Digital Government
FEMA watchdog endorses data mining to uncover overpayments
Inspector general urges the disaster assistance agency to replicate pattern-detection software used to monitor federal stimulus spending.
Digital Government
General Dynamics snags a $1 billion networking contract for DHS' consolidated headquarters
Feds canceled a $2.6 billion deal with Northrop Grumman for the project in 2010.
Cybersecurity
New guidelines require agencies to document progress automating surveillance of cyber threats
Reports must describe computerized, continuous monitoring of unusual data transfers and other suspicious activities.
Digital Government
Airport body scans to get less personal by early 2012
TSA plans to modify half its machines to show screening personnel more generic pictures by year-end.
Digital Government
Former federal contractor gets jail time for falsifying immigration records
Fraud allowed illegal immigrants to get passports; case represents larger insider threat problem.
Digital Government
Auditors: DHS lacks cost justification for $780 million spent on border network
According to GAO review, Boeing refused to provide corroborating information to support billing documents.
Digital Government
Into the Budget Morass
A delayed project to improve immigration processing is pulling resources and morale off course.
Cybersecurity
White House rejects terrorism-related cyberwar provisions in House bill
Administration officials say military operations in cyberspace are vital to national security, but worry about proposed law's language.
Cybersecurity