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A district court judge has put a hold on the section of the STOCK Act that requires 28,000 federal executives to publish their financial information online.
Mary Ellen Callahan plans to move back to the private sector to practice law after three years of service to the federal government. Callahan made rigorous privacy safeguards the norm during her time at DHS.
Several advocacy groups have raised major civil-liberties concerns about pending cybersecurity legislation, claiming the language may unfairly expose personal information and punish those who hide it.
The goal is for independent third party companies to affirm commercial cloud providers meet the FedRAMP cybersecurity requirements. The agencies will model its approach after the one used to accredit vendors to provide products and services under HSPD-12. FedRAMP will not be ready until the fall.
White House strategy gives the Commerce Department bureau the ability to bring industry, privacy, security and other experts together to develop policies and standards. The administration made it clear the private sector will lead the effort and the government is only creating a marketplace for these services.
The Defense Department will begin taking Social Security numbers off of the ID cards held by DoD employees and retirees. The changes, part of a 2008 SSN reduction plan, will begin in June, officials said.
The monthly data breach report from the Veterans Affairs shows risks due to human error are not as bad as they could be.
The agency will issue its first Call Letter of 2011 Friday detailing suggestions for insurance carriers to focus on wellness and healthy lifestyles. Director Berry also wants insurance providers to offer affinity benefits for domestic partners of federal employees. Later this year, OPM will launch a new medical claims database to improve the plans.
A new bill would require that companies tracking consumer data seek permission before sharing information about a person with other companies.
Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the military\'s new Cyber Command and the director of the NSA, said DoD can help protect private networks from cyber attack - especially critical infrastructure - without infringing on civil liberties. He said civilian agencies and private network operators could leverage NSA\'s capabilities without having the spy agency be in charge of security.
The agency\'s monthly security report to Congress continues to show a decreasing severity of data breaches.
Many genuine blogs have been blocked/removed as they were considered to be spam blogs.
The Defense Department continues to scrub service members\' social security numbers from public DoD websites. The armed services plan to transition to an alternative ID number system by 2012.
Best of interview with TSA Administrator John Pistole shortly after he joined the agency.