People
The perks of working for government: Readers respond
A recent blog post by Judy Welles ("Get a Life!") prompted readers to think about why they work for government.
Cybersecurity
Agencies should evaluate contractors for security readiness
A recent breach at USAJobs.com provoked a debate on the wisdom of outsourcing services, especially considering the potential for identity theft using stolen job-seeker data.
Cybersecurity
Obama takes up the cybersecurity mantel
The Obama administration must decide the future of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.
Modernization
Treasury grapples with devising systems for TARP
The department plans to release soon requests for proposals for the modernization of two programs -- its foreign intelligence network and enterprise content management system.
Modernization
DHS to aid security at Oscars
Aerial technology dubbed L.A. Shield will support law enforcement set up around the ceremony's venue with real-time imagery and communications.
Digital Government
DISA to limit use of time-and-materials contracts
The agency will favor performance-based arrangements, officials say.
Digital Government
Official says Defense can save millions with in-house satellites
Commercial operators say they can provide capacity cheaper and quicker than Pentagon's Wideband Global System satellites
Digital Government
Casting the 'Net for a Replacement
Dr. S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, has used the <a href=www.health.mil>Military Health Systems Web site</a> both as a bully pulpit and a <a href=http://38.118.42.202/story_page.cfm?articleid=38853&ref=rellink>two-way communications tool</a> with corpsmen, medics, doctors and nurses worldwide since he took the job April 2007.
Ideas
DHS' New Privacy Officer
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1235067917533.shtm">announced today</a> that she has appointed Mary Ellen Callahan as chief privacy officer for the department. Callahan is a partner in the international law firm Hogan and Harston in Washington working on privacy and security issues.
Ideas