People
Student tracker proposed
The Education Department wants to create a federal database to track college students.
Modernization
Report: Cybersecurity regs would be tricky
Congressional Research Service says regulatory framework could build on Year 2000 model.
Modernization
Pentagon pursues compatible signatures
The DOD Digital Signature Interoperability Team wants to know how application vendors might adapt commercial digital signature standards for the military.
Cybersecurity
Make security a business issue
Chief information security officers who know only "geek speak" will be left behind, officials say.
Digital Government
Buetow: A force in the battle against cancer
Bioinformatics grid lets researchers, clinicians share data and tools.
Modernization
Input: Security spending to rise
Report says to expect 27 percent more federal spending on IT security.
Cybersecurity
FISMA tightens criteria
Federal agencies will encounter tougher security grading standards next year.
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Social Security sees tech future
SSA officials expect IT to help them handle a large wave of Baby Boomer retirements.
Digital Government
Wireless firms jump on Senate Wi-Fi
Commercial cellular carriers have activated service for the U.S. Senate across a secure wireless network.
Cybersecurity
Security through layers
Wireless networks are inherently insecure, but the more layers of security they have, the less likely they are to be attacked, Mischel Kwon said.
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Screening metrics need work, GAO says
GAO evaluated measures the Transportation Security Administration has developed for determining whether commercial data can improve airline passenger prescreening.
People
Feds prepare security test
The federal government and several international partners will hold a cyber preparedness exercise in November.
Modernization
CoreStreet releases First Responder
The company says its application can use public networks to validate ID credentials for public-safety and health personnel.
Modernization
Titan sticks it to security
The company's ItinerX product provides a mobile information security system on a USB memory stick.
Modernization
From layers to assurance
The key to information security might be building better software to begin with instead of relying on outside layers, officials say.
Cybersecurity
Clarke: Who leads cybersecurity?
The former special adviser to the president on cybersecurity has this advice for the DHS secretary: Find out who's in charge of cybersecurity.
Digital Government
OMB sets ID schedule
Officials laid out a timetable for complying with an executive order to issue federal workers identity cards that conform to a new standard.
Cybersecurity
Clashing over cybersecurity
Industry leaders and critics argue about cybersecurity regulation.
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