Cybersecurity
ITAA backs breach notification law
IT group supports national law requiring companies to notify individuals if personal records have been hacked or stolen.
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FBI focuses on IT capabilities
FBI officials are counting on the bureau's new Office of Information Technology Policy and Planning (OIPP) to tame the sort of undisciplined IT spending that led the FBI to abandon its $170 million Virtual Case File system earlier this year.
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Focus turns to disaster response
The slow, disorganized response by emergency responders to Hurricane Katrina has prompted IT officials to think more creatively about how to deploy technology.
Modernization
Citadel offers cybersecurity warranty
Company introduces Hercules SecurePlus, an insurance policy against financial losses caused by cyberattacks.
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Hurricane Katrina gets her own DHS IG
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general is creating an office that will specifically focus on Hurricane Katrina issues.
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Watchdogs outline secrets of Sentinel success
FBI has improved management of IT, but data management system remains at risk, critics tell House panel.
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GAO: Info sharing would bolster visa security
Improving information sharing would enhance the security of the visa issuance process, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Digital Government
Sun introduces Sun Fire x64 servers
Sun Microsystems revealed its new Sun Fire x64 servers with the twin ideas that less is more and more is more.
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Union wants injunction against HR system upheld
A union representing DHS employees asked a federal judge to uphold her injunction against MaxHR.
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Holcomb: Katrina could shift DHS priorities
The disorganized and delayed federal response to Hurricane Katrina will likely alter the Homeland Security Department’s priorities, DHS’ chief technology officer said.
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Coast Guard tech situation improving
The Coast Guard has regained most of its IT capabilities along the Gulf Coast.
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Red Cross works to restore communications at shelters
Red Cross CIO Steve Cooper says the organization is working to restore communications with its 300 shelters in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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Katrina smashes Coast Guard IT
As the U.S. Coast Guard handles search and rescue efforts on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, it also copes with the loss of much of its IT based in the region.
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FEMA uses closed NASA facility
Agency moves Hurricane Katrina operations headquarters to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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USDA keeps paychecks coming, despite Katrina
The Agriculture Department's finance center in New Orleans completed the payroll for nearly 500,000 federal workers before the hurricane hit.
Cybersecurity
Feds cram before 2005 FISMA scores arrive
Federal IT officials meet to learn how to develop the best IT security practices.
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DHS official heads federal response to Hurricane Katrina
Michael Brown, the undersecretary of DHS's Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, was named to coordinate the fed response to Hurricane Katrina.
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DHS asks judge to minimize MaxHR injunction
The Homeland Security Department wants a federal judge to allow a partial roll out of the department’s new personnel system.
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Companies faulted for shipping flawed software
Software makers should offer buyers a level of assurance that the software they're purchasing is secure, said Howard Schmidt, eBay's chief information security officer.
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It's not easy being green
Labor's CIO explains how his agency became the only one to get an all-satisfactory rating on the President's Management Agenda.
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