Defense
From Nextgov.com: Air Force looking to build cyber weapons
Requests industry to help it hide in enemy’s networks and take down systems, but some believe the service isn’t ready to deal with cyber warfare .
Oversight
Hewlett-Packard vaults into ranks of top federal contractors with EDS deal
Company gets a leg up in the federal IT services market.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: DHS awards networking contract, worth up to $1 billion
Verizon and AT&T beat out Qwest for OneNet initiative .
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: FBI partially blames procurement rules for fake IT products
Pursuit of lowest price and multiple subcontractors makes it easier for counterfeit hardware to end up on agency systems, increasing security threats.
Defense
Internet fuels emergence of violent Islamist groups in the United States
Federal agencies have no comprehensive strategy to combat terrorist message, Senate committee finds.
Oversight
GSA’s draft acquisition system guidelines aim for standardization
Agency hopes the new rules will promote financial system compatibility and further automation of the contracting process.
Defense
Coast Guard accepts preliminary delivery of national security cutter
New ship is the centerpiece of the service’s Deepwater modernization program.
Oversight
From NextGov.com: NAPA launches collaboration Web site
The Collaboration Project aims to attract leaders to use interactive social tools "to solve government's complex problems."
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Bill lays out stricter info security requirements for DHS
Conducting vulnerability tests against known cyberattacks and setting requirements for the CIO post would be part of a bill that fixes shortcomings in a federal security law.
Defense
From NextGov.com: Navy changes course on IT outsourcing
A contractor will build the next-generation network, but it will be the service’s job to manage and defend the system.
Defense
Less than 8 percent of port workers have new security ID cards
DHS moves deadline to issue more than 1 million credentials to April 2009.
Defense
From NextGov.com: GAO says $1 billion needed to expand employee verification system
Bill to make E-Verify mandatory would require more staff at SSA and DHS, but would cost far less than policing U.S. borders, proponents argue.
Oversight
OMB plan to improve clearance IT gets mixed reaction
Administration's proposal draws a positive response from an industry official, but criticism from Capitol Hill.
Tech
Roots of surveillance standoff go back decades
Today's fights over government surveillance of the communications network go back much further than the Sept. 11 attacks.
Defense
Pentagon urged to develop investment plan for space acquisitions
Department has made progress in managing low-cost satellite program by creating a joint office to oversee it.
Defense
DHS moves to ramp up cybersecurity in federal agencies
Homeland Security will deploy 50 new intrusion detection systems across government.
Defense
Senate panel blasts problems with export control process
Multiagency process for sending sensitive technology abroad is cumbersome and risky, say lawmakers and witnesses.
Defense
Only 3 percent of feds, contractors have received new ID cards
After solving “data quality” issues, OMB finds that the number of workers needing the high-tech cards has more than doubled since its last report.
Defense
FBI releases details of expansive data-sharing program
Software will identify criminal activity hotspots, offer mapping and conduct threat level assessments.
Defense