Cybersecurity

USCIS redesigns Web site to improve usability, access

Obama administration sees redesigned site as a model for others.

Cybersecurity

DHS intell office to realign IT capabilities

The Homeland Security Department's top intelligence official told a House subcommittee how IT would help share security information.

Modernization

DHS explores virtual world technologies

The Homeland Security Department wants to know how virtual world technologies and Web-based tools can help responders prepare for emergencies.

Cybersecurity

Authentication said key to cybersecurity

Bruce McConnell, a top cybersecurity official, said authentication of users and devices is key to cybersecurity.

Modernization

Citizenship agency launches interactive Web site

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a revamped Web site that lets users track their applications and petitions online. The new USCIS.gov site also makes national trend and raw data available.

Digital Government

NASA plans to spend billions for IT services

NASA plans to soon offer a series of contracts estimated to be worth more than $4 billion for information technology.

Cybersecurity

DOD opens some classified information to non-federal officials

Some officials working at state and local intelligence fusion centers will have limited access to data on the Defense Department's classified network.

Cybersecurity

IG: DHS needs better management for OneNet

DHS needs better management for its project to consolidate its agencies' network infrastructures, the department's inspector general found.

Cybersecurity

Intell agencies plan to beef up cybersecurity

Stopping cyber threats is a top priority for intelligence agencies during the next four years, according to a new national strategy.

Cybersecurity

Pressure builds on Obama to appoint cybersecurity coordinator

The co-chairmen of the House Cybersecurity Caucus say the continued absence of a White House cybersecurity coordinator impedes agencies' abilities to update their cyber policies.

People

Senate confirms head of White House regulatory office

The Senate has confirmed Cass Sunstein to head the powerful Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs that reviews agencies' final and proposed rules before they are published.

Cybersecurity

NARA digs out of digital avalanche

The National Archives is under mounting pressure to help the federal government manage its rapidly growing store of electronic records.

Modernization

NARA's top 10 management challenges

The Office of Inspector General recently listed what it considers the most significant challenges facing the agency.

Cybersecurity

NRC, FERC to cooperate on cybersecurity for nuke plants

Regulatory commissions will coordinate to protect nuclear power facilities.

Digital Government

Aides defend presidential powers in cybersecurity bill

Senate aides familiar with proposed comprehensive cybersecurity legislation say the bill would clarify the president’s authority for dealing with a cyberattack, not give the government sweeping new powers.

Modernization

GAO: DOD needs better process improvement management

The Defense Department isn't meeting all of its statutory requirements for improving processes related to the development, acquisition, and engineering of software and systems, investigators find.

Cybersecurity

Report: Government secrecy down slightly in 2008

An annual report says government secrecy decreased slightly in the last year of the Bush administration.

Cybersecurity

Top 5 challenges for the cyber coordinator

President Barack Obama's pledge to appoint a cybersecurity policy coordinator at the White House has drawn cheers, a few jeers and a long to-do list.

Modernization

USPTO eyes unified communication system

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants to learn about unified Internet Protocol communication systems that could cut its operating costs.

Modernization

Administration wants help archiving its Facebook, Twitter content

The Executive Office of the President wants to hire a company to crawl and archive Web sites that have content covered by the Presidential Records Act.