Cybersecurity
Wagner, Thompson receive 2009 Azimuth Awards
The CIO Council gives awards for lifetime achievements in the government IT community.
Modernization
GAO will review state plans for stimulus cash
Federal auditors will check how state governments plan to spend their money from the new economic stimulus law, an official said.
Modernization
Army database may have been breached
Soldiers registered for the Operation Tribute to Freedom program may have had personal information exposed, the service says.
Modernization
Napolitano backs fusion centers
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the centers play an important role in her department's information-sharing efforts.
People
Also in the news: FBI arrests D.C. IT official who worked in Kundra's office
FBI agents raided the D.C. government offices where Kundra used to work and arrested a former employee of his in a bribery sting.
Digital Government
Kundra not implicated in bribery sting but faces uncertain future
Former government officials say it may be 'unfair' but realistic that Kundra's position as Obama's federal CIO could be questioned because of FBI investigation.
Digital Government
New federal CIO lays out ambitious technology agenda
Vivek Kundra says government must take advantage of consumer technologies.
People
Kundra: Government can lead the technology revolution
Tells FOSE audience he will focus on transparency, engagement, innovation and lowering the cost of government in his role as federal CIO.
Digital Government
VistA, 'Gold Standard' of EHRs
That's what Eric Shinseki, secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, told a House VA committee hearing on Tuesday. So, if this is the view of the boss, why, oh why, is VA so intent on ripping out the Gold Standard Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) electronic health record system for a new-fangled deal called Health eVet.
Ideas
It's Here: The Security Comic Strip
How funny can data theft, data loss, fraud and identity theft be? Pretty funny, according to portable storage device (read flash drives) <a href="http://www.cososys.com/">CoSoSys</a>. IN a press release sent out this morning, the company said it launched "a series of comic strips intended to educate the public regarding the embedded threats of portable and lifestyle devices."
Cybersecurity