Digital Government
Health data breach notification rule starts Sept. 23
A new Health and Human Services Department rule that requires health care organizations to notify patients when their data is disclosed without authorization goes into effect Sept. 23.
Cybersecurity
TSA needs privacy IT tools, IG says
The TSA has made progress in implementing privacy protections, but still needs to beef up its monitoring and enforcement with automated tools, DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner says.
Digital Government
Standards body issues draft advisory on maintaining open government data
Government Computer News
Digital Government
IG: TSA employees are well-informed on privacy issues
Automated tools would help the agency better protect personal information stored on computers, IG reports.
Cybersecurity
IG blasts management of Energy's classified information network
National Nuclear Security Administration program lacks capacity to handle required data.
Digital Government
Most companies meet deadline to file financial data in new format
SEC officials say first set of filings using the interoperable XBRL language had some firms 'anxious', but fewer problems are expected in the next batch.
Digital Government
FCC chairman proposes rules to codify principles of 'Net neutrality'
In a speech Monday at the Brooking Institution, Julius Genachowski said he wants to adopt formal rules to ensure that Internet carriers do not unduly interfere with traffic on their networks.
People
FCC's social-media efforts draw fire
FCC has introduced new social-media tools while existing systems languish, a critic says.
People
Is Transparency Killing Partnership?
Two gatherings last week prompted similar disturbing questions about the current state of relations between government and industry.
Ideas
Threat Levels and Dangerous Biscuits
I was rather entertained a few weeks ago when I <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43528&dcn=e_hsw">read</a> that former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said politics was never a factor in determining whether the nation's color-coded terror-alert level should be raised.
Digital Government
Will Schools Go Easy on Vets?
I'm picking up strong signals that the Veterans Affairs Department has started contacting colleges and universities around the country to determine whether or not they will throw veterans off campus if the schools do not receive timely tuition payments as promised under the post-9/11 GI bill.
Modernization