Digital Government
Ease the Pain of FISMA Compliance in Cross-Platform Environments
Click here to improve your FISMA Report Card grade, from Centrify Corporation
Cybersecurity
DHS to use more simulations in infrastructure protection
Plan emphasizes importance of cybersecurity drills, but is light on specifics.
Digital Government
Farm Service to seek additional $200 million to fund modernization
Agency likely to receive lawmakers' support for new payment system, despite economic stimulus package providing only 20 percent of needed funds.
People
Get a Life: Front page challenge
The stimulus is an opportunity for federal workers to prove to the public that they have special jobs and know how to do them, writes blogger Judy Welles.
Cybersecurity
No one is 100 percent secure
The data breach at the Federal Aviation Administration, recently lauded for its cybersecurity practices, shows that how agencies respond to incidents is as important as their work to prevent them.
Modernization
Transparency of Recovery.gov under scrutiny
State and local databases might not feed information to Recovery.gov easily because of incompatibility issues.
Cybersecurity
Infrastructure protection plan calls for data warehouse
DHS is working on creating a national data warehouse as part of its updated National Infrastructure Protection Plan released on Feb. 19
Cybersecurity
DHS works on EAGLE small-business strategy
Officials are considering two approaches to host competitions for the EAGLE II - Small Business contract.
Modernization
DOD ceases separate testing of IPv6 products
Now all voice, video and data IPv6 products undergo a standard evaluation that can lead to being certified for DOD use.
Modernization
Turf buster: Enterprise architecture does the trick
The broad, interagency view provided by enterprise architecture led to the creation of Recreation.gov.
Modernization
National network to speed disability benefits
The Social Security Administration will soon begin using the Nationwide Health Information Network to reduce the time needed to determine eligibility for disability benefits.
Cybersecurity