Cybersecurity

GAO: Fake IDs yield passports

GAO investigators had no problems getting genuine United States passports by using false documents.

Digital Government

FCW Insider: Should Kundra stay or go?

So far, we see no consensus among our readers about the future of Vivek Kundra as the federal government's first chief information officer.

People

DOD to review NSPS pay system

The Defense Department will delay further conversions while it and OPM evaluate the pay-for-performance system, official says.

Modernization

NARA wants new catalog

The National Archives and Records Administration wants information on how to replace the centralized system used to share and manage its holdings.

Modernization

Auditors: IRS should scan servers weekly

The IRS should scan all servers often to protect against malicious code and software attacks, IG recommends.

Acquisition

Law halts regulations for woman-owned businesses

The fiscal 2009 spending law prohibits the Small Business Administration from using Bush administration regulations.

Modernization

Auditors: FEMA acquisition files are a mess

Private auditors could locate only eight of the 24 contracting files they requested in a recent review at the agency's headquarters.

Modernization

House again considers electronic records bill

A new House bill would expand the National Archives and Records Administration's ability to dictate how agencies and the White House maintain electronic records.

Digital Government

GSA awards two more contracts for secure Internet service

AT&T and Qwest join Trusted Internet Connection initiative under Networx contract.

Digital Government

IRS improves cybersecurity, but still vulnerable to malware

Employees introduce risk by failing to comply with security policies, IG reports.

Digital Government

Army Bites GAO Back On FCS

The Government Accountability Office added another $21 billion to the price tag of the Army's Future Combat Systems program, which currently stands at $159 billion, in a <a href=http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09288.pdf>report</a> released on Thursday. The Army fired back in press call on Friday with a squad of two and three star generals.

Ideas

Questions for FBI and Kundra Vetting

One of the odd things about the FBI raid on the chief technology officer's office in the District of Columbia on Thursday -- and there are a lot of odd things -- is where was the FBI's communication with the White House?