Digital Government
Several agencies are headed for a modest increase in IT spending
SSA, Homeland Security, USDA and others receive boosts for technology projects.
Cybersecurity
DHS asks for nearly $1 billion to protect critical networks, systems
Cybersecurity funding is more than expected, but spending on bolstering security for critical infrastructures may fall short, say security specialists.
Digital Government
Veterans Affairs seeks 6 percent hike in IT spending for fiscal 2010
Large portion of increase would go to the Veterans Benefits Administration and to fund the development of a new financial management system.
Modernization
Budget boosts spending on Defense communications
Pentagon scales back Future Combat and Tactical Satellite systems.
Ideas
Cyber Breaches: Worse Than You Think
It may seem as if a new breach of some computer system or network is reported every couple of months; but actually, one security expert says it's worse than that.
Digital Government
Missed Buying an Enigma Machine
I like serendipity when it happens -- especially when it concerns something as odd as the current head of the National Security Agency and the German World War II encryption device known as the "<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine>Enigma Machine</a>."
People
Senators grill VA's CIO nominee
Roger Baker answered senators' pointed questions about how he would deal with system failures and other IT problems at the Veterans Affairs Department.
Cybersecurity
Coordinated efforts needed to fight cyberattacks
Agencies must prepare to face adversaries capable of launching persistent attacks from multiple locations, experts say at a cybersecurity conference.
Acquisition
FCW Insider: The problem with publishing contractor performance data
Michael Lent, editor of Government Services Insider, questions the value of publishing contractor performance data publically available, given its dubious quality.
Digital Government
Coast Guard to harness ocean data to improve search and rescue
The Coast Guard can use maps of ocean surface currents to track probable paths of shipwreck victims and drifting lifeboats.
Cybersecurity
Expert: White House needs cybersecurity coordinator
An expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said the job of securing government networks is too big for one person to be its operational leader.
Cybersecurity
Panel says it will approve millions more for swine flu
The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said the group will approve spending more than $2 billion to deal with swine flu.
Modernization