Modernization
CBP updates trade data repository
The agency has updated its Automated Commercial Environment system to take into account new document rules.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Dead people can still get passports
The State Department needs to conduct mandatory checks of a death database to avoid issuing fraudulent passports, GAO recommends in a new report.
Modernization
Library of Congress starts YouTube channel
Recent and historical videos from the library’s collection are available on the channel.
Digital Government
Maryland assembly closes door on licenses for illegal immigrants
The Washington Post
Digital Government
IG: CBP didn't give auditors enough info on passenger system
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Standard electronic processing could ease FOIA backlog
Federal agencies need software that will help them keep up with requests for documents, group finds.
Digital Government
Government wins $128 million settlement from GSA contractor
Company allegedly failed to adhere to agreement's price reduction clause.
Digital Government
Defense, VA should convert old code to build new record system
Vendors claim changing software that runs electronic health records systems into Java language would cost a fraction the price of creating joint system.
Digital Government
Panel says tech companies might not see immediate profit from stimulus
Users can track some federal spending for free now through various Web sites.
Ideas
OpenSecrets Opens Data
Lobbyist watchdog Web site <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/">OpenSecrets.org</a> is releasing the data underlying its searchable databases so that anyone can download and manipulate the information, the site announced on Monday.
Digital Government
Coming: A Bigger NMCI Mailbox
Navy Marine Corps Intranet users have repeatedly complained about the storage limitations of the intranet's e-mail system ever since the Navy and EDS (now owned by Hewlett-Packard) started to roll it out nine years ago.
Ideas
Egg Roll: Another Chance for Tech
Our friends over at Tech Daily Dose blog report that the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, which was held today, was more high tech than in the past. Not a surprise coming from this wired administration. "For the first time, tickets were distributed online, allowing families from across the country to attend the annual tradition," according to the blog.
Cybersecurity
IG: CBP didn't give auditors enough info on passenger system
DHS' inspector general said he did not receive enough information to fully assess the privacy and security enhancements to Customs and Border Protection's airline passenger database.
People