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David Maurer, director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at GAO, explains why FPS is out of time and money.
An immigration application processing center in Texas is in hot water after staffers accessed their bosses\' emails, NextGov reports.
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel detailed in a memo what agencies must do to reduce the number of agency websites. He extended the freeze on new dot-gov domains through Dec. 31.
GAO will decide the complaints by Oct. 17. Both companies say GSA\'s request for proposal is unfair because of its requirement for a government-only cloud.
The VA has issued a request for information for secure cloud-based collaboration tools to head off the use of less secure web-based applications, such as Google Docs.
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said a new pilot program that allows for more cybersecurity information sharing between the Pentagon and contractors appears to be working well.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is holding its annual conference in Baltimore this week. Enterprise technologies and standardization are key themes. DISA has told its public and private sector partners that it intends to do all of the above, even in a climate in which budgetary resources are declining.
Today on the Federal Drive: The Defense Intelligence Agency wants to ease the revolving door so it\'s younger workforce can return if they depart and the GAO rates a Federal Protective Service project poorly.
A former employee at Shionogi pharmaceutical company logged into the company\'s network from a wi-fi hotspot at a McDonalds and deleted the contents of 88 different computer servers.
The Defense Intelligence Agency wants the \"revolving door\" between government and industry to swing both ways, making it easier for employees to return to the agency after they\'ve left. DIA Deputy Director David Shedd said a new entry-exit program is just getting off the ground to meet the changing needs of its newer — and younger — workforce. This story is part of Federal News Radio\'s ongoing coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, \"9/11: A Government Changed.\"
Alan Paller is the Vice President for Research at the Sans Institute.
The nation\'s 9-1-1 system is rooted in the old, switched-circuit telephone system — and it still works fairly well, even in today\'s mobile-technology world. But some, including FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, think it\'s past due for an upgrade.
Julius Genachowski told the Federal Drive the time is right to adopt the next-generation of the 9-1-1 system. He also described efforts to establish a national, broadband communications for first responders.
Weak information security controls have put financial systems at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at risk, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
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