Cybersecurity
Obama Cuts, But Not Security
If you had reservations about the importance of cybersecurity to President Obama, his fiscal 2012 budget guidance ought to give you some relief. The president has requested a five percent cut in discretionary spending, but only to all non-security agencies.
Digital Government
Security concerns persist about microchips used in smart devices
The military's use of smart phones and similar products could force the U.S. to confront the geopolitics of microchip manufacturing, blogger Brian Robinson writes.
Digital Government
Tougher Standards for Cyber Training?
The federal government must create robust training standards for cybersecurity workers and continually validate that those standards are effective, an expert on cybersecurity issues told a Senate committee on Tuesday.
Digital Government
The Default Problem for EMRs
Leaving systems on default settings have been a big problem for computer users when it comes to <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090729_2566.php>peer to peer programs</a> and even <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2007/09/hacking_so_easy_a_cave_man_can.php>major networks</a>.
Modernization
White House advisers soliciting ideas for 'golden triangle' technologies
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is the latest to create an open government Web platform to discuss what they are calling the "golden triangle" of new technologies.
Digital Government
Flatten your network to consolidate data centers
Network consolidation -- "flattening" -- is not the only component, but it is a key element of simplifying data center operations and improving data center performance, some industry experts say.
Cybersecurity
Interior loses CD with personal data for 7,500 federal employees
The Interior Department's National Business Center in Denver hasn't found a compact disc that contains personally identifiable information for 7,500 federal employees
People
Navy, GSA in search of tech leaders
Navy CIO Robert Carey is expected to take on new duties within the Navy, while the General Services Administration is looking for a deputy CIO to be the liaison to other senior GSA officials.
Digital Government
Air Force calls up cell phone plan to save millions
Service will heed the advice of an employee and change its cell phone strategy.
Digital Government
Hill mulls requiring regulators to use uniform reporting format for financial industry
Common standard could highlight financial problems sooner and give the public and financial sector greater insight into markets.
Cybersecurity
DHS needs power to compel agencies to fix security holes
The Office of Management and Budget also should have the authority to tell federal managers they will help pay for the work or bluntly say they must find the money, experts tell Congress.
Digital Government