People

Welles: Agencies will recover too

Federal employees can expect more work and visibility as the economic recovery efforts move ahead.

Cybersecurity

DNI: Improvement needed tracking cyberattacks

Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence, said today intelligence agencies are working to improve their ability to accurately and quickly attribute the sources of cyber attacks.

Modernization

VA will use existing technology for new GI bill benefits

An automated system to process veterans’ education benefits won’t become operational until late 2010, VA officials said.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers get update on cybersecurity review

After being briefed about the Obama administration's 60-day cybersecurity review, Rep. James Langevin (D-R.I.)said he expects that the Obama administration will coordinate its new cybersecurity strategy at the White House.

Digital Government

NIST gets funding increase

InformationWeek

Digital Government

Document system to support Obama's transparency initiative, GPO says

The agency launched the new network in February to make federal digital records available, even if document formats like Microsoft Word change.

Cybersecurity

White House to coordinate cybersecurity efforts

Obama's senior cyber official tells a House caucus that OMB could expand its staff to conduct more oversight of agencies' security initiatives.

Ideas

DeSeve's Tech Savvy a Plus

As Government Executive Staff Correspondent Robert Brodsky points out in an <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42344&dcn=todaysnews">article</a> on the appointment of Edward DeSeve to implement the recently enacted economic stimulus package, DeSeve's technology experience will come in handy.

Digital Government

The NGEN Feeding Frenzy Begins

The Navy will hold an Industry Day on March 31 to discuss how it plans to transition from the Navy Marine Corps Intranet run by EDS to its <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/03/gauss_to_run_navy_ngen_acquisi.php>Next Generation Enterprise Network</a>, a <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39351&ref=rellink>massive deal</a> potentially worth as much as $10 billion.

Acquisition

Obama again touches on procurement reform

President Barack Obama spoke briefly at a news conference about the need for contracting reform and said details would come soon.

Cybersecurity

IG: TSA database behind schedule

The Transportation Security Administration has fallen behind schedule and had higher costs because of technical problems in developing its Known Shipper Management System database, according to a new report.