Cybersecurity
State, OPM team on clearance processing
The agencies are combining their resources to process security clearance applications for overseas DOD installations.
Cybersecurity
Contractors advised to comply with DOD Directive 8570.1
Mandated security training for DOD workforce applies to DOD contractor employees, too.
Digital Government
NIST-backed panel calls for end to paperless voting
A forthcoming report recommends that standards should require some form of software-independent vote verification.
Digital Government
USPTO, European counterpart set up e-exchange
Officials say the electronic service will expedite the patenting process for applicants seeking global patents.
Cybersecurity
Contractors must comply with HSPD-12
The new federal rule requires federal contracts to include compliance when contractors and subcontractors must have access to federal facilities or information systems.
Digital Government
PSC forms competitiveness committee
The new Services Industry Competitiveness Committee will examine critical market issues and drivers affecting the structure and competitiveness of the industry.
Cybersecurity
States told to expect Real ID draft regs by end of the year
The Homeland Security Department will issue draft regulations by the end of the year to specify how states should implement mandatory federal standards for driver’s licenses.
Modernization
Survey: Industry will be ready for IPv6
Vendors believe the government's transition to IPv6 will significantly accelerate the development of commercial products and services.
Digital Government
Advisory Committee faces major hurdles with Section 508 revision
Interoperability and emerging technologies challenge policy-makers, and some say the language of the provision is out of date.
Modernization
Working group to offer IPv6 recommendations
The deadline for agencies to upgrade their network backbones to the latest IP version is less than two years away.
Modernization
Microsoft takes the Linux pledge, partners with Novell
The companies will work together on virtualization, management and document compatibility.
Modernization
Policing terror
Pioneering law enforcement agencies use data sharing and analysis tools to step up anti-terrorism contributions.
People
E-voting snags common but not disastrous
Watchdog organizations report thousands of complaints about touch-screen voting machines, with some problems leading to long lines and extended polling hours.
People
Justice, OPM send observers to polling places
The Justice Department and the Office of Personnel Management sent more than 850 observers to 69 jurisdictions in 22 states.
Cybersecurity
Voters are caught in an e-voting quandary
Are elections officials naive about e-voting, or are critics just pushing the wrong buttons?
People
IG criticizes DOD, GSA purchasing activities
Although the agencies had improved the assisted acquisition contracting process, they continued to make purchases without fully complying with appropriations laws, DOD's inspector general said.
People
IAC honors 2006 Partners Program graduates
The Partners Program was developed a decade ago to support IAC’s mission of bringing industry and government executives together to collaborate on common issues.
People
Brand Niemann champions collaboration
EPA’s data architect does the groundwork to facilitate electronic data exchanges.
People
DISA buying into SOA 'big time'
It's time for the department “to stop buying things and start buying services,” said DOD's CIO, speaking at the Milcom conference.
People
Real ID draft regs due by year's end
State officials say they are already working to comply with the federal mandate but are concerned about the May 2008 deadline.
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