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Buzz of the Week: Discussing Web 2.0 concerns using Web 2.0
There are no clear answers in how to manage government-sponsored wikis and other Web 2.0 tools.
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Bush leads biometric push
A new presidential directive requires agencies to create standards for sharing biometric data.
People
Back to square one on clearances
Joint Security and Suitability Reform Team focuses on factors that cause delays and create backlogs.
People
Letter: Who benefits from biometrics use?
A reader writes that individuals are often surveyed and asks whether biometrics is another method to "serve national security or corporate interests."
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Buzz of the Week: A few minutes with Steve Ballmer
Federal Computer Week Editor-in-Chief Christopher J. Dorobek spoke with Microsoft’s leader about his views the government market and other issues.
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House telework bill advances
Stronger language added to bill to ensure that data that is transferred to the home computers of teleworkers is kept secure.
Acquisition
Letter: GSA officials should improve schedules program by learning from mistakes
A reader says several reports were written revealing GSA's schedules program problems during a 17-year span.
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Smart phones, smart leadership?
Management becomes a 24/7 job when executives,managers and supervisors get BlackBerrys.
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Government enters the blogosphere
TSA and other pioneering agencies identify best practices for using blogs and other social-networking applications.
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Rx for security clearance delays
A joint reform team’s proposal calls for an automated investigative process.
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Letter: Better staff needed to ease security clearance process
A reader writes: "I have been a Personnel Security Specialist for more than 20 years and have seen the entire clearance process steadily decline."
People
Letter: File search options compete with security
Regarding, "Agencies grapple with search and discovery": Effective search is only half the story. USG agencies in particular are reluctant to deploy any enterprise file search capability for security reasons. While intranet search engines exist, for better or worse — usually worse, file search remains a distant dream for most government employees and contractors. We really don't know what we know, much less who we know!Peter GadzinskiWhat do you think? Paste a comment in the…
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NIH to crack down on encryption
Further investigation reveals stolen laptop contained SSNs of 1,200 research participants
Digital Government
TIGTA: IRS should safeguard taxpayers from identity theft
The service says it lacks jurisdiction, and disclosure rules limit its ability to share information with employers and other agencies.
Digital Government
Stolen laptop reveals security gap
Several federal directives outline a path to security, but all require follow-through.
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Passport snooping raises alarm
Lawmakers consider whether additional legislation is needed to safeguard data.
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IG: Energy's Web sites lack security
Department Web sites have suffered 60 security incidents in the past year, a new report states.
Digital Government
Letter: Government must protect patient information
The founder of Patient Privacy Rights says data security should go hand-in-hand with individuals’ legal control over their personal health information.
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