People

Booze, cigarette tax forms to go online

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau will be implementing electronic forms gradually.

People

Food imports require electronic notice

Beginning Dec. 12, companies importing food into the United States will have to electronically notify the Food and Drug Administration beforehand.

People

Froelich to lead IRS unit

And the Treasury Department appointed Jesus Delgado-Jenkins to be Froelich's boss.

Digital Government

Software group has security framework

It's supposed to help companies comply with federal laws and alleviate increased consumer security concerns.

Digital Government

House passes P2P security bill

The Government Network Security Act orders agencies to protect sensitive data on government computers from security threats posed by peer-to-peer file swapping.

People

Starting date set for federal grant site

Federal agencies must post synopses of grant announcements on the Grants.gov portal starting Nov. 7.

People

Survey: Feds overwhelmed by OMB's management agenda

If your daily work leaves you no time to focus on OMB's management agenda, you're not alone

People

Common Criteria: Ready for prime time?

Experts question if security requirements should be mandated across government

People

OMB's to-do list

A sampling of ideas offered by groups around the Washington beltway

People

Memo to OMB: Don't be a lame duck

Washington, D.C., observers offer advice for sustaining progress on IT management and related concerns

Digital Government

NIST issues security drafts

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's latest publications define the security necessary for IT systems and establish processes for handling incidents.

People

OMB releases performance reference for IT

The Performance Reference Model tells agencies how to ensure their information systems help the performance of their missions.

Digital Government

In worm war, feds fight the clock

Worms coming faster; patching pace not keeping up

People

Feds' sites boost public service

Gauging whether federal agencies have improved their use of the Web to interact with citizens is not easy, but a user satisfaction survey says they are improving.

People

DHS names federal worm hunter

Department appoints security czar, creates central response center

People

NSA, DOD push Common Criteria for civilians

The security and defense community wants civilian agencies to require that all their IT products pass Common Criteria tests.

People

Cybersecurity forum planned

DHS will have a summit in the fall to figure out how to execute the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace..

People

DHS creates emergency response team

The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team will lead all incident prevention, warnings and response efforts across the country.

People

Yoran named head of national cybersecurity

Homeland Security officials named Amit Yoran as director of the National Cyber Security Division.

Digital Government

Users more satisfied with Fed sites

User satisfaction with federal Web sites ranges from midrange to higher than several top commercial sites, according to a new study.