Digital Government

Protection plan awaits White House revisions

The Bush administration has been working for months to refine the strategy for protecting the government's critical infrastructure

Digital Government

Bush administration rethinks IT spending

Systems that save money could get top priority in fiscal 2003 budget

Digital Government

The ripple effect

How terrorism worries could bolster the federal government's IT security planning

Digital Government

IT could play big at security office

The Office for Homeland Security could rely heavily on information technology to maintain domestic security

Digital Government

Worm not linked to attacks

W32.Nimda has no connection to the terrorist attacks, says Attorney General John Ashcroft

Digital Government

Horn preps security grades

Rep. Horn's next round of report cards on agencies' information security status is due soon

Digital Government

Info security speeding up

Information security programs and systems are going forward, in some cases faster than before

Modernization

Government calls get through

System gives priority to emergency crews

Digital Government

E-gov plan to provide updates

The Bush administration's e-government task force is developing a tracking system that will provide monthly updates on how agencies are progressing

Digital Government

Final security guide arrives

NIST on Sept. 10 released the final version of a step-by-step guide for agencies to measure the effectiveness of their information security programs

Digital Government

OMB: Use e-gov to cut budget

OMB asks agencies to use e-gov, other reforms to slice 5 percent off fiscal 2003 requests

Digital Government

Cybersecurity seriousness escalates

A Senate hearing scheduled to examine critical infrastructure security took on extra meaning

People

NSC seeking security standard

NSC wants a more user-friendly standard for the procurement of commercial IT products

Digital Government

Final security guide arrives

NIST releases final version for agencies to measure information security program effectiveness

Digital Government

New White House on the Web

For revamp, designers learned from others

Digital Government

White House hires first CIO

The White House has its first chief information officer

People

A time for change

Panel pushes new pay system for IT workers

Digital Government

NSF targets tech security

Research program is aimed at raising the level of security in commercial technology

Digital Government

Security system to patch holes

FEDCIRC plans to release a revamped solicitation for a patch-release system

Digital Government

GAO seeks performance boost

GAO is looking for agency examples to supplement a draft guide on budget decisions.