Cybersecurity
Experts: Clear data-sharing policies needed
Exports tell a Senate subcommittee that clear governmentwide policies are needed for sharing information believed to be related to terrorism.
Acquisition
NetApp to pay $128M settlement
The company has agreed to pay the government $128 million to settle a dispute with the Justice Department and the General Services Administration.
People
States take growing role in cyber crimefighting
While federal law enforcement agencies investigate many cyber crimes, state and local authorities are gaining increasing abilities to take part.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Kimberly J. Del Greco
Del Greco has the respect of her peers for her subject-matter knowledge, but what sets her apart is her ability to forge agreement among diverse stakeholders.
Modernization
Federal 100 award: Jolene Lauria Sullens
Sullens has championed the Justice Department’s Unified Financial Management System.
Digital Government
Federal 100 winner: Jeremy Warren
As the department's chief technology officer, Warren has shown a knack for finding ways to get complex systems in separate law enforcement agencies to share information.
People
Justice issues new FOIA guidelines
Attorney General Eric Holder issued new guidelines today that encourage agencies to release information to the public under Freedom of Information Act requests.
Cybersecurity
Local police want better sharing of intelligence
Law enforcement officials and civil liberties advocates today asked for improved sharing of terrorism-related information.
Modernization
FBI cited for worst FOIA responses
An open-government group has given the FBI its annual award for poor performance in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.
Modernization
Napolitano backs fusion centers
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the centers play an important role in her department's information-sharing efforts.
Cybersecurity
Who's using wikis
Check out a sampling of government wikis that illustrate that wide range of uses.
Modernization
Vendors' help sought for NIEM's next step
Officials who manage the National Information Exchange Model look to industry for software tools to help expand adoption of the program.
Cybersecurity
Bush appointees linked with company lobbying, report says
Fifteen former Cabinet-level officials in the Bush administration are now working for companies that lobby their former agencies, according to a report from a government watchdog group.
Modernization
FBI goes global on threats
Law enforcement officials continue to face challenges in the age of global interconnectedness and criminal behavior that operates without regard to national borders.
Digital Government
Justice IG finds IT security vulnerabilities
The Justice Department's inspector general said that although the department has done a good job in complying with FISMA's requirements, it still has IT security vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
GAO Departments drop major joint radio project
Three federal departments walk away from a $10 billion project.
People
The FBI gets a new CIO
Chad Fulgham is the bureau’s new chief information officer. He replaces Zalmai Azmi, who left the post in October.
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