Cybersecurity
Vendor recommends federal software security mandate
Government would benefit from building safeguards into software during development, report says.
Digital Government
Lack of reporting, communication threaten TARP program
Without reports on taxpayer-funded capital and a plan to convey its actions to the public, the relief plan risks future funding, GAO says.
Digital Government
DHS awards contract for surveillance systems along U.S.-Canada border
Boeing will deploy networks in Buffalo and Detroit and conduct a yearlong test to determine enhancements the department should add.
Digital Government
VA program to schedule patient appointments on verge of collapse
Failure of the overdue application, a core piece of a new medical system, angers veterans groups and has officials worried about a reaction from the Hill and White House.
Ideas
A Conficker Worm Diagnosis
Federal agencies worried that they might be infected with the dreaded computer worm "Conficker," which has infected more than 10 million computers worldwide, now have a tool to find out.
Digital Government
The Army Got It Right
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - Reporters are known as cynics and cranks (that's what my friends in the public affairs shops in the Pentagon tell me) so I'm going to run against the trend. The folks from the White Sands Missile Range, the New Mexico National Guard and the Reserve Officer Training Corps who ran the Bataan Memorial Death March at the Missile Range did the Army proud.
Digital Government
GSA says it's confident in Alliant decision
GSA officials said they are on solid ground with their decision to award 59 places on the Alliant IT contract.
Modernization
DHS seeks info on Common Operational Picture
The Homeland Security Department is asking companies for advice on how to proceed with plans to improve its situational awareness tools.
People
GAO urges public to report stimulus law waste
The billions available for spending raise the potential for inappropriate use and mismanagement, GAO’s acting comptroller general said.
Modernization
Napolitano to review satellite imagery program
The DHS secretary agrees to review a controversial program that uses spy satellites for domestic security.
Acquisition