Digital Government
Glitches prompt IRS financial review system to fall short of expectations
Poor functionality cause employees to avoid using the $19 million examination network to determine tax-exempt status.
Cybersecurity
Time to Get Going
Robert Rodriguez, founder of the Security Innovation Network, talks about the imperative to for government and business to collaborate in speeding innovative cybersecurity technology to market.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog suggests clearer delineation of cybersecurity roles
Federal CIO argues agencies already know their responsibilities.
Cybersecurity
Monitoring federal networks, global supply chain part of cyber initiative
Among information the administration declassified is a call for acquisition reform to make sure technology products have not been developed to infiltrate networks and steal data.
Digital Government
Security key to DHS' initiative to share information with foreign nations
But exchanging data to stop terrorist attacks doesn't always involve network databases, some experts say.
Digital Government
Agencies advised to take a more tailored approach to IT
Developers should take into account how different groups of citizens interact with the government, specialists say.
Digital Government
Data security basics still trip up federal agencies
With the focus on information-sharing, agencies must put more energy behind secure credentialing and other initiatives, Defense official says.
Cybersecurity
Determining the motives for cyberattacks can be tricky
Sometimes allowing an attack to play out generates useful leads, security specialist says.
Ideas
Swab for Security
The latest screening technology to hit airports nationwide is perhaps less controversial than full-body scanners but less familiar to travelers: Explosive Trace Detection units that test swabs of luggage and passengers' hands for explosives.
Cybersecurity
Cyber exercise aims to teach the good guys to think like the bad guys
The National Defense University's Cybersecurity Challenge wants to educate professionals on how hackers think to better understand how to spot and stop penetration attacks.
Digital Government
Simulation shows government lacks policies needed to respond to cyberattack
The risk is not that the government would do too much, but rather it would not have responded strong enough, said a participant in the exercise.
Digital Government
HHS awards millions in grants to advance health IT initiatives
Department expects to hire 3,000 technology workers at extension centers to promote adoption of electronic records.
Digital Government
White House looks to IT to provide efficiencies, report says
Obama administration wants to spend money to save in the long term, with many proposals focused on system consolidation.
Ideas
Get Ready for Cyber ShockWave
A Washington think tank will host a simulated cyberattack on the United States on Tuesday to demonstrate how the government would respond to a large-scale attack on the nation's computer systems and networks.
Ideas
DHS Launches Its Open Gov Site
The Homeland Security Department launched an online tool for citizens and those involved in security to suggest ideas for enhancing transparency at the agency.
Digital Government
Organizations with large IT staffs are most apt to recruit via the Web
Social networking has yet to catch on as a hiring tool, but is likely to get more popular, a survey of CIOs finds.
Ideas
DHS Wants Public Dialogue
The Homeland Security Department completed the first step of a three-step process to better link operations to agency missions by submitting a review of long-term strategic goals to Congress. Technology played a crucial role, said a DHS official, by providing representatives from all segments of the homeland security community with the opportunity to contribute.
Ideas
House Passes Cybersecurity Bill
The House passed the 2009 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act on Thursday 422 - 5, after <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100203_2907.php?oref=topstory>lengthy deliberations and amendment votes yesterday</a>. There is no companion bill n the Senate, yet.
Digital Government
Government takes layered approach to aviation security
House members say Homeland Security should make a greater effort to gauge the public's response to potential passenger screening technologies.
Cybersecurity
House considers bill to fund cybersecurity training, research and development
Measure would require NIST to develop standards to help agencies address potential risks to their computer networks, but the possibility of full funding is uncertain.
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