Cybersecurity
Cyberattack simulation highlights vulnerabilities
A simulation exercise today showed the legal and technical problems a cyberattack could cause.
Cybersecurity
DHS gets new intell chief
Caryn Wagner started today as head of the DHS office that uses information technology to share homeland security-related data with state and local authorities.
Cybersecurity
DHS debuts open government suggestion box
The Homeland Security Department has debuted an online tool for public comment on how it can be more transparent to meet open government requirements.
Cybersecurity
DHS CIO midway through IT programs review
The Homeland Security Department continues a review of its 79 major information technology programs to identify ways to help troubled programs and fix systemic weaknesses.
Cybersecurity
Commerce loses, Education gains in IT spending
Most IT budgets would change little from fiscal 2010 under the Obama administration's budget.
Cybersecurity
Virtual border fence would lose under budget
The administration wants $43.59 billion for the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2011 compared with the $42.60 billion that the department got for this year.
Cybersecurity
Obama wants nearly $80B for IT projects
The administration has proposed only a small increase for IT spending in fiscal 2011.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity regs seen as less restrictive in the U.S.
Some information technology executives in the U.S. also estimate that a major cyberattack would cost a company $6.3 million for one day of downtime.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano orders SBInet reassessment
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has ordered a re-evaluation of options for protecting the United States-Mexico border because of delays in deploying the SBInet technology system.
Cybersecurity
Candidate for TSA top job withdraws from consideration
The Transportation Security Administration is still without a leader now that White House nominee Erroll Southers has withdrawn from consideration.
Digital Government
Senior lawmaker urges diligence on aviation screening technology
After the failed attempt to detonate a bomb aboard a commercial airliner, Rep. Bennie Thompson says information sharing and aviation security technologies demand immediate attention.
Cybersecurity
SSA fails to E-Verify 19 percent of new hires, IG says
The Social Security Administration did not follow federal employment verification requirements for 19 percent of its new hires, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
President calls for urgent improvements to anti-terrorism efforts
President Barack Obama has directed his security team to take technology-related security measures to bolster homeland security and thwart terrorist attacks.
Cybersecurity
Four U.S. agencies deficient in controlling stimulus reporting errors, auditors say
Inspectors general have identified shortcomings in the monitoring of mistakes and omissions in Recovery Act reporting at four federal agencies.
Cybersecurity
DHS eyes science and technology research
The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate is interested in funding technology research to bolster border, cargo, maritime and cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
DHS setting new deadlines for Real ID
The Homeland Security Department has extended the Dec. 31 deadline for states to comply with Real ID drivers license requirements and is setting new deadlines with the states.
Cybersecurity
DHS biosurveillance center not getting enough data, GAO says
The DHS National Biosurveillance Integration Center is relying on Internet data at the moment because it has not been able to establish partnerships with federal agencies to get federal data, the GAO said in a new report.
Cybersecurity
DHS lacks strategic plan for managing integration, GAO says
While the Homeland Security secretary talks about DHS unification, GAO finds gaps in plans to achieve departmental IT integration.
Cybersecurity
DHS, Michigan team on cybersecurity
The DHS Computer Emergency Readiness Team will identify possible abnormal activities on Michigan’s networks under a new agreement between the department and the state.
Digital Government