Digital Government
Super Fast Passport Service
I live in New Mexico, one of the 36 states whose drivers licenses will no longer qualify as identification for domestic air travel as of the New Year. That caused me to worry that I might <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/12/unreal_id.php>never return</a> from my holiday trip to Hawaii.
Modernization
Independent panel to review FAA system outage
An independent panel of experts will review a four-hour outage that occurred in the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure in November that resulted in flight delays.
Digital Government
Open Government Challenges
The White House on Tuesday unveiled a new <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-06.pdf">open government directive</a> that requires agencies to begin taking steps to expand access to and improve the quality of government information. The directive requires federal agencies to create within 60 days an open government Web page, and to develop and publish within 120 days an open government plan that describes how it will improve transparency and integrate public participation and collaboration into its activities.
People
Game changer: Open Government Directive puts new onus on agencies
White House lays out new data transparancy mandates—with deadlines.
Cybersecurity
Steven Cooper returns to government
Steven Cooper, the Homeland Security Department's first chief information officer, has returned to the federal government after four years away.
Modernization
All-seeing security program spreading throughout DOD
McAfee teams with Northrop Grumman to provide host-based security system that monitors Defense Department networks inside and out.
Digital Government
VA plans pilot projects for Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record initiative
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are seeking vendors for a series of pilot projects in anticipation of the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record program.
Digital Government
Vulnerability in DISA security scripts could leave systems at risk
DISA warns government users not to run Unix Readiness Review Scripts until it fixes a vulnerability.
Digital Government
Critical infrastructure protection calls for carrots and sticks
A report by the Internet Security Alliance stresses the use of economic incentives to improve the security of our critical infrastructure, but government regulation can also be an effective and sometimes necessary tool.
Digital Government
Will 2010 bring a wake-up call for cybersecurity?
Protecting the nation’s networked systems from cyber threats is not going to get any easier in 2010.
Digital Government
Is a 'digital Pearl Harbor' in our future?
We are more vulnerable than ever, but such an attack would not be easy.
Cybersecurity
Delays beset DHS financial systems procurement
The Homeland Security Department's second attempt to integrate its financial systems is more than a year behind the original schedule, according to a new GAO report.
People
White House open government directive arrives today
White House officials plan to release the open government directive today during a live Web chat with the federal chief technology and chief information officers.
Digital Government
Data gaps could hinder a nationwide traffic information system
Government Technology
Digital Government