Digital Government
Unreal ID
As everyone on the planet knows by now, all you need to attend a state dinner at the White House is either a red sari or a tuxedo -- and lot of chutzpah. But, and this is even stranger, unless something changes drastically within the next 30 days, I'm going to need a passport to take a domestic air flight.
Ideas
Metro IT Money Unspent
Washington's Metro system has spent only eight percent of the economic stimulus funds it has budgeted for information technology, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The Recovery Act enacted last February provided the beleaguered transportation system with $10.65 million for hardware and software to improve maintenance, monitor network traffic and protect Metro systems for disaster recovery.
Ideas
Nothrop Grumman forms cyber consoritium
Federal contractor Northrop Grumman <a href="http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=179362">announced</a> a Cybersecurity Research Consortium Tuesday morning that will combine its own research expertise with that of Carnegie Mellon, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Purdue University to develop solutions to counter cyber threats.
People
OMB survey asks who's gone green
The Office of Management and Budget wants to know more about agencies and their green purchasing and recycling habits.
People
DOD social-media policy still in limbo
Official promises the policy is very close to completion.
Cybersecurity
NARA weighs standardizing access rules for foreign vendors seeking secret data
A NARA office wants to establish a standardized process through which some highly sensitive data could be released under special agreement to foreign-owned or controlled contractors.
People
Facebook plans DC event for application developers
Facebook will hold an event to help software developers create government applications for the social networking site.
Cybersecurity
Immigration and Customs looking at performance-based software development
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering using performance-based contracts for software development to modernize its IT systems.
Cybersecurity
Northrop Grumman to fund university research on cybersecurity tech
Northrop Grumman plans to fund researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Purdue University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with millions of dollars to focus on leap-ahead cybersecurity technologies.
People
HHS updates acquisition regs with new rules for transparency, green purchasing
The Health and Human Services Department is doing its first major update to its acquisition regulation since 2006.
Digital Government
Internet Explorer users face new zero-day threat
Just before Thanksgiving Day, Microsoft released a security advisory on a vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7 browsers, based on "new public reports."
Digital Government
Obama: 2010 Pay Raise 2 Percent
President Obama on Monday reiterated that he will limit the across-the board pay increase for federal employees to 2 percent in 2010.
Modernization
Readers offer stuffing for IT turkey
Readers suggest a few projects that could have made our Thanksgiving list of failed, or deeply troubled, government IT projects and debate the causes of such large-scale failures.
Cybersecurity
Certifications are not a panacea for cybersecurity woes
A national certification program for cybersecurity professionals won't solve our security problems, writes Daniel Castro.
People
AFCEA branches into federal energy initiatives
Newly focused chapter to facilitate collaboration between industry and government leaders in science, technology and policy.
Digital Government