Cybersecurity
State Department uses biometrics for computer access
An official says more than half of the 45,000 users of the department's unclassified network now use smart cards that contain biometrics to log onto that network.
Digital Government
What government data do you want to see?
Two open-government groups are asking the public what information it most wants the government to make more available and accessible online.
Digital Government
Obama's Transparency Lost on Defense
I had great hopes that President Obama's memo on <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/>transparency and openness</a> in government, as well as the new <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/FreedomofInformationAct/>Freedom of Information Act memo</a> would at last help me pry out the hidden details on the billions of dollars on task order contracts let by all three services, the Defense Information Systems Agency and other Defense agencies.
Ideas
Senate Stimulus Spares Health IT
Fellow blogger Andrew Noyes, at CongressDaily's Tech Daily Dose, reports that health care information technology looks to have (mostly) dodged the knife in the Senate's economic stimulus bill. His analysis:
Cybersecurity
Senate stimulus bill lacks House's E-Verify provision
The House version of the economic stimulus bill would require E-Verify employment verification for all contracts covered by the stimulus spending; the Senate bill approved today does not.
Cybersecurity
Today's headlines: From Federal Times, NextGov and more
In the news: GSA and stimulus spending; Stimulus and IT spending; Promotion for DHS cyber exec; Government and open-source software.
Cybersecurity
Recommended reading: More on the FAA data breach
Check out what other pubs are saying about the FAA data breach.
People
Government reform groups merge
The Council for Excellence in Government will merge its major programs and employees into the Partnership for Public Service.
Ideas
Oops, a Top Secret Tweet?
Perhaps there is a limit to how much information the government should release via social media. From <a href=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10159054-2.html>CNet</a>:
Digital Government
Reader feedback: The debate about open-source software
A recent article on a DOD open-source project elicited several interesting comments from readers.
Modernization
CBP seeks system to detect traffic congestion
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is looking for innovative technologies to monitor incoming traffic within 10 miles of the border between the United States and Canada.
Cybersecurity
FAA suffers massive data breach; more than 45,000 affected
The agency said the personally identifiable information of more than 45,000 employees and retirees was electronically stolen.
Modernization