Cybersecurity
GSA preps technology integration program for new DHS headquarters
The General Services Administration is encouraging vendors on the Alliant contract to bid for the IT-related work that is part of the $3.4 billion project at DHS' new headquarters.
Digital Government
NASA info security controls are broken, GAO concludes
A GAO study found that an incomplete information security program has left weaknesses in NASA networks and information systems that could leave it open to disruption or penetration. But the space agency says improvements in security controls are being made.
Digital Government
GSA preps technology integration program for new DHS headquarters
Federal Computer Week
Modernization
Congress requires Homeland Security's data center to go green
In passing fiscal 2010 funding, the House stipulates that more than half of the center's budget be set aside until DHS develops ways to ensure there is enough electricity.
Digital Government
Military retiree launches virtual Army Family Support Center
Virtual world offers links to information and a chat room for relatives of service members.
Cybersecurity
NASA systems and data vulnerable to hackers, malicious employees
Some centers did not always restrict access to sensitive files and information, putting space missions at risk, GAO reports.
Ideas
A Short Route to Gov 2.0
<a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091015_3756.php?oref=topnews">My story</a> on Thursday about the creation of <a href="http://go.usa.gov/">go.usa.gov</a>, the official government link shortener, is probably not going to dominate the headlines on the day when Recovery.gov is rolling out the first wave of recipient-reported data. But it's a small example of the type of innovation that can only help the government increase its ability to serve the American public online.
Digital Government
Contractors Wag Defense Watchdog
Want some outrage today? Take out your pay stub, look at the gaping hole the Internal Revenue Service has made in your income and then read this Government Accountability Office <a href=http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10163t.pdf>testimony</a>. It details how contractors have managed to defang the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the outfit that's supposed to protect the public purse from looters called federal contractors.
Cybersecurity
Cyber warfare: Sound the alarm or move ahead in stride?
Military leaders and analysts say evolving cyber threats, which some believe could produce a "digital Hurricane Katrina," will require the Defense Department to work more closely with experts in industry.
Modernization
Adapting to cloud requires agility, flexibility
Speakers from the Transportation Department, FedEx and Manpower Inc. offer insights about cloud implementations.
People
DEA counsel wants to buy new case management system
The Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Chief Counsel is looking for an off-the-shelf software application that could track and manage cases for 102 attorneys.
Cybersecurity