Tech
Information security managers need to be more than technicians, guide says
Ability to articulate how security helps agencies meet missions now a requirement.
Oversight
Official touts Bush's efforts to improve e-government
Deputy e-gov chief says governmentwide Web sites have helped users navigate bureaucratic maze.
Oversight
Agencies are cautious of software accessed online
The Bush administration is now endorsing hosted software for agency use.
Defense
Official: Critics of driver's license standards are off base
DHS issued final regulations for states to implement the so-called REAL ID Act last week.
Tech
Microsoft offers feds support for online services
New strategy allows government customers to leverage software as a service.
Tech
Agencies falling behind in recruiting young technology workers
Government must begin to rethink how it will attract 18- to 31-year-old workers.
Defense
National labs need vision and money, official says
Los Alamos chief says scientists have a role to play in combating cyber terrorism.
Oversight
EPA's move to 'modernize' libraries spurs concerns
Congress has ordered agency to restore network of libraries that had been closed or consolidated.
Defense
Defense urged to take steps to prevent systems tampering
GAO recommends Pentagon issue instructions to Defense agencies on protecting critical technologies.
Defense
ACLU wants changed focus in pandemic containment planning
Government efforts too focused on treating health emergencies as a law enforcement or national security problem, organization says.
Defense
Government urged to standardize data encryption standards
GAO repeatedly has criticized federal entities for not following their own rules that require sensitive data to be encrypted.
Defense
Lawmaker predicts U.S.-China space race
Report details mutual mistrust, partly because of a surprise anti-satellite weapons test that China conducted last January.
Oversight
Administration faces big challenge in records preservation
As deadline looms, White House and National Archives gauge progress.
Oversight
IRS incorrectly claimed security issues had been corrected
GAO finds several information security weaknesses reported as mitigated actually weren’t.
Defense
Private military industry continues to grow
The Army takes on nation-building as a core mission, but can't hope to get it done without the help of a range of private sector supporters.
Oversight
New rules curb but don't end R&D earmarks
Numbers show $939 million in research and development earmarks in the fiscal 2008 omnibus budget bill, which did not include defense spending.
Oversight
Panel to probe FCC chairman's leadership
Bipartisan investigation will seek to determine if Kevin Martin bypassed procedures designed to ensure transparency in the agency's regulatory process.
Oversight
Legal experts, labor leaders decry e-mail ruling
National Labor Relations Board lets employers block employees from using company e-mail for "non-job-related solicitations."
Tech
GSA awards software development pact
Contract for Public Buildings Service relies on innovative approach to reusing software programs.
Oversight