What happens when the Net is attacked?
When a building collapses, you can see the devastation. When a network is brought to its knees, the effects are less obvious.
Chris Wysopal and Jeff Rashka | Government IT security begins at app level
The federal government has poured millions of dollars into security-related software purchases and shoring up computer hardware infrastructure. Yet many federal agencies received failing grades in Federal Information Security Management Act compliance.
Editor's Desk | Unwanted bounty
The government's table is straining from the weight of security lapses. The State Department got an old-fashioned hacking. A Veterans Affairs computer laden with data was stolen. NIH called in the cops on an identity theft ring. Agriculture, the IRS, Social Security and the Navy have joined the crowd.
Edwin Wagner Jr. | More than a numbers game
Edwin Wagner Jr. leads the project management office that plans to revolutionize how the Census Bureau collects data for its once-a-decade population count.
Incoming
The Army is ahead of schedule in implementing the public-key infrastructure mandates of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, according to CIO Lt. Gen. Steven W. Boutelle.
Net-centricity starts with data
Military database administrators who have not already tagged and labeled their data had better get busy. Marian T. Cherry, horizontal fusion portfolio manager in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, has warned military IT personnel that they risk falling behind the net-centricity curve if they do not accomplish these tasks.
People on the move
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VHA takes its forms online
As a Vietnam veteran of the Army Nursing Corps, Mary Stout has seen her share of government forms and paperwork. In her current role as the Veterans Health Administration's chief of forms, publications and records management, Stout has labored to move the agency from paper to electronic forms.
Is digital imaging cost-effective?
Multispectral camera systems could deliver near-real-time images for crop insurance adjusters.
The Pipeline
Is it preshrunk?; Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Ex-NASA manager guilty in child porn case
A former NASA manager who was arrested in March on charges of distributing child pornography from both his government and home computers pleaded guilty yesterday.
A new view of MOBIS
Services GWAC indirectly supports IT projects.
Wagering on Wi-Fi
Will municipal Wi-FI's current growing pains give way to ubiquitous coverage, or will the wireless boom fall back to earth?
OMB's reminder on FISMA reporting
The Office of Management and Budget reminded agencies of a few significant additions as they start work on their annual reporting requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act.
DARPA awards tactical network deal
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded an 18-month contract worth $7.8 million to BAE Systems Inc.
Indiana re-ups NIC for e-gov portal work
Indiana will continue to receive e-government portal services from NIC Inc. through a four-year contract worth $18 million.
Florida rolls out digital police radio system
A statewide digital radio system that will let Florida law enforcement agencies communicate seamlessly is now fully operational.
Commission certifies first 20 EHRs
By Bob Brewin The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) certified yesterday (July 20) twenty electronic health record (EHR) products for use in the places most people receive their health care, physician offices and clinics.
Amendment calls for missing persons database
The Homeland Security Department would be required to set up a new IT system and database for tracking missing persons and reuniting families following major disasters under an amendment approved by the Senate.
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