Tech
Focus on cybersecurity compliance called ineffective
Laws create piles of paperwork that tell little about actual state of security, says former chief information security officer at two Cabinet departments.
Tech
Survey: Employees with dependent care duties are better off teleworking
Freedom to work from home improves the job performance and morale of employees with such responsibilities, study finds.
Tech
Two Pentagon programs win information-sharing honors
Electronic cargo tagging program wins one of five awards from industry group.
Tech
Panel: Financial accountability critical for interagency service agreements
Rules are needed for “when things go wrong” in agency-to-agency agreements, GSA official says.
Tech
HUD irks managers with bar on teleworking
Policy forbids employees with supervisory responsibilities from working away from the office; other agencies have less strict rules.
Tech
More R&D spending proposed, earmarks criticized
Overall science funding request is flat, but non-defense R&D nevertheless would be boosted 1.9 percent.
Tech
Security gaps found in EPA contracting system
Inspector general locates 50 vulnerabilities on nine computer servers.
Tech
Agencies show modest gains on management score card
Greatest improvements come in e-government initiatives.
Tech
Patent office managers to receive telework training
Under $47,500 contract, managers will get training in operating under a program designed to increase work away from the office.
Tech
Lawmaker urges review of patent approval and re-examination processes
Faster action could have helped resolve the BlackBerry patent dispute before it threatened to disrupt service, House committee leader says.
Tech
Defense tech agency boosts telework to prevent exodus
The Defense Information Systems Agency is giving certain employees more chances to work from home, in anticipation of headquarters relocation.
Tech
GSA launches upgraded FirstGov search engine
The “next-generation” technology is capable of looking through 40 million government-related documents, agency says.
Tech
Supreme Court won’t intervene in BlackBerry dispute
Maker of popular communications device argues that a shutdown would impair the government’s use.
Defense
Auditors cite critical flaws in Defense online travel system
The Government Accountability Office found that the system doesn’t always properly display flight and airfare information.
Defense
Base-closing recommendations influenced by technology advances
BRAC process balanced “precipitous action and counterproductive procrastination,” chairman of the 2005 panel says.
Defense
Pentagon programs poised for information-sharing awards
Seven Defense Department programs are finalists for honors from industry group.
Tech
Report: Tax code complexity places heavy burden on IRS
Taxpayer advocate urges simplification to ease service, enforcement demands.
Tech
Foreign Service Institute to join online training program
Overseas orientation and language courses will be among those available to the foreign affairs community.
Tech
IG: Homeland Security CIO lacks necessary power
Technology chief is poorly positioned to manage departmentwide IT projects, report says.
Tech