Cybersecurity
DHS to expand US-VISIT biometric collection
The Homeland Security Department will expand its collection of digital fingerprints and photographs to include more categories of non-citizens who enter the United States.
People
Researchers get supercomputer time from DOE
The program gives scientists access to powerful supercomputers to speed research.
Digital Government
To-Do Without
Neither sleet, nor snow, nor the loss of electricity can keep FCW cartoonist John Klossner from blogging.
People
FedTracker: Kerry likes Obama's SBA choice
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a seasoned venture capitalist to head the Small Business Administration. Obama's announcement earlier today drew cheers from Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship committee.
Cybersecurity
Panelists encourage more dialogue between IT workers and policymakers
Technology gurus could grab lawmakers' attention by describing cyber threats in nontechnical language, officials say.
Digital Government
SEC mandates open standard for financial records
Requiring public companies to file documents in XBRL could improve oversight of financial markets and change the way stocks are analyzed, investment professionals say.
Digital Government
Hacking The Hill
How the Chinese -- or someone -- hacked into House of Representatives computers in 2006, and what it will take to keep out the next electronic invader.
Digital Government
What's Brewin: Lest We Forget
Stories of troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan this holiday season
Ideas
The Empty Vessel of Transparency
Nextgov <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081212_4966.php">reported</a> on Friday that the Office of Management and Budget updated its <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/vue-it/index.html#path5/path5.json|path2/path2.json">Visualization for Understanding Expenditures in Information Technology</a>, which monitors federal information technology investments. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said he was disappointed that "OMB still won't provide the American taxpayers with all the information necessary to determine whether their money is being spent wisely." He added that he's "starting to think OMB isn't properly collecting this information."
Cybersecurity