Cybersecurity

NSA cyber exercise hones skills at military academies

Fifteen years since its inception, the Cyber Defense Exercise has added new dimensions, including the hacking of drone communications.

Cybersecurity

Are our ports protected from cyber pirates?

The Coast Guard looks to get ports and shipping companies talking about the inevitable cyber threats they face.

Digital Government

IG, Border Protection debate consolidation's benefits

Should the CBP use the Coast Guard's aviation logistics system or buy its own? The agency and DHS's IG disagree.

Cybersecurity

CBP gets barrage of negative tweets about phones held at border

US Customs and Border Protection saw its Twitter traffic skyrocket in recent days due to angry smart phone customers upset about delays in phone shipments.

Cybersecurity

Apparent disconnect on contractor lawsuit is business as usual

Continuing business, accolades for contractors accused of violations is common, experts say.

Digital Government

Coast Guard commandant celebrates contractor while DOJ lawsuit is pending

The Coast Guard's highest-ranking official joined with other officials in a ceremony for Bollinger Shipyards last weekend even though the Justice Department is currently in court accusing Bollinger of making false statements.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard info-sharing at ports slow to get started

The Coast Guard has made some progress but still has a long way to go to carry out the information-sharing goals of the SAFE Port Act of 2006, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Digital Government

Federal Coach: Leadership lessons from the US Coast Guard

Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., the 24th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, says he believes we meet challenges by training leaders and giving them the responsibility for making decisions at the operational field level on how they employ their limited resources.

Cybersecurity

Deepwater acquisition sinks, but not without lessons

The Coast Guard has terminated its controversial Deepwater ship and boat replacement program after a decade.

Cybersecurity

Beyond Deepwater: What the Coast Guard learned.

A difficult program could become a platform for better choices next time, with lessons that other agencies can also use.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard to end Deepwater program

The Coast Guard's decade-old Deepwater acquisition program is over, but the difficult experience taught important lessons, officials say.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard officials need ethics guidance post separation, GAO says

Former Coast Guard officials need more guidance on the restrictions and ethics rules about working for contractors, according to a new congressional audit.

Digital Government

Coast Guard's Deepwater strategy running aground, official says

The Coast Guard faces some hard choices on its $24 billion Deepwater asset acquisition program, a GAO official told a House subcommittee.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard CIO still needs full authority, audit finds

The Coast Guard's new IT management strategic plan and acquisition guidance earned kudos, but the CIO still does not have sufficient oversight authority, an audit concluded.

Cybersecurity

Technology aided disaster response

Earthquakes and hurricanes didn't daunt the federal response, but trouble is on the horizon for funding.

Cybersecurity

Irene helps FEMA prove itself again

Public officials all along the East Coast are praising FEMA's preparedness and response to Hurricane Irene -- in sharp contrast to public opinion after Katrina.

Cybersecurity

How to amp up creative thinking on the job

Daniel Patrick Forrester explains why the most effective leaders are those who take time away from multitasking to think reflectively.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard makes waves with SOA

Federal 100 award winner Capt. Mike Ryan is using SOA technology to forge powerful links across the Coast Guard and with external partners.

Cybersecurity

AFCEA Homeland Security conference starts today

AFCEA sponsors one of the largest homeland security conferences in the country, which begins today in Washington.