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Miller joins Homeland transition

FEMA's chief information officer becomes a member of the administration's Transition Planning Office

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Treasury bolsters data security

Entrust to provide enhanced security for the Treasury Department's Internet and intranet communications

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GSA office gets infosec management

Telos will support the information security management of systems within Office of Governmentwide Policy

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OMB biz case deadline set

OMB has given agencies until Aug. 21 to submit a list of joint business cases for systems that potentially could be combined across agencies

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Filling the infosec ranks

Carnegie Mellon helps colleges improve information security programs

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Report: Creativity needed

Homeland security requires unusual approaches to R&D, presidential council says

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OMB calls for joint business cases

Memo outlines next step toward getting agencies to build on one another's information technology investments

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Homeland R&D report drafted

PCAST outlines how the proposed department should be organized to take maximum advantage of R&D funds

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Plan to address wireless security

The Critical Infrastructure Protection Board has almost completed a new version of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace

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DOD focused on wireless security

Defense Department officials plan to issue stricter rules for how defense personnel use commercial wireless devices

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OMB freezes more IT funds

OMB took another step toward consolidating information systems at agencies bound for the proposed Homeland Security Department

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GSA to outline e-Travel needs

GSA is poised to release the statement of objectives for the first phase of a governmentwide travel system

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OMB freezes management systems

Freeze affects investments on financial, HR and procurement systems at agencies moving to the Homeland Security Department

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Feds look to secure wireless nets

Wireless networks are not as secure as they need to be, but officials have several ideas for making the best of a bad situation

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GSA office wants better results

New group to steer current and future performance improvement initiatives

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Feds ink deal for info sharing with states

The federal government will begin exchanging information with state CIOs about potential cyberattacks

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Guides tackle wireless, training

NIST's latest draft guides for agencies take aim at wireless security and security training

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Tech chief picked for new GSA office

Casey Coleman will oversee the technology strategy for the citizen-centered services performed by GSA

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OMB puts hold on homeland IT

OMB froze more than $1 billion worth of IT projects planned at major agencies that would be shifted to the Homeland Security Department

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Score cards show mixed results

Federal agencies are still a long way from meeting the goals of the President's Management Agenda