People

OMB promotes Shea

Robert Shea will be associate director for administration and government performance and takes charge of the agency's internal affairs.

People

ODNI tests Justice security control application

The goal is to help agencies improve their IT security by revitalizing the C&A process to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act.

Digital Government

Get a Life!: Keeping an eye on California fires

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People

Letter: Idea of cyberwarriors is scary

A reader envisions someone misinterpreting a "flashing button on some automated control panel as a target and launching a cyber photon torpedo, making a direct hit on [my] Internet service provider."

People

Bush to nominate Sturgell as new FAA chief

Robert Sturgell is currently deputy and acting administrator at the agency.

Digital Government

Senate passes 2008 spending bill for Labor, Education, HHS

The $606 billion appropriations bill would provide funding for the Labor, Education and Health and Human Services departments. President Bush promised to veto the bill.

People

Bush to nominate new FAA chief

Robert Sturgell is currently deputy and acting administrator at the agency.

Ideas

A Call for Better E-Gov

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Ideas

The More OMB Knows, The Worse It Gets

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People

Lawmakers push border security

The House Science and Technology Committee wants more funding for technologies to protect against drug traffickers, terrorists and illegal immigrants.

People

Letter: Military pay differences explained

A retired Air Force colonel points out inconsistencies in a blog post.

People

NARA to digitize Civil War-era documents

The Genealogical Society of Utah will help the agency digitize more than 1 million case files of approved pension applications filed by Union soldiers' widows.

People

DOD announces new high-level Navy advisory panel

The Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel's topics topics will include acquisition reform, the shipbuilding industrial base and intelligence organization in the Navy.

Ideas

AmeriCorps Considers Social Networking

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People

ELC -- Day 1

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People

The Lectern: Young people speak out at ELC

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People

CIO Council turns focus on privacy

The new Privacy Committee formalizes interagency efforts to meet new, ongoing demands.

Modernization

Companies push for DHS ID card work

Representatives of the laser card and smart card industries told lawmakers their products offer unique benefits and avoid shortcomings of the formats proposed for WHTI and Real ID cards.

People

OMB, DHS take various steps to secure networks

Secure desktop configuration, training and a software acquisition guide should make federal systems more secure, officials say.