Cybersecurity
Passenger screening program to collect more data
U.S. airlines will begin collecting passengers' dates of birth and gender when they make reservations under the Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight program.
Modernization
Customs agency ponders acquisition storefront
Officials want to use a “storefront” e-procurement Web site to streamline the purchase of preapproved products and track orders.
Cybersecurity
Auditors hit HUD, immigration services
USCIS and HUD were scolded for gaps in IT management, but USCIS hit back.
People
CIO: CDC preparing for contract worth up to $2 billion
The CDC's CIO outlines plans for the agency's largest IT contract, which is also the first Multiple Award Contract.
Modernization
IG, Immigration disagree on transformation steps
DHS Inspector General issued five recommendations for the USCIS IT transformation plan, but agency says two are already in place.
Cybersecurity
Bill would ban peer-to-peer use in agencies
A House committee chairman who has jurisdiction over some government operations plans to introduce a bill designed to ban the use of peer-to-peer software on government and contractor networks.
Modernization
Committee approves bill to strip some IT requirements from Real ID
A bill that would remove costly information technology requirements from a secure identification law has been approved by a Senate committee.
Cybersecurity
Panel OKs bill that would increase cybersecurity oversight
A Senate committee has approved a bill that would require the president to notify Congress about existing and new cybersecurity programs that involve personally identifiable information.
Digital Government
Kundra to agencies: Get ready for data deluge
Web 2.0 technology will lead to an explosion of new and varied data sent to government, federal CIO Kundra says.
Modernization
GAO refreshes guidelines for rating computer data reliability
The GAO has released new guidance for assessing the reliability of computer-processed data used in conducting audits; it replaces previous guidelines published in 2002.
Cybersecurity
Personal data requirements raise eyebrows
Privacy advocates are wondering why DHS needs to store data on mother's maiden name and financial history to allow employees and contractors regular building access.
Modernization
Bill would give VA's IT programs $767.6 million more
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would provide hundreds of millions more for the Veterans Affairs Department's information technology programs -- but some strings are attached.
Modernization
Recommendations for reducing government secrecy roll in
The Public Interest Declassification Board continues to gather suggestions from the public on how the Obama administration can improve government policy for classifying data.
Modernization
Census successfully uses handhelds to verify addresses
The Census Bureau finished the first phase of the 2010 decennial census ahead of schedule in part because new handheld computers performed well despite earlier problems.
Modernization
NASCIO joins open government effort
The state CIO organization will work with federal agencies to promote the development of data standards for state governments.
Cybersecurity
Open Government Initiative may increase security woes
The Obama administration's Open Government Initiative to make government information more accessible could lead to the inadvertent exposure of sensitive data.
People
GAO: DOE needs to establish data performance goals
The Energy Department doesn't have adequate reporting measures in place to quantify how much success its national laboratories have in producing scientific research that private industry and others can use to develop new technologies, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Modernization
White House blog highlights public response to open government
White House officials, in a series of blog postings this week, provided a glimpse of how the public suggests the federal government could make government data more accessible — and be more transparent.
Modernization
Two biometric systems being tested
The Homeland Security Department has started testing two ways in which government officials, not airlines, could collect biometrics from non-U.S. air travelers as they leave the country.
Modernization
Agencies adapt FOIA ops to new requirements
Agencies are using various automated systems to reduce administrative costs and comply with new rules for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.
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