Modernization
NARA seeks feedback on declassification priorities
The National Archives and Records Administration is using a blog and public meeting to collect feedback on a draft plan for its new National Declassification Center.
Digital Government
Trade group sees unintended consequences in new cybersecurity bill
The technology trade association TechAmerica is worried about regulatory provisions of a new comprehensive cybersecurity intoduced June 10 by three senior senators.
Cybersecurity
DHS would be cyber power center under Lieberman/Collins proposal
Three senior senators have introduced legislation to bolster the Homeland Security Department's role in protecting the country's networks and systems from cyber threats.
Digital Government
House moves to protect grid from cyber threats
The House has passed a bill that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission additional powers to protect the U.S. power system from cyber-related threats.
Cybersecurity
DHS network policy puts systems at risk, IG finds
The Homeland Security Department is working to fix security vulnerabilities to its enterprise application domain identified in a new report from the department's inspector general.
Cybersecurity
TSA now handling watch list checks for all domestic flights
The Transportation Security Administration has finished taking over from airlines the responsibility of screening all passengers that are flying inside the United States against the government's terrorist watch lists, as part of the Secure Flight program.
Digital Government
NARA's chief information officer to retire
As CIO, Martha Morphy oversees deployment of the initial parts of NARA's $550 million Electronic Records Archives system. Her retirement is effective July 2.
Cybersecurity
New DOD cyber commander seeks better situational awareness
Army Gen. Keith Alexander says the Defense Department needs a common, real-time, understanding of what's happening across its many computer networks.
Cybersecurity
Cyber policy snared in legislative tangle
Cybersecurity remains a more pressing concern among experts than lawmakers, who have 35 cyber-related proposals and counting weaving their way through the legislative process.
Cybersecurity
White House names new chief of terrorism-related info sharing environment
The Obama administration has named a new leader for an office tasked with improving how agencies share terrorism-related information.
Cybersecurity
TSA wants cyber forensics info
The Transportation Security Administration wants information on products it could use to deal with insider cyber threats, data leakage and misuse of IT assets.
Digital Government
FAA issues rule on satellite-based air traffic control
The Federal Aviation Administration has set requirements for satellite-based tracking technology that's central to its planned next-generation air traffic control system.
Digital Government
National Security Strategy: Digital infrastructure protection a 'national security priority'
The Obama administration today released a national security strategy that described the United States' digital infrastructure as a "strategic national asset" that must be protected.
Cybersecurity
Interior names new CIO
Bernard Mazer will replace Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia as Interior's chief information officer.
Cybersecurity
NASA's new FISMA approach and what it means for you
Jerry Davis, NASA's deputy CIO for IT security, discusses his agency's break from the paper-based process used to measure IT security.
Digital Government
It's official: DOD Cyber Command activated
Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the Defense Department's new Cyber Command, formally received his fourth star on May 21.
Digital Government
Lawmakers call for improved counterterrorism IT
Members of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee make recommendations for improvements to IT systems agencies use for counterterrorism.
Cybersecurity
Director of national intelligence and intell sharing to step down
The country's top intelligence official, who oversees programs to integrate intelligence agencies' information technology, is leaving the post.
Acquisition
Federal IT execs share approaches to working with industry
Senior federal information technology officials today discussed making government data available and working with industry during an event hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Bethesda Chapter.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft to give governments heads up on security vulnerabilities
Microsoft will begin a pilot program this summer to give some government organizations access to technical data on security vulnerabilities before the data is publicly available.
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