Cybersecurity
White House cyber adviser Melissa Hathaway resigns
Melissa Hathaway, who led the administration's 60-day review of cyber policy and was considered a candidate for the new White House cyber coordinator position, will resign later this month, according to an article on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.
Cybersecurity
Groups want more input in classification debate
Advocates for open government want to see national security adviser's recommendations for revising government data classification policy before they are sent to President Obama for consideration.
Modernization
Come join the homeland security review
Starting today people can go online to participate in a wide-ranging review of the Homeland Security Department designed to help shape the department over the coming years.
Cybersecurity
McNamara: Give info-sharing office more authority
Thomas McNamara said the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment should have budgetary authority and the ability to direct policy changes.
Cybersecurity
The great cybersecurity star search
A consortium of private and government organizations has launched a program of competitions and educational opportunities for young people to build the next-generation cybersecurity workforce.
Modernization
Committee approves bill to strip some IT requirements from Real ID
A bill that would remove costly information technology requirements from a secure identification law has been approved by a Senate committee.
Cybersecurity
Spires named new CIO at DHS
Richard Spires is the Homeland Security Department's top information technology executive.
Modernization
Obama picks Ferriero to head NARA
President Barack Obama plans to nominate David Ferriero to head the National Archives and Records Administration.
Modernization
GAO: Details needed on electronic records system
The National Archives and Records Administration's spending plan for its Electronic Records Archive system needs important details, GAO has found.
Cybersecurity
Private cybersecurity commission to continue
The Center for Strategic and International Studies' cybersecurity commission plans to give more recommendations about how the government can better secure cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
Got cyber skills? Uncle Sam wants you
A new program tries to find young people that could meet the government's need for more highly skilled cybersecurity professionals.
Cybersecurity
Panel OKs bill that would increase cybersecurity oversight
A Senate committee has approved a bill that would require the president to notify Congress about existing and new cybersecurity programs that involve personally identifiable information.
Modernization
IG: DHS should get new infrastructure data system
The Homeland Security Department should finish the acquisition process for a new system that will be used to keep track of critical infrastructure, DHS' inspector general said.
Cybersecurity
Intell chief: Source of cyberattacks still unknown
The director of national intelligence said today federal officials aren't sure who was behind recent cyberattacks that knocked some government sites off-line.
Cybersecurity
Emergency IT authority for FERC gains support
Support is growing for proposals to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission additional authority to act during an emergency involving a cyberattack on the country's electric power system.
Cybersecurity
FBI's Dubree named assistant director of IT
Daniel Dubree is responsible for the operations of the bureau's information technology systems worldwide.
Cybersecurity
FERC lays out priorities for Smart Grid standards
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said cybersecurity is among its priorities for standards being developed for the country's next-generation, technology-enabled electric grid.
Cybersecurity
Agencies riddled with security holes, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office says agencies' information security policies aren't good enough and OMB needs to improve its guidance under FISMA.
Modernization
IT costs central to Real ID, PASS ID debate
Backers of the Real ID Act and proposed PASS ID Act have been debating the extent to which states need to make expensive information technology investments to improve the security of driver's licenses.
Modernization
DOD on the hunt for security solutions
Recent RFIs focus on virtualization-based security strategeies and commercial solutions for defending against denial-of-service attacks.
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