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
Military and overseas voters to get online options
The 2010 Defense Authorization Act includes requirements to ease voting for Americans overseas.
Digital Government
Space agency inches toward multi-billion dollar IT contracts
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Survey shows cyberattacks are getting more disruptive
Increasing number of incidents involve invading computer networks and defacing Web sites.
Digital Government
Postal Service mail tracking system doesn't deliver
Watchdog agency finds the project was finished 10 months late and failed to significantly streamline the types of bar codes used to trace deliveries.
Digital Government
VA, Kaiser testing the exchange of electronic health records
Veterans in the San Diego area who receive medical care will be invited to participate in pilot to test the fledging Nationwide Health Information Network.
Digital Government