Cybersecurity

DHS' volatile funding history

The total amount of funding for state and locals grants has varied greatly in the past six fiscal years.

People

Bush's legacy is Obama's uncertain mandate

The Bush administration did a commendable job of creating and expanding e-government programs. Now it falls to President Barack Obama to carry the effort forward.

Modernization

Sweat pants and metrics

Telework improves efficiency and reduces costs, but how can a manager know which employees are working hard and which are hardly working?

Acquisition

Partner or patsy?

The economic downturn gives agencies a tool for negotiating contract discounts – if they use it.

Ideas

Baker Tapped for VA CIO?

It looks like the Obama administration is vetting long-time federal IT executive Roger Baker for the chief information officer post at the Veterans Affairs Department, according to sources.

Cybersecurity

DHS prepares to deploy virtual fence

Lab testing of the Homeland Security Department's SBInet virtual fence revealed minor computer bugs that are expected to be fixed before construction begins in March or April, the program's director said.

Modernization

Air Force relaunches weather Web site

Video forecasts of weather conditions around the world are designed for families with deployed military service members.

Digital Government

Baker Tapped for VA CIO?

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Digital Government

DHS set to begin tech component of troubled border network

SBI Director Mark Borkowski says the program's on track but faces funding hurdles and Secretary Napolitano's history of skepticism.

Cybersecurity

ODNI's Hathaway expected to be named cyber czar

Cybersecurity advisor will conduct 60-day review of federal security efforts to drive President Obama's cyber agenda, sources say.