People
Chertoff: FEMA improvements due soon
DHS' secretary hints at plans for departmentwide improvements.
People
DOJ wants new criminal justice tech
The National Institute of Justice may offer as much as $1 million for evaluations of new technologies.
People
Survey: CIOs insecure about President's Management Agenda
An AFFIRM study shows a decline in respondents who think the federal government is making progress on OMB’s lines of business and e-government.
People
Official: Katrina taught DHS procurement lessons
The storm showed the need for contingency planning within each federal department and across them, said Elaine Duke, the department’s acting chief procurement officer.
People
Survey: Federal CIOs want to align IT with mission
Hiring and retaining skilled professionals rose to fourth place and stayed a perennial top issue, according to an AFFIRM study.
People
DOD wants to authenticate devices
Defense Department releases RFI for solutions that can verify the identities of Internet-enabled devices on DOD networks.
Digital Government
Expert: Certified Microsoft applications reach security pinnacle
EAL 4 probably is the highest assurance level that a complex, commercially developed product can achieve, said Helmut Kurth, chief scientist and lab director at atsec.
Digital Government
8 Microsoft products get EAL 4+ certification
Common Criteria certification is essential for companies that want federal contracts that include handling classified information.
Cybersecurity
Feds get D+ on 2005 cybersecurity
The federal government earned a barely passing grade in enacting meaningful improvements in cybersecurity during the past year.
People
SANS offering security, management master’s degrees
The SANS Institute now offers two master’s degree programs to provide advanced engineering and management training to information technology security professionals.
People
Web extra: Mixed technology report card
The 9/11 Public Discourse Project recently evaluated the federal government’s progress in improving homeland security.
Cybersecurity
Feds to use faster, safer fingerprint standard
The government is expected to announce that federal ID cards will use a mathematical, minutiae-based template of fingerprint images of cardholders' two index fingers.
Digital Government
Survey: Info security moving from back room to boardroom
Senior executives are taking more responsibility for information security in their organizations, according to IDC survey.
People
Johns Hopkins hosts new disaster-research center
The Center for the Study of High Consequence Event Preparedness and Response will conduct research on preparedness, prevention and response.
People
TSA reorg bill pushes business, tech improvements
Republican leaders on the House Homeland Security Committee introduced the bill two days after a blistering report from the 9/11 Public Discourse Project.
Digital Government
Ballmer picks hot new technolgies
Microsoft CEO says voice over IP and mobile devices with Internet-connected programs will become prevalent in the next five years.
People
Feds fail homeland security tests
In its last public comment, the 9/11 group gave the federal government failing grades for 'scandalous' shortcomings in implementing homeland security reforms.
Cybersecurity
'E-ZPass' coming to military stations
Starting in January, vendors that work with the U.S. military will have a faster way to enter military installations.
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