Ideas
Commitee Passes Cybersecurity Bill
The House Committee on Science and Technology approved a bill Wednesday to support cybersecurity research and training, and the development of clear cybersecurity standards for federal agencies to follow.
Digital Government
Feds falling behind in the race against cyber threats, GAO says
Despite increased cooperation among agencies that protect the government's information infrastructure, persistent vulnerabilities and lack of comprehensive security programs leave government IT systems vulnerable to attack.
People
Get a Life: Why feds should be thankful
Blogger Judy Welles highlights recent developments that bode well for federal workers.
Modernization
Industry would get hit in cyber war, report says
Privately owned critical infrastructure likely to be targeted in a cyber war between nations, a report says.
Digital Government
Scholarships for Federal IT Service
A bill introduced on Tuesday would create a scholarship program to fund education in mission-critical fields in exchange for a federal service commitment. The bill (S.2789), introduced by Sens. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would create a civilian counterpart to the military's Reserve Officer Training Corps by offering scholarships in mission-critical fields like information technology, science, engineering, public health and law, in exchange for a commitment to work for the government.
People
How to defend against social-media brand thieves
Strategies businesses use for social media also work well for government organizations, a Web marketing expert said at the Web 2.0 Expo.
Digital Government
NIH preparing small business GWAC for IT services
The National Institutes of Health has released a draft RFP for a small business set-aside acquisition vehicle that will cover a broad array of IT services.
Digital Government
Hospitals tighten security on patient data
More than half of health care executives surveyed said they are buying new cybersecurity tools to comply with the economic stimulus law's requirements to protect patient data.
Digital Government
Army chief of staff outlines global security challenges
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey outlines four key areas must be addressed for global security.
Modernization
Bill would make P2P software a no-no for fed systems
Popular, commercially available file-sharing programs would be generally banned from federal systems under a bill proposed in the House.
Modernization