Digital Government
Can virtual worlds create better spies?
The Office of the Director of National intelligence wants to harness virtual worlds to create better trained intell officers.
Cybersecurity
Some Justice laptops lack encryption, IG finds
The Justice Department's Criminal Division needs to make sure that its laptops and those used by its contractors have required security protections, the department's IG says.
Digital Government
FAA looks to crack IT 'sound barrier'
The agency's information technology is at a crossroads, according to the agency's IT chief.
Cybersecurity
First responders connect via DHS online network
The Homeland Security Department hopes 500,000 local, state and federal first responders will join a new online professional network DHS has created for them.
Modernization
Justice IG hits FBI's Sentinel IT program
Rising costs and delays with the FBI’s project for a Web-enabled electronic case management system worry the Justice Department’s inspector general.
Digital Government
White House wants industry's help on IT managment
The Obama administration wants to apply industry's best practices to how the government manages large, expensive IT projects.
Digital Government
Senators get in on Internet freedom push
A bipartisan group of senators has formed a caucus to thwart Internet censorship outside the United States.
Cybersecurity
DHS undecided about US-VISIT air exit system
The Homeland Security Department is still undecided about pursuing a biometric system at airports to verify that non-U.S. citizens leave when required.
Digital Government
CIO Council considers new privacy guidance
People who work with the federal enterprise architecture could soon get additional guidance for building privacy protections into systems.
Modernization
ATF wants more functionality from mobile devices
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been testing technology to increase the capabilities of the personal digital assistants that bureau officials use.
Cybersecurity
Organizations collaborating on guidance to thwart insider cyber threats
A Defense Department personnel office, police chiefs and the legal community are working together to come up with guidance for vetting online behavior of employees to protect against insider attacks.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity game plan needs stronger educational strategy
Computer science students should get college scholarships like basketball or football players, a senior official in DHS' National Cybersecurity Division said at FOSE.
Digital Government
Tech groups still worried about cert requirements in Rockefeller-Snowe bill
Technology trade groups remain concerned over certification requirements for cybersecurity professionals that would be required under a bill in the Senate.
Cybersecurity
Senate bill targets countries where cyberattacks against U.S. interests originate
A bill in the Senate would hold other countries accountable for cyber-crime against targets in the United States.
Cybersecurity
Cyber criminals getting specialized, FBI says
Cyber criminals are spending their time getting good at one specific skill for cyber crime, a senior FBI official said today.
Cybersecurity
Local police falling behind on cybercrime, former chief says
Bill Bratton, former chief of the Los Angeles and New York City police departments, said police departments have the knowledge, but lack the resources to attack cybercrime.
Modernization
House passes e-records management bill
House lawmakers recently passed a bill that would amend laws that cover federal and presidential recordkeeping to ensure preservation of electronic messages that are records.
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