National & World Headlines
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If the 2011 defense authorization bill passes the Senate the Defense Department will get an added boost to it\'s cybersecurity portfolio. Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.
June 03, 2010 -
They\'re no longer battling your standard denial of service attacks.
June 03, 2010 -
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn\'s op-ed piece about U.S. Cyber Command.
June 03, 2010 -
Bill would require Defense to explore new cybersecurity buys and tools, First governmentwide cyber provider approved
June 03, 2010 -
Professor at National Defense University teaches the basics of leadership to future government leaders.
June 02, 2010 -
Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell and Joint Strike Fighter issues are only the beginnings of the hurdles for the bill. Jodi Schneider, Senior Editor at American Banker, explains.
June 02, 2010 -
Military pay raise for 2011 will stay at 1.4% in Senate version of Defense Authorization Bill.
June 01, 2010 -
Former Deputy CIO at VA sees a \"confluence of events\" pushing uniformity on health IT.
June 01, 2010 -
The Naval Oceanographic Office has deployed sensor systems to monitor surface currents and measure physical properties of the deeper Gulf waters.
June 01, 2010 -
The Department of Defense has announced it will use the FBI-owned and maintained eGuardian suspicious activity reporting system as a long-term solution to ensure access to appropriate threat information. The announcement follows two years of analysis and a six-month pilot program, and a recommendation this past January by the DoD Independent Review related to the shootings at Fort Hood that DoD adopt a reporting system for documenting, storing, and exchanging threat information. Those using the system will be trained with regard to the protection of civil liberties. Through its use, DoD law enforcement and security personnel will be able to share potential terrorist threats, terrorist events, and suspicious activity information with other state, local, tribal, federal law enforcement agencies, state fusion centers, and the FBI\'s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
May 31, 2010 -
Within the next several weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to release the newest guidelines regarding the continuing effort to implement electronic health records across the country. Meanwhile, several feds who are in the thick of the \'health IT\' fight talked about their work at yesterday\'s AFFIRM luncheon here in Washington.
May 28, 2010 -
The military is performing a proof of concept in Utah by putting transit benefits on employees\' Common Access Cards. USDA is implementing technology to require the use of HSPD-12 cards to log onto applications.
May 28, 2010 -
The departure of Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum was announced by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at a congressional hearing where Birnbaum had been scheduled to testify but didn\'t show up.
May 27, 2010 -
Federal agencies scrambling on DNSSEC implementation
May 27, 2010 -