Cybersecurity
DHS sends out grant applications
The department today began distributing applications for grants to state agencies that total $48.6 million for Real ID projects and $34 million for emergency operations centers.
Modernization
Models help warn Oregon about tsunamis
Detailed models of Oregon’s coastline could help identify tsunamis that start far from the state, NOAA says.
Modernization
Other tips for virtualization success
Experts offer tips for maximizing your server virtualization.
Modernization
6 tips for server virtualization
Adopters count careful planning and reconfigured storage systems among the top keys to success.
Modernization
No exit
Trouble fielding a system to track foreign visitors' departures illustrates the complicated policy picture homeland security has become.
People
GSA gets new congressional affairs leader
The agency is promoting Brian Mabry to associate administrator of the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
People
DHS secretary choice has mixed record on Real ID
Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed legislation to ban the program in Arizona, but supported the driver's license aspect of Real ID.
People
Experts tackle guidance to stop cyberattacks
A new group is developing guidelines that would focus on strategies to fix vulnerabilities most often exploited to breach information and network security.
Digital Government
Texas sheriffs use technology for surveillance
The sheriffs use a streaming video border camera surveillance system on the Web to reduce crime and illegal entries on the border.
People
HHS agency lowers Medicare payment error rate
CMS and its contractors use education, statistical sampling, medical reviews and error rate reduction plans to improve accuracy, official says.
People
A tipping point for NIEM?
Policy initiatives have aided the fast adoption of information-sharing standards framework.
People
Pilot program expands fingerprint databases
An agency is providing network links to jails in six counties so those facilities can better check fingerprints of criminal suspects against national law enforcement and immigrant databases.
Digital Government
Transit dollars
The federal government is a major source of transportation information technology funding.
Digital Government
IT could aid transit during crunch
Public transportation ridership is up, but will the money be there for efficiency-boosting projects?
Digital Government
DOT launches hazmat info-sharing site
The Transportation Department has started an Internet-based fusion center to share information about hazardous materials transportation.
People
Buzz of the Week: Vote early, vote often
This week’s election could be the last — at least for the near future — in which electronic voting systems play a major role
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Pointers: Recommended reading 11-03-08
Quality might be more important than quantity for your LinkedIn contacts.
Digital Government
Survey: Low confidence in government IT area
A survey shows a decline in confidence in IT spending in government sectors.
Modernization
Guidance for fusion centers to be released
The guidance is meant to help state and local intelligence fusion centers meet baseline operational capabilities.
People