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Updated homeland security strategy emphasizes resilience
The 62-page document outlines continued preparedness and prevention efforts, including border security, surveillance, biometrics and information sharing.
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DHS offers baseline for U.S. IT security skills
The department started working on the “IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge” in 2003 with input from DOD, academia and industry.
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DHS exploring integration of ID card standards
Officials want TWIC standards to work with the border-crossing card requirements.
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Tapella becomes Public Printer
He has been involved with GPO's digital transformation for the past five years.
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Letter: Local responders need access to online database
Local organizations are the ones in charge of dealing with emergencies, so they should have access to FEMA's planned National Emergency Management Information System.
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Justice's Paul becomes acting OMB chief architect
Kshemendra Paul temporarily replaces Dick Burk.
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New wiki targets federal IT community
The GovITwiki aims to be a one-stop shop for questions about the often complex government IT arena.
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SSA cuts disability claims backlog
The agency plans to go nationwide with a process that uses a predictive model to analyze selected data elements in electronic files and identify claims that can be handled quickly.
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Justice's Paul becomes acting OMB chief architect
Kshemendra Paul is on a three-month detail, temporarily replacing Dick Burk, who retired last month.
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Letter: Bush to nominate new DHS general counsel
Gus Coldebella has worked at the department for two years.
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Air Force to expand radio over IP
CIO Lt. Gen. Peterson called improving tactical communications one of his highest priorities.
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Letter: DOD prototyping policy is long overdue
There is no substitute for experience with a working system -- even if it is just modeled -- to test policies and procedures, technologies and processes, algorithms and heuristics.
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CMS taps Citizant for business modeling
Under the $1 million contract, the company will produce and document business process models to help the CIO make investment decisions.
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State issues new rules for Blackwater
Agency bolsters electronic surveillance of private security officers in Iraq.
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GAO: Census needs more risk management
Information technology for the 2010 census could arrive late and perform badly because of the bureau's poor planning, GAO said.
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