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The tech challenge
Fusion center advocates face technical challenges dealing with accessibility and data-sharing across classified and unclassified data platforms.
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What next for fusion centers?
The infrastructure for a locally run, nationwide intelligence-sharing network is ready. Now what?
Modernization
GAO faults some DOD IT assessments
The Government Accountability Office says the Defense Department must improve its assessments of whether business system modernization efforts comply with its federated Business Enterprise Architecture.
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NARA offers guidance on e-mail archiving
The National Archives and Records Administration has given agencies guidance on using e-mail message archiving applications to keep track of records.
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NARA proposes to rewrite record regulations
The National Archives and Records Administration plans to revise and reorganize the existing regulations for federal records management.
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House votes to simplify categories for unclassified data
Lawmakers have passed a bill that would require NARA to oversee a governmentwide effort to simplify how agencies categorize unclassified information.
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DHS keeps mum on cybersecurity contract work
DHS has released additional details about its role in the Bush administration’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative to Congress.
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House passes several homeland security bills
The bills address the Homeland Security Department’s management and use of information and technology.
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DHS reveals some plans on cybersecurity effort
The Homeland Security Department recently provided more information about its role in the Bush administration's highly classified governmentwide cybersecurity initiative.
Digital Government
House approves slew of homeland security measures
The eight bills, which address a range of IT issues that include cybersecurity and information sharing, could be added to the authorization bill for the Homeland Security Department.
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DHS official defends HSIN Next Gen
An official from the Homeland Security Department said the new version of DHS' collaborative unclassified data-sharing platform will be more secure and better meet users needs.
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House votes to kill restrictions on DHS grants
The House has passed a measure that would remove restrictions on how state and local authorities can spend DHS grants to sustain their intelligence fusion centers.
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ACLU: fusion centers need more oversight
Congress needs to increase oversight and develop standards for how information is shared though state and local intelligence fusion centers, the civil liberties group says.
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Auditors criticize DHS' financial management IT
Auditors commissioned by the Homeland Security Department find that security weaknesses in DHS' financial management IT systems could put the department's financial data at risk.
Digital Government
Privacy Act II
Debate continues about whether lawmakers need to rewrite privacy rules to accommodate new technologies.
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GAO: State's passport strategy needs work
The Government Accountability Office said in a report released today that a more inclusive and long-term approach will help the State Department meet an expected increase in demand for passport documents.
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Clarifications sought on data mining
Several experts contended today that clarification is needed regarding the rules and definitions for government data mining.
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Spending bill targets passport data security
Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee threaten to withhold money from the State Department in fiscal 2009 if recommendations to improve passport data security are not followed.
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NARA joins World Digital Library project
The National Archives and Records Administration will contribute digital versions of historically and culturally significant documents to an online international library expected to come online early next year.
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