Cybersecurity
Build a better test for your emergency response systems
There are a variety of techniques and tools that agencies can use to get the most out of the time and money they spend testing their emergency management systems.
Cybersecurity
Independent evaluations
Eastern Kentucky University independently evaluates how well commercial incident management software meets the criteria of the National Incident Management System standard.
Cybersecurity
Pointers: Recommended reading
Lessons learned from data breaches; Password hackers on the loose; the Internet and civic engagement; and Twitter guidelines.
Cybersecurity
NARA digs out of digital avalanche
The National Archives is under mounting pressure to help the federal government manage its rapidly growing store of electronic records.
Modernization
NARA's top 10 management challenges
The Office of Inspector General recently listed what it considers the most significant challenges facing the agency.
Digital Government
GSA's Casey Coleman sees mix of public, private services in the cloud
Government applications that don't have stringent requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act could be the first available for testing in a public cloud environment, according to the leader of the Federal CIO Cloud Working Group.
Digital Government
McLean start-up expands to try to harness Twitter's popularity
The Washington Post
Digital Government
Panel questions VA outsourcing IT systems work to Navy
CIO says Veterans Affairs will work to improve statements of work, be more specific on what it wants and create a repository of contract documents.
Digital Government
Army to buy e-mail system that could be expanded across Pentagon
Project could unify 1.2 million uniformed service members and 650,000 Defense civilians on a single, compatible e-mail platform.
Digital Government
Agencies may be unable to meet request for downloadable data
Much of government data is stored in a format not conducive for searching and manipulating -- requirements that will be part of the open government directive, e-gov professionals say.
Cybersecurity
NRC, FERC to cooperate on cybersecurity for nuke plants
Regulatory commissions will coordinate to protect nuclear power facilities.
Ideas
Kundra: Transparency Will Take Time
Speaking at a Washington conference on government technology, the <a href="http://www.gov2summit.com/">Gov 2.0 Summit</a>, this morning, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra acknowledged that to achieve the transparency the Obama administration has promised there would need to be upgrades to many agencies' antiquated IT infrastructures. Delivering those upgrades on the other hand, may be a task that outlasts both Kundra and the administration.
Ideas
More Recovery Funds for Airport Security
The Homeland Security Department will infuse airports with $35.4 million in recovery funds to enhance security, bringing the total amount of recovery dollars dedicated to screening and explosives detection technology to $1 billion.
People