget data and information about mission-critical assets to leverage efforts across DoD.
Cybersecurity
IRS fails to assign employees security roles and responsibilities, audit finds
Inspector general concludes the agency did not develop day-to-day procedures and metrics for evaluating compliance with IT security requirements.
Digital Government
Which states are the most digital of all?
The 2010 Digital States Survey, which ranks states' IT prowess in eight categories, showed little change at the top from the previous survey in 2008 -- with one exception.
Ideas
Why Legacy? It Works
NASA has taken some hits for having decades-old computer technology running the shuttle program and the International Space station. For example, the space agency uses some technology that the moon programs relied on in the 1960s and the space station uses processors more than two decades old. Sounds like a typical government operation? Well, no, when you have scientists explain it.
Digital Government
HHS Finishes Funding HIT Help Desk
The administration has finished awarding $677 million to create something like a nationwide help desk for the exchange of electronic health records, with Tuesday's announcement of the final two communities selected to offer providers technical assistance.
Digital Government
Cyber Command To Gobble Up DISA?
That's the word I'm picking up based on a combination of some good intel and speculation by more than a handful of knowledgeable gadget and gizmo graybeards.
Cybersecurity
State Cybersecurity Budgets Declining
Federal agencies maintain a lot of personal information on their computer networks and systems, but it's actually state governments that are the "custodians of the most comprehensive collection of citizens' personally identifiable Information," according to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. And yet, 79 percent of state cybersecurity chiefs report stagnant or cut budgets, despite an increase in internal and external threats.
Digital Government
New Tool Helps Feds Plan Travel
For traveling federal employees, the question usually is how much can I spend on my hotel and what is there to do in the area. Well now there is an app that tries to provide answers.
Digital Government
Cybersecurity gets faster with blending of two protocols
The integration of government's Security Content Automation Protocols with TCG's Trusted Network Connect could add automated policy enforcement to scanning and evaluation of security status.
Acquisition
More debate about pre-RFP talks between government, industry
Blogger Steve Kelman responds to comments he received on a recent blog post about the sensitive nature of government-industry communications.
Acquisition
More guidance coming on time-and-materials contracting
Contracting officers have been confused about how time-and-materials contracts work and how to justify them.
Cybersecurity
DHS tests cyber response plan in global drill
The Homeland Security Department began its second day of a three-day global cybersecurity exercise intended to test readiness for large-scale cyberattacks.
Digital Government
DOD officials face Senate ire over budgetary measures
DOD officials were questioned over plans for trimming the defense budget, including closing the Joint Forces Command.
Modernization
Agencies get advice on record retention in the cloud
Agencies face problems deploying records into the cloud while maintaining their record preservation responsibilities, according to an NARA official.
Acquisition
DOD dropped the ball on workforce reviews, GAO says
DOD officials might have lost an opportunity to build for the future, GAO officials wrote in a letter to congressional committees.
Digital Government
Should your agency be run more like a business?
Every once in a while the argument surfaces that government should be run like a business. Well, one federal entity already is run like a business: the U.S. Postal Service.
Cybersecurity
Feds' third cybersecurity exercise to attack content and identities
Cyber Storm III will use known hacker attacks to hijack certificates that verify content is legitimate and e-mails are authentic.
Modernization