Cybersecurity
DHS expands RFID use at borders today
DHS has started the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which requires displaying eligible ID documents, most with RFID tags, at land and sea borders.
Modernization
Obama directs review of data classifications
President Barack Obama has directed a review of how the government classifies information and how it handles sensitive but unclassified data.
Modernization
Online forum slow for Regulations.gov
A federal Web site created to collect ideas for improving Regulations.gov is getting off to a relatively slow start.
Cybersecurity
Audit: TSA has weak IT security controls
The agency took some corrective action in fiscal 2008 but still fell short in critical areas, according to a recent audit.
People
Feds to give states $250M for education data
States will get the $250 million for student data systems under the economic stimulus law.
Modernization
Senate IT oversight bill progresses
A Senate panel has approved legislation to require federal agencies to set up Web sites to track IT projects and create 'tiger teams' for troubled projects.
Modernization
Court holds for Bush administration on FOIA
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision that the White House's Office of Administration isn't subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.
People
Bill would mandate using XBRL to track TARP money
The open-standard technology allows analysts, agencies and companies compare financial data more easily, backers of new legislation say.
Modernization
IG: DHS data centers at risk
The Homeland Security Department didn't consider risks from hurricanes when it set up its new backup data center in Mississippi, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
Hacker demands $10M ransom for data
The FBI and state authorities are investigating a case in which a hacker wants $10 million for the return of sensitive information, according to media reports.
Modernization
Stimulus money site pressed for time
The Recovery.gov Web site for tracking economic stimulus law funds is racing to meet an October deadline, official says.
People
Obama scores high marks on transparency, watchdog group says
The Obama administration has fulfilled three out of the five 100-day transparency goals watchdog groups recommended last fall.
People
Official: SSA needs four ingredients for IT center's success
Replacing a massive data center, the Social Security Administration needs good coordination and careful management to keep the project on schedule and within its budget, GAO official says.
Cybersecurity
Interior Department to upgrade disaster monitoring
The U.S. Geological Survey will upgrade volcano, earthquake, and flood monitoring and warning systems.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Dead people can still get passports
The State Department needs to conduct mandatory checks of a death database to avoid issuing fraudulent passports, GAO recommends in a new report.
Cybersecurity
VA, DOD to create lifetime e-record
President Barack Obama said VA and DOD are moving toward a single, lifetime electronic health record for active-duty service members and veterans.
People
States wrestle with stimulus funding
States are trying to figure out how to manage the huge influx of stimulus funds.
Modernization
TSA launches Secure Flight for passengers
After five years, TSA's Secure Flight prescreening system for airline passengers is operational.
People
How agency performance management systems are moving forward
With the Obama administration’s emphasis on performance and transparency, an effective performance management system, made up of goals, measures, processes and computer applications, will become even more important.
Cybersecurity
GAO: DHS has mixed record on FOIA
Some DHS agencies are falling behind on their Freedom of Information Act requests, while others saw improvement in the past two years, GAO says.
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