Cybersecurity

No one is 100 percent secure

The data breach at the Federal Aviation Administration, recently lauded for its cybersecurity practices, shows that how agencies respond to incidents is as important as their work to prevent them.

Modernization

Transparency of Recovery.gov under scrutiny

State and local databases might not feed information to Recovery.gov easily because of incompatibility issues.

People

Stimulus law provision could raise prices

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Modernization

White House issues guidance on stimulus bucks

Memo provides guidance to federal agencies on how to carry out the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Cybersecurity

The stimulus at a glance: The latest on IT-related proposals

The House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package contain more than $70 billion in proposed information technology spending.

Cybersecurity

DHS gets IT money in stimulus

The Homeland Security Department will get about $2.8 billion from the stimulus package; about half of that money will go for IT-related items such as scanners and surveillance systems.

People

Final stimulus bill keeps billions for IT

Major IT programs survived and thrived in the final version of the stimulus bill set to go before the House and Senate later today.

Cybersecurity

E-Verify dropped from stimulus bill

The E-Verify employment verification provisions have been dropped from the final version of the economic stimulus package.

People

Companies seek Trade Adjustment Assistance in Stimulus

IT companies and trade groups are lobbying Congress to include trade adjustment money in the final stimulus bill.