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
Panel says White House should oversee cybersecurity efforts
Much of the responsibility for cybersecurity should be taken from OMB, which would focus on the budget, according to a report.
People
Report from Croatia: Facebook causes political firestorm
A 22-year-old Facebook member created the controversy by starting a group for people who do not like the country's prime minister.
Digital Government
Confusion hinders use of GSA schedule contracts
Federal security officials often look for simpler means of buying products and services, survey finds.
People
Letter: Lack of experienced auditors, inspectors leads to high acquisition workforce turnover
A reader writes to say inexperienced auditors and inspectors leads to high turnover rates in the acquisition workforce.
Digital Government
DHS to deliver data-mining report to lawmakers today
Paper comes on the heels of National Research Council recommendation that some data from phone and medical records not valuable to counterterrorism efforts.
Digital Government
Defense launches personal health record application test
Soldiers and their families use Google and Microsoft health-records software to manage their medical files online.
Cybersecurity
Experts: Enterprise architecture key to IT security
The availability of malware on the Web is creating new security challenges, they say.
People
FedTracker: Obama site lists transition teams
Change.gov has a very helpful list of the Obama-Biden transition team leaders, broken down by topic area. The main page lists them all; clicking a particular category, such as "Government Operations Team Leads," brings up detailed biographies of the individuals on the team.
People
Technology means more than just IT
Obama’s tech leader must not limit agenda to security, infrastructure.
People
CTOs should embrace, not eclipse, CIOs
Agency IT leaders are essential for a governmentwide CTO’s success.
People
Obama needs a change agent, not a bureaucracy
The newly created role is right for real transformation leader.
People
Obama’s CTO: Some assembly required
Experts describe their vision of the government’s top technologist.
People
Breaking down the rule
Starting Dec. 12, the government can suspend or disbar a company that doesn't comply with new rules for disclosing criminal allegations.
People
Watchdogs make industry leery
Federal contractors must report evidence of crimes to inspectors general under new requirements.
People