Modernization
Study says Defense Travel System isn't user-friendly
Fewer than half of the travelers using the new Defense Travel System for automated reservations and vouchers had a successful experience with it, according to a new study.
Modernization
Lieberman: CRS reports should be freely accessible
Congressional Research Service reports should be made available to the public through a centralized, searchable system, according to Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Modernization
Education technology gets millions
The economic stimulus law provides $650 million for school purchases that include computers, networks and instructional software.
Modernization
CBP to test trade data programs
The agency will test its collection and sharing of trade data starting in late March.
Modernization
Vermont issues IT-enhanced driver's licenses
Vermont is the third state to issue enhanced driver's licenses with RFID tags that can be used instead of passports at border crossings.
Cybersecurity
Lieberman questions courts on information-sharing law
Sen. Joseph Lieberman asks federal court officials if they are adequately complying with the E-Government Act that oversees release of electronic court documents to the public.
Modernization
Recovery.gov linked to other stimulus tracking sites
The White House's Recovery.gov Web site for tracking stimulus spending is posting links to federal and state sites.
Modernization
GAO: Labor's whistleblower data a mess
The Labor Department's records for federal whistleblowers are often inaccurate and incomplete, according to a new GAO report.
People
GAO: Barred contractors get millions
More than two dozen federal contractors guilty of fraud and illegal activity still managed to win millions of dollars in contracts, according to a new GAO report.
Cybersecurity
2010 budget adds to DHS immigration programs
The Obama administration has requested a 6.5 percent increase for the Homeland Security Department, which would raise the department’s discretionary budget to $42.7 billion.
Modernization
DHS' Beckström: Feds need to define cyber goals
An expert says the government needs to clarify its vision of what constitutes successful cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Technology urged to stop tunnels at borders
Authorities found 93 illegal tunnels under U.S. borders from 1990 to November 2008, according to a new report that recommends more use of tunnel-detection technology.
Modernization
TSA checks out systems for waiting time data
The agency wants information on systems to collect hourly data on waiting times for passenger security checkpoints at airports.
People
Agencies seek 'shovel-ready' stimulus projects
Federal, state and local agencies and contractors are scrambling to assemble lists of projects for which economic stimulus funding can begin to flow immediately.
Modernization
Transparency of Recovery.gov under scrutiny
State and local databases might not feed information to Recovery.gov easily because of incompatibility issues.
Cybersecurity
Infrastructure protection plan calls for data warehouse
DHS is working on creating a national data warehouse as part of its updated National Infrastructure Protection Plan released on Feb. 19
Modernization
Issa seeks info on White House e-mail use
Rep. Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight panel, is asking the White House to clarify its policies on staffers using personal e-mail accounts such as Gmail.
Cybersecurity
IG: FEMA should stay in DHS
DHS' inspector general recommends Congress not endorse moving FEMA out of DHS.
Cybersecurity