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People on the move, events in the news
A who's who of former federal information technology leaders joined in recognizing this year's honorees at the Association for Federal Information Resources Management’s annual Executive Leadership Awards at the Capital Hilton June 17.
Modernization
Data Mining
Telecommuters can handle more work; Cloud and mobile computing will overtake PCs by 2020; Feds use unsafe methods to transfer files.
People
Return to sender: Rethinking the Army's e-mail ambitions
Enterprise e-mail represents a positive step for the Army and DOD, but what will it take to get it done?
Digital Government
White House to move slowly on inherently governmental IT jobs
But Congress could pass language that contractors worry could foster arbitrary insourcing rather than support strategic cost-analysis.
Cybersecurity
National ID management plan draft short on details
Online users and a former top IT official question how security and privacy will be addressed in the proposed strategy to verify identities online.
Modernization
Tracking gulf oil spill efforts, in real time
Anyone with a Web browser and Internet connection can now track data related to the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill in real time.
Digital Government
Obama administration cracks down on late, over budget IT projects
White House orders review of all high-risk IT initiatives, halts investments in financial system modernization efforts.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity credential could make hiring even harder
An influential advisory body is expected to recommend that federal information technology security workers be formally certified for their cybersecurity skills.
Modernization
Obama backs FCC broadband plan
But the White House doesn't identify where they'll acquire the necessary spectrum to make the expanded service a reality.
Cybersecurity
Editor's note: Improving FISMA
To complement the Federal Information Security Management Act, some agencies are adopting a strategy that depends, in part, on a package of 20 security practices, named the Consensus Audit Guidelines.
Digital Government
The best of the federal blogosphere
A case of hidden dangers a lesson in leadership, and the fight against human trafficking.
People
Recommended reading
IT burnout: When the thrill is gone; Project management pitfalls to avoid; Must-haves for government social media policies.
Digital Government
Buzz Factor
These were the most-read stories on FCW.com during the past two weeks.
Digital Government
Challenges from all sides beset CISOs
Federal chief information security officers must balance a bewildering array of competing needs.
Cybersecurity
DHS front and center in Congress' cybersecurity debate--again
A proposed expansion of the Homeland Security Department's authority to protect networks and systems is central to one comprehensive Senate proposal but absent from another.
Cybersecurity
Interior catches flak for breach disclosure
Critics say the Interior Department was overly cautious when it disclosed the loss of an encrypted CD containing personally identifiable information of about 7,500 federal employees.
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