Cybersecurity
2010 budget adds to DHS immigration programs
The Obama administration has requested a 6.5 percent increase for the Homeland Security Department, which would raise the department’s discretionary budget to $42.7 billion.
Modernization
Obama names online staff
4 White House appointees will form the nucleus of the Obama administration’s online team.
Modernization
Transparency of Recovery.gov under scrutiny
State and local databases might not feed information to Recovery.gov easily because of incompatibility issues.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano appoints chief privacy officer
Attorney Mary Ellen Callahan will oversee Homeland Security's privacy policies.
Cybersecurity
Obama takes up the cybersecurity mantel
The Obama administration must decide the future of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.
Modernization
Issa seeks info on White House e-mail use
Rep. Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight panel, is asking the White House to clarify its policies on staffers using personal e-mail accounts such as Gmail.
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.
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
TWIC program has woes with PIN resets
Some TWIC card holders will have to replace their cards if they forget their PINs.
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.
Cybersecurity
Senate stimulus bill lacks House's E-Verify provision
The House version of the economic stimulus bill would require E-Verify employment verification for all contracts covered by the stimulus spending; the Senate bill approved today does not.
Modernization
Senate to vote on Stimulus cut for IT
Sens. Nelson and Collins are promoting an amendment that would cut $83 billion from the stimulus package, including reductions in major IT items.
People
Autobahn or speed trap?
The tech sector is being put back in the driver’s seat in President Barack Obama’s vision for recovery.
People
Get a Life!: Same old?
Is it the same old thing or is change occurring in government agencies where new leaders and new directions have not yet appeared? Blogger Judy Welles asks what you are doing while you wait.
People
Bush's legacy is Obama's uncertain mandate
The Bush administration did a commendable job of creating and expanding e-government programs. Now it falls to President Barack Obama to carry the effort forward.
People
Towns names subcommittee leaders
Reps. Stephen Lynch and Diane Watson will oversee two subcommittees that influence federal management and procurement issues.
People
CRS: Chief technology officer would face fights
A federal CTO likely would have turf battles with other agencies, a new report says.
People
Taxing Times
Three of Obama's high-level nominees have had tax problems. Two have stepped down.
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