9/11 commissioners: emergency preparedness efforts lacking
A report card issued by former members of the 9/11 Commission cites minimal or unsatisfactory progress on 11 of 14 recommendations made by the panel last year.
Army PEO EIS takes over biometrics office
The Army's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems recently added another office under its purview of responsibilities.
Former White House adviser urges high standards for ID cards
Richard Clarke advocates a "federated identity" card system that would allow individuals to use the same user names, passwords or other personal identification to access the networks of more than one enterprise to conduct transactions.
CRS report calls for overhaul of Emergency Alert System
The Congressional Research Service says the system needs to be updated with capabilities to send alerts over the Internet and other modern IT and devices.
Lessons learned: SSL VPN
The Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration has found that a virtual private network using Secure Sockets Layer encryption and authentication provides an adequate level of network access to remote workers without overburdening its IT support staff.
Army calls in the troops to establish communications in Gulf Coast
CAMP SHELBY, Miss.'The communications architecture in the Gulf region supporting Hurricane Katrina search-and-rescue efforts is larger than what is being used in Iraq, according to the Army.
Mine safety agency secures the tunnel for remote users
The Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration has 1,200 inspectors traveling around the country who rarely work in a MSHA office.
DOD mandates RFID tags for products sent to distribution depots
The Defense Department finalized the requirement that all products shipped to Defense Distribution Depots must have passive radio frequency identification tags.
Rep. Davis: Real ID 'not an unfunded mandate'
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) insists that the Real ID Act does not amount to an unfunded mandate, despite what state governments may say.
TSA network security still a work in progress, GAO says
The Transportation Security Administration cannot ensure that critical computer network operations and data are protected from hackers and can be restored following an emergency, according to the Homeland Security Department's Office of the Inspector General.
Army looks to the stars to communicate
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. -- The biggest challenge to communications operations in the Gulf region has been the disparate land mobile tactical radios used by the military services and state and local police and fire departments.
NIST proposes relaxed security checks for interim credentials under HSPD-12
Agencies preparing to implement the first phase of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 may receive a reprieve in how many security checks personnel must undergo before receiving credentials.
Air Force units establish satellite communications links in Gulf region
Air Force personnel have deployed to six sites in Mississippi and Louisiana that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and established a communications infrastructure.
C2PC system gives military tactical position data for New Orleans rescues
CAMP SHELBY, Miss.'Thousands of military personnel are combing the streets of New Orleans to rescue survivors of one of the worst natural disasters Americans have ever witnessed.
Agencies, OMB get security provisions in writing
One of the first steps Lisa Schlosser, the new CIO of the Housing and Urban Development Department, is taking to improve cybersecurity is to get it in writing'by including baseline security requirements in all contracts.
Agencies' preparation pays off, blocks Zotob worm
This time, federal systems were ready.
Cybereye: Here's how to get breathing room in the worm fight
Patch Tuesday has become something of a ritual. On the second Tuesday of each month, Microsoft Corp. announces a new set of vulnerabilities and releases the patches to fix them.
IRS to e-filers: Use approved encryption
The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency's Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.
Agency IT provides relief after Katrina
As Hurricane Katrina pounded the buildings and flooded the streets of New Orleans, the medical staff from the New Orleans VA Medical Center'located near the Superdome'didn't have to worry about lugging thousands of patient folders to higher ground.
Secure Flight struggles to get off the ground
A Justice Department audit of the Secure Flight passenger screening program finds the program has major undefined parameters.
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