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Cybersecurity
Soundbytes: Undies, Bureaucrats and Blue Ribbons
A weekly roundup of comments from Nextgov.com. All comments are presented in their original, unedited form.
Digital Government
First responders still struggle to communicate, despite technology standards
Various interpretations of P25 specifications hamper interoperability among radio systems.
Digital Government
Debate focuses on how to protect users' privacy if Web-tracking tools are allowed on federal sites
OMB expected to relax ban on agencies' use of cookies and other analytics to collect information on visitors' online activities.
Digital Government
Eight named Nextgov Award winners
Federal managers recognized for taking risks, overcoming bureaucratic inertia and cultural resistance to roll out technology that improves government performance.
Cybersecurity
Cyber chief to name admired Senate staffer to deputy post, sources say
Cybersecurity experts praise the impending appointment of Sameer Bhalotra as a 'coup for Howard Schmidt.'
Cybersecurity
TSA's Database of Jerks
For nearly three years, the Transportation Security Administration has been assembling a database of airline passengers who are overly rude or threaten a screener. USAToday published an <a href=http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-05-24-TSA-threatening-fliers-watch-list_N.htm>article</a> on the database Monday, reporting:
Ideas
With Oil Spill, DOI Quickly Hires CIO
The Interior Department, saddled with handling the Gulf Coast oil spill, on Wednesday quickly moved to appoint a new chief information officer, Bernard J. Mazer. He will replace Sanjeev Bhagowalia, who joined the General Services Administration on Monday.
Digital Government
Uncle Sam Wants You (for HIT)
Scrapping the country's paper medial records and replacing them with health ITsystems is a massive undertaking requiring human capital that currently does not exist. Moreover, producing tens of thousands of health IT experts requires an infrastructure--certified training programs, curricula, instructors and competency exams--that is not yet in place.
Digital Government
Hill Wants Access to Secret SIPRNet
Congress -- an outfit which consists of 535 folks in search of a sound bite and <a href=http://www.c-span.org/questions/weekly35.asp>24,000 staffers</a> who support that goal -- wants access to the Defense Department's classified network, or also known as the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet).
Digital Government
Facebook changes privacy controls -- again
Facebook has announced new, simplified privacy controls that CEO Mark Zuckerberg says are in response to user reaction to the last round of privacy changes.
Digital Government
Generation Standby
I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/05/attracting_gen_y.php">wrote</a> on Monday about a study that found the Millenial Generation values an organization's culture more than its access to technology when deciding where to apply for a job. But another study by security firm Clearswift finds that members of all generations value the permission to use the Internet at work for personal reasons more than they value other benefits such as job titles and even pay.
Digital Government
Supercomputer tapped for 3D models of oil spill
The National Science Foundation has made an emergency allocation of 1 million compute-hours on a supercomputer used at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas to create 3-D models of the spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Cybersecurity
Interior names new CIO
Bernard Mazer will replace Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia as Interior's chief information officer.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon to adopt FBI's suspicious activity reporting system
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered the Defense Department to use the FBI’s eGuardian suspicious activity reporting system to record and track law-enforcement information about potential threats against the military or military installations.
Modernization
DARPA builds Cyber Range to test security measures
DARPA’s National Cyber Range is automated to ensure that new concepts can be moved rapidly from a test bed to an operational environment.
Digital Government