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Editorial: Security, not secrecy
The Bush administration's Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative tapped the expertise of an elite group, but however bright its members might be, they cannot match the collective wisdom of the security industry.
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Going through the motions
The Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel made several recommendations about fixing the General Services Administration's schedules program during its Sept. 19 and 22 meetings.
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Panel: Rethink services pricing
Critics: Nature of professional services makes it difficult to apply GSA’s price reduction clause.
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DISA plans events to attract employees
The agency needs employees with IT, telecommunications backgrounds, officials say.
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Update: Senate to consider bill with billions for IT
The funding measure would allow most of the government to run at fiscal 2008 levels until March and provide fiscal 2009 budgets for DHS, DOD and the VA.
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Letter: Technology can create other problems
A reader writes that technology can help solve problems and create others.
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OMB to verify agency work on security settings
The Policy Utilization Assessment program will determine how well agencies have implemented the Federal Desktop Core Configuration, an OMB official said today.
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FBI CIO Azmi will retire in October
Zalmai Azmi, the FBI's chief information officer since 2004, announced today that he will retire from the government Oct. 17. His successor has not been selected.
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GAO: DHS needs data on acquisition authority
The Homeland Security Department’s special acquisition authority appears to be working, but better data would help it assess that success, the Government Accountability Office says.
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Senate committee approves FISMA bill
The legislation would require agencies to continuously monitor and measure security controls, its sponsors say.
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DHS seeks model telework demonstration program
The department’s chief administrative officer is seeking a consultant with experience in developing telework policies, guidelines and training to help workers do their jobs from remote locations.
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Treasury's IT management said to need work
The Government Accountability Office found that the Treasury Department's implementation of the required Earned Value Management approach for project oversight should be improved.
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GAO: Plans for VA's system need details
The VA's FLITE program replaces a system the department ended in 2004 after it had spent $342 million on it.
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$20M Northern Border tech project kept alive
A House subcommittee chairman has rejected a request to cancel a $20 million high-tech program at the border of the United States and Canada.
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Panel wants larger DHS acquisition workforce
A House committee has proposed spending $6.7 million for new DHS staff members who would check high-risk contracts.
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Maj. Gen. Pollett nominated to be DISA chief
Pollett is currently serving as chief of staff for U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
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