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DOD continues offensive for cyberwarfare authority
Officials recognize that they must deal with a constant and growing threat to their networks.
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Border security in north to rely on tech, Chertoff says
Efforts to secure the U.S. border with Canada will differ from efforts in the south, DHS secretary said.
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DOD asks contractors to protect unclassified data
The department is working with individual companies to come up with strategies and agreements, DOD's CIO said.
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NTEU vows to fight for better labor/management relations
The union said it wants the 2008 presidential election to end nearly eight years "of conflict and struggle" between administration leaders and federal employees.
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Chertoff: Agencies must work together to secure networks
The secretary of DHS said the department is working on a full cybersecurity strategy, but it will not be ready this year.
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Another USDA exec to leave; CISO to go to HUD
Lynn Allen is one of several executives in USDA’s Office of the CIO to leave in the past several weeks and the last long-time Senior Executive Service career employee of that group to go.
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DHS lets industry liaison keep business ties
New position illustrates the challenges of government/vendor relationships
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Stolen VA laptop caught in safety net
Department’s mobile data security policies and practices prevented information breach.
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Companies rally for more IT work visas
The Compete America coalition, which includes many IT companies such as Boeing, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft, asked lawmakers to raise the 65,000 annual cap on H-1b visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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Air Force hires Northrop Grumman to manage weather systems
Under the $239 million contract, the service's Weather Agency will receive operational support, integrated logistics, and systems engineering and development.
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Evans: Users would miss improvements from e-gov
Before e-government, it was challenging for individuals to access federal services, and it was more expensive for agencies to deliver them.
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NASA IG: Manage official e-mail messages better
Incomplete guidance and lack of training have led to poor records management, a report states.
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Letter: Reader pinpoints contractors' position in management
Even when management is well-intentioned, it can't seem to get out of its own way, and becomes its own worst enemy.
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OMB to Congress: Information access improving
The fifth annual e-government report details progress on several data-sharing initiatives.
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Government in the movies
We are going to conduct a March Madness-style bracket competition to find the best movie with a government theme.
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Bill proposes new employee verification system
The system, which would be based on databases operated in each state, would offer an option of including biometric data.
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DHS: SBInet system not being mothballed
Homeland Security Department officials say they accepted the prototype for Project 28 because the basic design will work in some, though not all, terrains.
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Cyber Storm II stirring
DHS is preparing to lead federal agencies, states, foreign governments and industry in a weeklong cybersecurity exercise next month.
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