Digital Government
House Democrats introduce records preservation bill
Legislation inspired by investigation into missing White House e-mails.
Digital Government
Collaborative technologies drive accountability, say international CIOs
Agencies should be ready to open databases and to respond to large populations.
Digital Government
Benchmarks needed for green IT
Promoting energy-efficient hardware is a start, but strategies to direct system and software development are called for, industry official says.
Cybersecurity
Better communication needed for cybersecurity
The ability to share critical information between public and private sectors during a cyberattack remains a challenge, due in part to inconsistent procedures used by companies and agencies to respond to threats, according to those who participated in a recent simulation of an international cyberattack.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Agencies must monitor networks around the clock
Department, with OMB, working to raise security standards, but silent on how requirements may change.
Digital Government
IBM suspension lifted
The Environmental Protection Agency has come to an agreement with IBM to terminate the temporary suspension barring the vendor from participating in new federal government business, both parties confirmed this morning.
Digital Government
GSA now says resellers not affected by IBM suspension
Federal contractors can continue to sell IBM products under their own contracts.
Digital Government
Industry pushes feds to adopt open standards
Lower cost, more flexibility and less risk make move a good fit for agencies.
Digital Government
GSA official: IBM 'suspension is not punishment'
The General Services Administration's top procurement official says barring IBM from any new federal contracts is meant to protect agencies' interests, and should not be viewed as a punishment against IBM.
Digital Government
Defense to focus more on content, less on the network
"Content-centric" model will allow the department and civilian agencies to pool information in a more secure way to make better decisions.
Digital Government
IBM suspended from new federal contracts
IBM and its subsidiaries are suspended from receiving new federal contracts due to an action taken by the EPA that extends governmentwide.
Digital Government
GPO: Article 'misstated' facts of offshoring e-passport production
Congress still concerned about security of work processes for the high-tech passports.
Digital Government
Number of bogus IRS e-mails spikes
Internet security vendor reports a 3,000 percent increase in the number of phishing attempts to trick taxpayers to give up personal information.
Digital Government
Contract award protests charging conflicts of interest on the rise
As agencies rely more on outside contractors to evaluate bids, GAO sees more complaints about bias.
Digital Government
Collaboration essential to shared services, report says
Agencies still reluctant about funding and sharing data, according to IT officials.
Digital Government
IRS improves tax processing capabilities
Funding for business system modernization still poses a challenge for long-term success, IRS official says.
Cybersecurity
Cyberexercise shows need for better training to avoid network failures
During Cyber Storm II, the largest cyberexercise ever organized, backup systems worked but personnel need more training, a DHS official says.
Digital Government
Agencies to share custom IT security training practices
A new strategy for information security training that relies on agencies to share specialized products and best practices will roll out by the end of 2008, said representatives from the Homeland Security Department Tuesday.
Digital Government
Motion filed for more archiving in search for White House e-mails
In the latest development in the search for missing White House e-mails, an independent archiving organization filed a motion to extend an order that ensures preservation of backup tapes to other media and obtains emergency depositions from White House and National Archives and Records Administration officials.
Digital Government