Digital Government
OMB: It takes money to save money in IT operations
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says White House should hold agencies accountable for corrective actions.
Digital Government
OMB approved Homeland Security's flawed financial management contract award
Department changed requirements mid-competition without notifying vendors.
Digital Government
Successor to virtual border fence faulted by auditor
GAO's review of Homeland Security's SBInet 2 concludes that the high-tech monitoring system might be as wasteful as the failed first version.
Digital Government
U.S. supercomputer experts assess radiation risks amid crisis at Japanese nuclear facility
The National Nuclear Security Administration activates a California-based center to process predictive models based on available information.
Digital Government
GAO upholds contractor protest of DHS financial system award
The Transformation and Systems Consolidation program had been widely criticized.
Cybersecurity
Administration excoriated for delay in proposing cyber plan
Impatient Sen. Whitehouse elicits promise from Homeland Security secretary that White House will soon deliver legislative offer to thwart online attacks.
Digital Government
U.S. might be giving away sensitive military technology, report finds
A major decline in the number of foreign worker visas screened by Commerce is part of the problem, GAO says.
Digital Government
CIA website disruption may have been work of a prankster
As agency continues probe, specialists theorize on denial of service similar to recent attack by defenders of WikiLeaks.
Cybersecurity
Agriculture to shift all workers to the cloud by year's end
Department is moving about 10,000 employees each month to Web-based e-mail and other services to reduce reliance on data centers.
Cybersecurity
Interim spending law contains cut in cybersecurity funds
The bill President Obama signed on Wednesday trims less for Homeland Security's network safeguards than House members originally wanted.
Modernization
Industry group forms cloud commission to advise White House
TechAmerica will suggest policy changes, consult agencies on rolling out cloud technologies.
Cybersecurity
Rules keep hackers from helping government, ex DHS head says
They know how to find network weaknesses, but might be leery of sharing their talents, if lending a hand requires navigating through too much red tape.
Digital Government
IG: Program to automate immigration processing is vulnerable to insider threats
Watchdog says USCIS officials have not indicated how they will correct shortcomings.
Modernization
Microsoft and Google slug it out for agencies' cloud business
Both companies are vying to gain a foothold in the federal marketplace, which is expected to reach $20 billion.
Cybersecurity