Tech
From Nextgov.com: Agencies increase adoption of e-travel services
Northrop Grumman's application has serviced 1 million trips .
Defense
DHS to use controversial fusion centers during conventions
Department will collect and analyze security information that civil libertarians say could violate the public’s privacy.
News
From Nextgov.com: Companies’ reorganizations reflect more public sector collaboration
Cisco, NetApp combine government and education units to provide integrated solutions for all sectors.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Project will preserve Bush administration Web sites
Public and historians will be able to view government Web sites as they were before the transition to the next presidential administration.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: IRS improves IT governance of modernization program
But IG says tax agency needs to improve oversight of information technology projects .
Oversight
Top IT cops say lack of authority, resources undermine security
Chief information security officers would like to serve and protect computers, but without the authority, budget and time, federal systems remain open to attack.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Congress threatens to block rule to have airlines pay for foreign-exit system
Scuttling DHS proposal for a network to check identities of international travelers departing the country could suspend visa waiver program.
Features
Playing Cop
Chief information security officers would like to serve and protect computers, but without the authority, budget and time, federal systems remain open to attack.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Congress pushes DHS for national emergency communications plan
Department may have to delay state grants to make first responder communications interoperable.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: DISA to offer on-demand computing environment in 2009
IT developers will be able to pay monthly for computing resources to test new software applications.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Agencies make dent in external IT network connections
Slow transition to Networx telecom contract could affect progress .
Tech
From Nextgov.com: GAO finds inadequate oversight of e-mail preservation
Agencies fail to identify which messages qualify as records and rely on printing e-mails for storage, report says.
Defense
Homeland Security awards data center contract to CSC
Contract, worth a potential of $390 million, is another step toward consolidation of department's 18 data centers.
Defense
Senate panel slashes foreign visitor ID system
Appropriations committee, frustrated by delays, cuts US VISIT fiscal 2009 budget by nearly two-thirds.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: NIST issues guidelines to test agencies’ network security
Release is a "huge step forward" to make federal systems more secure and to improve FISMA.
Oversight
Most federal benefit programs use electronic payments, GAO reports
But less than half of the programs know what percentage of payments is issued using online methods.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: GAO: DHS should complete integration of cyber operations
Department counters that merging "may not be practical or efficient."
Oversight
IG praises IRS modernization program, with some exceptions
Insufficient budgets and inconsistent oversight threaten success.
Tech
Audit: Information security improvements needed at FDIC
Issues are minor but being addressed, agency officials said.
Managing Technology
Forget Something?
Offering security training isn’t enough to curtail breaches—employees must follow through.
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