Digital Government
FDA to deploy system to screen imported foods
PREDICT to meld data from various sources to flag foreign foodstuffs for further tests.
Digital Government
Pentagon still mum on thumb drive ban
Air Force and Marines Corps spell out the risks that removable devices pose.
Digital Government
Navy releases plan to integrate maritime systems
Strategy calls for sharing a range of data on what happens in and on the oceans to connect relationships between security, climate, transportation and economics.
Digital Government
NASA bans some removable storage devices
Prohibition is not as sweeping as the one instituted by the Defense Department earlier this month.
Digital Government
Defense bans use of removable storage devices
Ban could be the result of a virus from the nonclassified network moving to the Pentagon's classified system via a thumb drive.
Digital Government
Defense finds wikis a boon during crises
Joint Chiefs used the collaborative tool during the Russia-Georgian conflict to quickly coordinate the U.S. response.
Digital Government
GPS-loaded radio coming to the infantry
First-of-its-kind radios will pinpoint soldiers' positions on the battlefield and allow them to communicate using Voice over IP.
Cybersecurity
Cyber defense, not cyberattacks, top priority
Intelligence director says U.S. must place defending its critical infrastructure networks above the ability to launch attacks against foreign systems.
Digital Government
Adoption of e-health records depends on consolidation of systems
Too many networks place too much of a burden on private clinicians, who provide the bulk of the care under national and military health programs.
Modernization
NSA's smart phone could become government issue
Award-winning device looks like commercial PDAs, but provides access to classified and unclassified networks, and operates on worldwide mobile networks.
Digital Government
Report: Counterterrorism should focus on open source intelligence
Defense Science Board says new administration should make use of widely available sources on the Internet.
Cybersecurity
Board urges full funding of cybersecurity initiative
Defense Science Board says security plan should be expanded to include protecting commercial networks such as finance and transportation.
Modernization
Pentagon awards IT managers for security, integration
Awards given to teams and individuals for fighting off cyberattacks and for enhancing information sharing.
Digital Government
VA hires Navy to build claims processing system
Lack of in-house expertise and pressure from veterans group and union leads department to forgo hiring a contractor.
Digital Government
IG: Army is lax in overseeing issuance of contractor ID cards
Contractor failed to conduct adequate background checks before giving employees access to sensitive computer systems and military facilities.
Digital Government
Lockheed hires former DISA director
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Croom will work in the company's information systems and global services practice.
Digital Government
DISA officials defend data security measures
CIO responds to IG report by saying the agency has "better security than any place in the world."
Digital Government
IG says Defense systems lack reliable safeguards against hackers
Recommendations include developing audit software to track and investigate unauthorized access to sensitive data.
Digital Government
Air Force to place cyber operations under Space Command
The service's neglect of its nuclear mission led to the demise of a grand plan for a Cyber Command.
Digital Government