Cybersecurity
Lawmaker to seek statutory authority for cyber adviser
Expressing frustration with the Obama administration, a key House lawmaker on Thursday said he will introduce a bill soon to codify the powers of a White House adviser for national cybersecurity efforts.
Digital Government
TSA not adequately testing airport screening systems, GAO says
The Transportation Security Administration still does not know whether its passenger screening systems at airports are effectively addressing the greatest threats to aviation, the Government Accountability Office reported on Thursday.
Cybersecurity
Compliance focus is hampering cybersecurity, critics say
OMB urged to update federal security standards to better detect network vulnerabilities and keep up with new threats.
Digital Government
Federal CTO: Smart grid, e-health records, broadband need CIO input
Government Technology
Digital Government
More detailed stimulus reports could end up creating more jobs
The new data, which showed 650,000 jobs created and status of projects, could support a budding industry that sells recovery-compliance tools.
Digital Government
Questions For VA Contract Award
ACS Federal won the contract that the Veterans Affairs Department <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091028_2433.php>announced</a> on Wednesday to pitch in, on a temporary basis, to help the department process GI bill benefit claims.
Ideas
Recovery.gov Missing Pieces
Recovery.gov on Friday will sport a few improvements and a lot more offerings, but perhaps one piece of valuable information will be missing: the demographics of the people receiving money.
Digital Government
20 must-follow contracts
We rank the top 20 biggest and most important contracts that will hit the market during the next 12 months.
People
Pay for performance haunted by NSPS failure
The imminent demise of the National Security Personnel System leaves many wondering about the prospects for pay for performance in government.
Digital Government
DHS Expands IdeaFactory
The Homeland Security Department is expanding the Transportation Security Administration's interactive <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/innovations/IdeaFactory/">IdeaFactory</a> across the entire department, an agency spokesman said Thursday. Larry Orluskie, a DHS spokesman and project manager for the departmentwide rollout of the IdeaFactory, told Wired Workplace that the new Web 2.0 platform will enable DHS' large and dispersed workforce to submit and collaborate on innovative ideas to improve the agency.
Cybersecurity