People
Treasury's IT management said to need work
The Government Accountability Office found that the Treasury Department's implementation of the required Earned Value Management approach for project oversight should be improved.
People
Appropriations delay would hurt law enforcement wireless net
Existing radio systems are "falling apart" and vulnerable to hacks, according to the Justice Department's chief information officer.
People
DHS plans new TWIC rule
The program is on track to enroll 1.2 million workers by April 2009, according to the TWIC program manager.
People
Cybersecurity initiative seen as good first step
Agency officials addressed cyber issues, including counterintelligence and supply chain security at ITAA conference.
People
Improvements said needed on TWIC enrollment
The Transportation Safety Administration and its contractor need to improve efforts to get workers to sign up for a required biometric identification program, a House subcommittee was told today.
People
Experts urge overhaul of cybersecurity
An independent commission has recommended that the coordination of the government's cybersecurity efforts be handled in the White House, rather than by the Homeland Security Department.
People
New DHS deputy CIO named
Margie Graves is the Homeland Security Department’s new deputy chief information officer, a career position that will help the department's information technology office through its first presidential transition.
People
FBI director cites progress in IT
FBI Director Robert Mueller today told a House committee the bureau had made progress in improving upgrades to its information technology system
Digital Government
Officials talk cyber initiative with industry
Senior officials today discussed details of the multiyear, multibillion-dollar National Cyber Security Initiative and what it could mean for industry.
People
Airlines await Secure Flight
Transportation Security Administration will take over the screening of air travelers against terrorist watch lists.
People
Open-source intell gets governance
CIA Director Michael Hayden today announced a new board to serve as a forum to determine how best to pool open-source intelligence resources.
People
Committee sets goals for open-source info
The government's National Open Source Committee has established four strategic goals for how the intelligence community should use publicly accessible information.
People
TSA cites progress on Secure Flight privacy requirements
Among other steps, the agency has establishing an internal oversight board and put in place substantial security measures, TSA's administrator told a congressional panel.
People
Report: Competition down, secrecy up
A report by open-government advocates says secrecy in policy-making, contracting and classifying information has risen significantly during the Bush administration.
People
Groups sue Cheney over records
A coalition of historians, archivists and a watchdog group filed a law suit that seeks to ensure that the Office of the Vice President's records are not exempt from the Presidential Records Act.
People
Spy agencies prepare for administration change
Sen. Susan Collins, who sponsored the 2004 intelligence reform law, said it represented a sea change in the structure and operation of the intelligence community.
People
Orchestrating safety in disasters
State and local officials on the front lines of emergency management look for assistance from new technology and the feds.
Modernization
Taking intelligence analysis to the virtual world
The intelligence community is looking toward virtual or synthetic worlds as ways to improve analysis.
Digital Government
A-Space set to launch this month
An online collaboration environment for intelligence analysts that has been in development for almost a year will launch later this month, according to intelligence officials.
People
Top 5 e-gov sites revealed
The Brookings Institution has ranked the top federal Web sites, with USA.gov coming out on top.
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