Cybersecurity
Letter: Airport employees are not beyond temptation
A reader writes to say that it took 13 years after the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the 2001 terrorist attacks to address airport security.
Cybersecurity
Transition Watch Chertoff says wait on DHS revamp
Secretary Michael Chertoff has urged his successor to wait on any reorganization that could increase fear and doubt across the sprawling Homeland Security Department.
Cybersecurity
House-Senate dispute looms over cybersecurity authority
Aides in the Senate criticize idea of moving responsibility for cybersecurity to a new White House Office that has yet to be created.
Digital Government
Technology groups continue on path to consolidation
Mergers will help industry tell its story to the Obama administration and lawmakers, executive says.
Digital Government
GSA to miss 2008 deadline for Alliant services contract
But agency plans to issue awards for the IT services pact to small businesses by the end of the year.
Digital Government
Wearable supercomputer could provide training on the go
Company is designing 1-pound unit packed with the power of a desktop PC that supports a range of military applications
Digital Government
The Lectern: Pilgrimage season in Mecca
Blogger Steve Kelman reports on the results of a study related to social attitudes of people taking part in the Hajj.
People
Get a Life!: Open season extended
The Office of Personnel Management has extended the open season for health benefits until the end of January 2009. It didn't happen without some last-minute advocacy, writes blogger Judy Welles.
Ideas
Improving Government Through Breathalyzers
Assuming that the soon-to-be Obama administration is serious about <a href="http://change.gov/page/content/americanmoment">entertaining new ideas</a> for creating an open approach to government, I thought a review of some ideas for improving government that other countries are contemplating might be worth considering here as well. </p><p> In the United Kingdom, for instance, the Tory Party is going <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5168006.ece">to make</a> their MPs receive compulsory lessons in scientific literacy in order to strengthen evidence-based policy making. The Conservative Party is concerned about the lack of scientific expertise and understanding in both the House of Commons and in Whitehall.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: What your ethics officer needs to know about the Fed 100
Don't worry, the value of the Federal 100 award is not in the trophy.
Digital Government
Letter: Kudos to consolidating recruitment systems
A reader praises the Department of Homeland Security for consolidating more than 50 separate recruitment systems.
Modernization
DHS will use new privacy protection principles in research
The principles for implementing privacy protections will be used in all new DHS Science and Technology Directorate research projects, including those that involve data mining.
Cybersecurity
Group urges White House to lead on cybersecurity
The next president should deal with the growing cybersecurity threat by creating a new White House cybersecurity office and National Security Council directorate, commission says.
People
Experts: Changes will come fast for government IT
Executives say a new administration and new generation of workers will force government information technology to evolve quickly.
Acquisition
GSA bumps $50B Alliant awards to 2009
The agency has completed re-evaluations of Alliant Small Business bids and expects to announce awards in December.
Cybersecurity
Audit finds DHS weak in balance sheet reporting
The weaknesses cover financial reporting, general financial and application controls, and budget accounting, the audit states.
Cybersecurity
Letter: Article should have mentioned FFRDCs
A reader says the Homeland Security Institute will be replaced with the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute.
People
Report: Administration has mixed record on clearances
The administration has made some gains in managing security clearances, but the process is still cumbersome, according to a new report by a House committee chairman.
Cybersecurity