Cybersecurity
NIST tests accuracy in iris recognition for identification
Report quantifies accuracy, speed in iris-recognition algorithms.
Modernization
Virtual worlds emerge within agencies
Having cut their teeth in Second Life, agencies are increasingly building their own virtiual environments.
Modernization
Finding the hidden value in shared IT services
Shared IT services can help shift focus from infrastructure to mission, says NOAA CIO.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity reboot: Two game-changing ideas
Some say making IT systems a moving target to hackers and centralizing cybersecurity policy will turn around current flawed approaches.
Modernization
Cloud computing's next step
Agencies and vendors need common definitions, performance metrics and security controls, say panelists at the FOSE 2012 conference.
Modernization
Treasure trove of Census data stumbles on launch
Many researchers welcomed NARA's release of the 1940 U.S. Census, but others worried about privacy and reported the website was not functioning properly.
People
Zients: Why streamlining government makes sense
Senior official at OMB lays out why reorganization authority is "common sense and good management."
Modernization
Justice supports FOIA portal
A Justice Department official responds to recent allegations that the agency is hindering a multi-agency FOIA effort.
Digital Government
Justice accused of hindering multi-agency FOIA website
A group of FOIA watchdogs is calling for a truce in an apparent turf war between the Justice Department and three other departments over FOIA websites.
Modernization
Census bureau to track assets with RFID in pilot program
The Census Bureau has put out a call to vendors to provide information on RFID systems that could track thousands of assets.
People
NRC cybersecurity exec steps down
Pat Howard, the chief information security officer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is retiring from government in April.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity becomes high priority in budget request
With large investments proposed for DOD, DHS and NSF, budget puts cybersecurity front and center.
Modernization
NIST sets security approach for cloud computing
New guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology offer recommendations agencies should consider when outsourcing data, applications and infrastructure to a public cloud environment.
Modernization
DOD to allow Android on classified networks
Forthcoming security standards are expected to allow the use of certain mobile devices on DOD's secure networks.
Digital Government
Obama reorganization could affect at least 12 agencies
White House consolidation plan is more expansive than the six agencies first identified.
Digital Government
NIST seeks data searchers
NIST seeks participants for annual data-mining conference.
Digital Government
National Weather Service in dispute over privatization of mobile app development
Has the National Weather Service gone too far in allowing private developers to lead the way in developing mobile apps for weather data?
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