Digital Government

Security pieces come together

Deadlines for several federal cybersecurity initiatives are coming due this summer.

People

Bush leads biometric push

A new presidential directive requires agencies to create standards for sharing biometric data.

People

Are small-biz counts too good to be true?

Committee rebukes DHS for over-counting to meet small-business contracting goals.

People

CXO Lessons Learned: A new workforce paradigm

The seamless mixing of feds and contractors complicates workforce management.

Modernization

NASA CIO doubles as teacher, coach

Jonathan Pettus seeks to bring NASA’s centers together with a single focus.

People

Agencies seek data exchange standards

Working group collaborates and shares documents in a wiki as they develop standards for formulating federal agency budgets.

Modernization

Bill targets messy e-records

A measure introduced by House Democrats would set minimum standards for agencies’ records management systems.

People

Homeland security's cyber eyes

Security experts roll out new techniques to try to keep up with today’s stealthy, transnational cyberattacks.

People

Agencies to employ card alerts

Like credit card companies, GSA will use data mining to detect improper spending.

People

Counterterrorism goes local

Feds look to local police department standards for suspicious activity reporting.

Acquisition

Lawmaker: Score cards don't work without penalties

House member says score cards need penalties to go with the grades. Meanwhile, agencies say publicly announcing failings makes them work harder for good grades.

Digital Government

Put SOA to the test

4 steps to developing effective service-level agreements for SOA-based applications.

People

GAO: OMB should move on HSPD-12

None of the federal agencies surveyed had met the October 2007 deadline, auditors found.

Digital Government

Wagner: Look for opportunities

If we want to reduce our footprint on the planet, we must rely on technology and intervention

People

Agencies expect to invest in new financial systems

Input report highlights the importance of the Financial Management Line of Business initiative to OMB

People

Chertoff grants S.C. Real ID extension

South Carolina's governor said he did not plan to seek an extension because the state legislature opposed the ID card program.

People

South Carolina defiant on Real ID

On the deadline for requesting an extension for implementing the program, the governor says the state has no plans to ask for one and hopes the standard driver's licenses will continue to be accepted as ID.

People

DHS, State publish final travel documents rule

Final travel document requirements for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will take effect June 1, 2009.

People

Passport snooping raises alarm

Lawmakers consider whether additional legislation is needed to safeguard data.

Digital Government

Letter: Know what the IG wants to get a good grade

Anyone who has been through the FISMA reporting cycle more than once has figured out that the key to a good "grade" is to figureout what the IG is going to use to measure compliance and work like hell on that.