Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: An internal U.S. Army memo described the Distributed Common Ground System used to detect roadside bombs and predict insurgent activity limited and “not suitable.” More here. A recent survey of security exper...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The National Vehicle Location Service, which has over 685 million continually updated images of license plates, will soon be available to the Department of Homeland Security for locating fugitive aliens. More here. The...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Office of Personnel Management has decreased the average length of a federal background investigation from 145 to 36 days with electronic forms and increased automation. More here. Rep. Mike McCaul proposes reversing ...
Issues that plagued a revamp of the USAJobs.com website have root in historic problems at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in managing IT system development, according to federal watchdog agencies. OPM inspector general Patrick McFarland testified before the House Committee on Oversight and ...
via Federal Times The Homeland Security Department needs hundreds of information technology workers — especially in the cybersecurity arena — but it faces considerable obstacles in doing so. Among them: Lengthy security clearance reviews, flat budgets under the extended continuing resolution, th...
via nextgov Friendly hackers and other computer whizzes who could help bolster government’s cyber defenses often are unable to collaborate with the Homeland Security Department because of outdated policies that Congress and the White House must reform, former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge said on Tu...
via Washington Technology Eight federal agencies and departments would see more than 10 percent cut from their IT budgets under a management reform program for fiscal 2012, a senior White House official said today. Other federal organizations would have smaller reductions. “We are cutting what we ...
via Federal Computer Week Eight federal agencies and departments would see more than 10 percent cut from their IT budgets in fiscal 2012 as part of a broader management reform program reflected in the administration’s budget request, a senior White House official said today. Other federa...