Digital Government
Caring for human life and happiness
The Army's Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, last week received Federal Computer Week's Monticello Award
People
Terrorists use new tools, old tactics
Despite increasing concern about 'cyberterrorism,' the tactics and goals of the world's terrorist organizations remain lowtech
Digital Government
Are cyberterrorists for real?
U.S. struggles to distinguish joyriding hackers from statesponsored attackers
Digital Government
How to tighten cybersecurity
Recommendations for how the government can better prepare for and combat cyberattacks
People
Policies hinder uniting of nations' networks
Senior Pentagon officials last week singled out rigid security policies and lack of planning as two key lessons from the war in Kosovo that pose the greatest challenge to improving interoperability among allied forces' computer systems.
People
National missile defense on track
A panel of experts finds that the technical capability to field a limited national missiledefense system is available and that the schedule should not be changed
People
Infosec poses allied communication challenge
The war in Kosovo offered examples of how lack of planning and restrictive security policies can hamper allied interoperability
People
Cyberdefense mired in Cold War
A false sense of cybersecurity has allowed costly Cold War-era Pentagon programs to siphon money from IT and security programs
People
Navy merges paperless initiatives
The Navy has taken a major step toward simplifying its electronic procurement process by combining the efforts of two major paperless contracting programs
People
Agencies act to secure the future
In the charge to protect computer systems against cyberattacks, the National Security Agency and the State Department are two prime examples of agencies that have taken a proactive approach.
People
Failure to communicate
When the Pentagon released its new strategic road map last month that outlined how it plans to prepare for the hightech battlefields of the future, it confirmed what senior officials and experts have said for years: The U.S. needs its allies and coalition partners.
People
U.S., Russia launch joint missile-warning center
Building on the success of a joint Year 2000 venture, Pentagon and Russian military officials have signed an agreement to build a hightech center near Moscow where both sides can monitor the globe for ballistic missile launches.
People
Experts: Center won't affect NMD
Experts say they view the agreement to build the earlywarning architecture as an important step to improve nuclear safety, but they downplay the impact the new center could have on the U.S. decision to field a limited national missile defense (NMD) system.
People
House aids net defense
Congress targeted the Pentagon's 'most serious vulnerabilities' with a $150 million increase in the fiscal 2001 Defense appropriations bill for information assurance and computer network security programs.
Digital Government
House boosts info security funding
House OK's a $150 million increase in the fiscal 2001 Defense appropriations bill for information assurance and computer network security programs
Digital Government
NSA plan may face political hurdles
The National Security Agency's plan to hand much of its IT support systems to industry may face hurdles on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have shown reluctance to approve largescale outsourcing contracts
Digital Government
Senate shores up DOD security
Appropriations bill funds security specialists, biometrics
People
Pentagon seeing 2020
The uncertain future crept a little closer to the Defense Department last week, forcing the Joint Chiefs of Staff to recast its one and only strategic plan in a way the department believes will better prepare the military services for the future hightech battlefield.
Almost There!
Help us tailor content specifically for you: