Cybersecurity
Report: ICE needs better database to track detainees
The DHS agency needs better information systems and database to track its 32,000 detainees and ensure good management, a report recommends.
Cybersecurity
Contractors lose bid to suspend E-Verify enforcement
A second attempt to delay the E-Verify rule from becoming effective for federal contractors has failed
Modernization
Version 2.0 of spending site to debut in October
The new iteration of the Recovery.gov spending site with expanded mapping and other features will go live by Oct. 10, a top official said today.
Cybersecurity
Trust, but let Google verify: Companies join government in identity authentication experiment
The OpenID and Information Card foundations today announced pilot identity management projects with federal agencies and vendors.
Digital Government
Commission to start preliminary certifications for EHRs
A group that certifies electronic health records will give health care providers a head start on getting incentive payments under the economic stimulus law.
Cybersecurity
One appeal fails, another pending today for E-Verify
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other plaintiffs have filed another appeal in attempt to stop the E-Verify rule from going into effect today for federal contractors, according to a media report.
Cybersecurity
FCC buying emergency notification system
The FCC is buying an emergency notification system to keep in touch with responder agencies and taking other steps to improve its disaster communications capabilities, its chairman said today.
Modernization
Audit: IRS killed online project just before deployment
The IRS hopes to revive a canceled project to allow taxpayers to view their tax records online, according to an audit.
People
States will get federal help for electronic health records programs
State Medicaid directors will be reimbursed for 90 percent of their administrative costs for overseeing incentive payments for some health IT programs, CMS says.
Digital Government
Patient safety data formats get update
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has updated the data formats for its program for providers to electronically submit data on patient safety.
Modernization
U.S. and Mexico talk safety across the fence
U.S. and Mexican officials announced an agreement to set up a cross-border network to enhance safety and law enforcement at the border.
Cybersecurity
Experts disagree on effect of E-Verify's expiration
The authorization for the E-Verify employment verification program expires three weeks after it is set to cover federal contractors.
Cybersecurity
CMS considers contractors for identifier program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is considering using contractors to operate a national system for assigning health providers unique identifying numbers.
Cybersecurity
Groups ask court to delay E-Verify despite ruling
The organizations trying to stop the E-Verify rule from covering federal contractors have filed for an injunction to delay enforcement from beginning Sept. 8.
People
VA says it has new system to prevent IT mismanagement
In response to criticism from its inspector general's office, the department said it has set up a new oversight system to improve its IT management.
People
5 decisions that will determine the fate of e-health records
The road ahead is still bumpy for EHRs, but experts say success hinges on the outcomes of five major decisions.
Cybersecurity
IG: FEMA needs centralized IT for disaster relief
FEMA needs to centralize how it buys goods and services for dealing with disasters into an integrated information technology system, a report recommends.
Digital Government
DHS needs to plug some cybersecurity holes, audit finds
The DHS Inspector General recommends improving the department's coordination of cybersecurity for critical control systems.
Cybersecurity
Court: Federal contractors covered by E-Verify rule
A judge upheld the Homeland Security Department's E-Verify electronic employment verification rule for federal contractors starting Sept. 8.
Digital Government