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.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity becomes high priority in budget request
With large investments proposed for DOD, DHS and NSF, budget puts cybersecurity front and center.
Cybersecurity
FBI seeking tools to find threat info in Facebook, Twitter posts
Emerging threats sometimes hide in social media messages, FBI believes.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security priorities: Low-risk travel
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said smoothing the way for low-risk travel and trade will get attention in 2012.
Cybersecurity
Energy Department to establish new cyber center
Energy Department CIO highlights importance of partnerships in fighting cyber threats.
Modernization
Justice officials defend wireless network program
IG report criticizes network effort, department officials take issue.
Digital Government
Justice wireless network struggling, IG says
The Justice Department's ambitious plan to replace Land Mobile Radios with modern systems has gotten stalled, leaving agents still using the old equipment.
Cybersecurity
DHS takes key role in DOD cybersecurity program
DHS' new role marks a milestone for the data-sharing effort as it grows past pilot-program status.
Cybersecurity
Deepwater acquisition sinks, but not without lessons
The Coast Guard has terminated its controversial Deepwater ship and boat replacement program after a decade.
Digital Government
State's chief information security officer to lead DHS cybersecurity efforts
The new head of the Homeland Security Department's National Cybersecurity Division will come from the State Department.
Cybersecurity
US power grid gets better cyber defenses thanks to new initiative
A new initiative between government and private sector aims to boost cybersecurity for the power grid and keep hackers at bay.
Cybersecurity
DHS guidance to state and local fusion centers going unused
Like the case of the dog that ate the homework, guidance sent to dozens of state and local fusion and emergency op centers has gone unusued and, in some cases, disappeared, audit finds.
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
Border Protection Commissioner resigns
Customs and Border Protection Commission Alan Bersin, never confirmed by the Senate, is resiging Dec. 30.
Cybersecurity
DHS cyber office director leaves government
The National Cyber Security Division director will leave her post near the end of January.
Cybersecurity
2012 budget: DHS wins some, loses some
The Homeland Security Department picked up money for cyber protection, but lost dollars in first-responder grants.
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.
Cybersecurity