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
DHS wants airlines to collect foreign passengers’ photos, fingerprints
Carriers say proposed rule is too costly and forces them to perform what should be a governmental function.
Oversight
Hill, auditors cross-examine officials about new census plan
GAO skeptical that management changes the bureau took after the failure of a handheld computer contract will ensure a well-run 2010 count.
Oversight
House panel to take up bill requiring electronic e-mail storage
The measure, which would apply to all federal agencies, responds to loss of hundreds of days worth of White House e-mails.
Tech
Panel clears House bill on federal computer donations
Legislation directs agencies to give excess electronic equipment to educational organizations.
Tech
Government slow to implement ID system
Witnesses at House hearing say agencies have distributed just 3 percent of new credentials and lack the technology to use them.
Oversight