Tech
USDA officials apologize for exposing Social Security numbers
Department started to purge numbers from databases after VA data breach last year, but tens of thousands slipped through the cracks.
Tech
Agencies' responses to data breaches vary
Government should develop guidelines to help agencies decide when to offer services such as credit monitoring after an incident, GAO says.
Tech
Report on smart tags includes security, privacy warnings
As more data is stored, organizations could combine and correlate information to infer identities or locations and build profiles of people for other purposes.
Management
Agencies’ grades fall on e-gov section of OMB score card
Overall, ratings for management effectiveness are on the rise.
Defense
Walter Reed moves to new medical tracking system
Clinicians and case workers now can quickly schedule appointments and locate documents needed to apply for benefits.
Tech
FBI's technology upgrade delayed again
The bureau has been trying to upgrade its IT architecture for years, especially to give agents an electronic case-management system.
Tech
DHS: Technology gaps slowing port security efforts
Identification cards, for instance, will have to be checked by eyeballing photos until card readers are ready.
Defense
Defense procurement chief backs interagency contracts
Top acquisition official says department is looking both inside and out to meet its acquisition needs.
Defense
Denmark, U.S. military on parallel paths to e-health
Currently, the U.S. military health information exchange can send records to VA treatment centers but cannot receive records from the VA.
Tech
Government to test Internet routing in space
Companies will work on Defense Department plan to determine feasibility of conducting military communications through a space-based router.
Tech
Agency officials say info security law falls short
The 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act fails to measure how secure agencies actually are, they say.
Defense
VA to debut new patient tracking system
New version of Defense application will allow tracking of records from the battlefield to VA hospitals.
Tech
Lawmaker ‘disappointed’ by DHS cybersecurity progress
Agency official says coordinating better IT security practices across government is a high priority.
Tech
OMB reports progress in IT management
Agencies are doing a better job planning technology investments, but more initiatives have been marked as needing high-level attention.
Tech
Lawmakers say technology needed to secure border
Republican calls on industry to help develop technology for document security and identity verification.
Tech
Ex-Official: Education database had history of lax security
University officials are concerned lenders are mining the database to obtain private information for marketing products to students.
Tech
Allegations against GSA chief may affect budget
Appropriator says unless charges of Hatch Act violations are resolved, he will have trouble fighting off efforts to cut funding for the agency.
Tech
Justice taps contractor for troubled wireless project
Interagency program has struggled in part because of a fractured relationship between the Justice and Homeland Security departments.
Tech
Auditors cite security problems with IRS wireless networks
Inspections in 10 cities turn up at least one unauthorized network.
Tech