People
Letter: Determining official business use of Internet will create more red tape
One of my concerns is: I'm able to obtain information from the Internet that's relevant to the support I provide today and the support I will likely be providing in the future. Web sites like this one keep us all informed of today's and tomorrow's needs.
People
Are White House e-mails gone for good?
Major differences between COOP and e-mail archiving systems are center stage.
People
DHS to promote Charbo
Scott Charbo, the department's CIO, will become deputy undersecretary for the National Planning and Programs Directorate, multiple sources confirmed.
People
DHS 2009 budget request seeks $12B for border security, immigration
President Bush will be asking for a $775 million for the department's Secure Border Initiative.
People
IG: DHS suffers from poor management
Integrating IT systems at DHS remains one of the greatest challenges, IG Richard Skinner wrote.
People
Army CIO talks transformation
Organizational strategy would restructure functions to improve warfighter support.
People
EPA, SSA get all greens on score card
On the latest President's Management Agenda score card, 82 percent of all grades are yellow or green.
Modernization
GSA ensuring offerings are IPv6-compliant
The agency sets up teams to focus on emerging technology, communications and contract portfolios.
People
New TSA blog takes off
Officials launched the Evolution of Security blog to increase understanding and calm tempers.
Modernization
IPv6 in France
Despite high-profile research efforts and government involvement, IPv6 observers say France, although a standout among European countries, lags behind the Asian leaders in actual deployments.
Modernization
IPv6 in Canada
Canada is moving less aggressively toward IPv6 than the United States is, according to experts.
Modernization
IPv6: How the rest of the world lives
Federal Computer Week looks at developments in three countries -- Canada, France and Japan -- representing a wide range of IPv6 development and deployment.
People
OMB: Give CFOs more responsibility
Chief financial officers are ready to go beyond data collection, said Danny Werfel, acting controller at the Office of Management and Budget.
People
Letter: Restricting network use is a disservice to our troops
A reader says DOD has the tools to protect sensitive data without sacrificing the sanity of deployed troops by taking away their access to the outside world.
People
Letter: Maybe DOD should ban Internet Explorer instead
A reader wonders how much of DOD’s security problem could be solved by using the Firefox browser rather than potentially blocking access to other agencies’ sites.
People