Cybersecurity
Lynn McNulty: The grandfather of federal cybersecurity
Lynn McNulty emphasized security not as a constraint but as an e-government enabler.
Cybersecurity
Trouble words: DHS' list of suspicious phrases
DHS is watching Twitter and other open sources for certain key words that could indicate potential trouble brewing.
Modernization
Can the government outsource solutions to its problems?
Technology is enabling a new kind of collaboration, and now the government is looking to institutionalize the approach to solve serious problems.
Modernization
USCIS launches first online form
US Citizenship and Immigration Services claimed an important milestone in their transformation initiative to a digital agency with the debut of the agency's first online form.
Modernization
Shared services poised to reshape the federal market
Industry should brace for impact as the government adopts more shared services, CIO warns.
Cybersecurity
USCIS needs to better track its laptops, IG says
The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services agency has a few holes in its inventory of its laptop computers, according to an audit.
Cybersecurity
TSA reporting on security breaches has gaps, IG says
The Transportation Security Administration is not consistently documenting its security breaches at airports, according to a new audit.
Cybersecurity
DHS to obligate $8 billion in contracts by Sept. 30
Agency expects to obligate more than half of its annual contracting budget in the final third of the current fiscal year.
Cybersecurity
At DHS, 'agile' is the watchword, CIO says
The Homeland Security Department is enthusiastic about agile development practices, sayd CIO Richard Spires.
Cybersecurity
IG sparks dispute over CIO's power
Does the DHS CIO have enough budget authority? The agency and an auditor disagree.
Cybersecurity
DHS agencies starting to integrate missions, CIO says
The Homeland Security Department has identified 13 core missions offering opportunities for integration across agencies, according to CIO Richard Spires.
Cybersecurity
Border Patrol relies on data analysis in new strategic plan
The Border Patrol describes a "whole-of-government" approach, reduces need for fences and agents.
Cybersecurity
DHS budget gets 1.2 percent cut under House GOP committee plan
The Homeland Security Department escaped major spending cuts under a budget package presented by the GOP-run House Appropriations Committee.
Cybersecurity
On the front lines: How agencies recruit young feds
Despite popular belief, public perception of the government workforce and pervasive anti-government rhetoric hasn't put a damper on young people's desire to become public servants.
Cybersecurity
Technology plays smaller role in new border patrol strategy
The Border Patrol, following the failure of SBINet, reduces its reliance on technology in new strategy.
Modernization
DHS virtualization project could lead to mobility strategy
The Homeland Security Department is trying out a virtual desktop strategy, and if it successful it could form the basis for mobility as well.
Cybersecurity
DOD to expand public-private cybersecurity project
The Defense Department is set to broaden a pilot program from 37 participants to 200, according to the DOD CIO.
Cybersecurity
Cedric Sims leaving DHS
Cedric Sims, a management executive and systems engineer at the Homeland Security Department, announced plans to leave the agency for a new position in the private sector.
Modernization
CIO Richard Spires: Replacing commodity IT is a bigger task than it seems
Moving from commodity IT to service-based cloud models encompasses much more than e-mail, DHS CIO says.
Modernization