Defense

Senate aide says cybersecurity bill is moving

Legislation to help government and private sector better prepare for and respond to high-tech attacks has real shot at Senate passage this year, according to top staffer.

Features

Health Hazard

Warning: Patient privacy could complicate the blueprint for an electronic medical records system.

Oversight

Groups hail nomination of IP coordinator

Victoria Espinel, who is expected to easily win confirmation, previously served as assistant trade representative for intellectual property.

Oversight

Impact of Kennedy loss on health care debated

Legislators note late senator's work on issue as driving force.

Oversight

Federal CIOs are key to Obama's change agenda

President Obama's technology-focused policies stand to infuse chief information officers with more authority and influence.

Features

Racing To Innovate

President Obama’s technology-focused policies stand to infuse chief information officers with more authority and influence.

Oversight

Group calls for overhaul of privacy regulations

NIST board recommends heightened government leadership on the issue and suggests hiring a full-time chief privacy officer at OMB.

Oversight

Groups want transparency in the spotlight

OMB Watch has circulated a sign-on letter among transparency groups urging the administration to "open the open government directive process" to the public.

Oversight

Cash-strapped Patent and Trademark Office awaits new leadership

Agency faces a backlog of more than 750,000 applications.

Features

Behind the Curtain

What transparency really means.

Oversight

FBI chief: Mortgage fraud caseload is overwhelming agency

Agents have more than 2,000 active mortgage fraud investigations.

Oversight

Holder shifts rules on Freedom of Information Act requests

New policies are aimed at ushering in "a new era of open government."

Defense

Archives officials urge caution on declassification policy

A forthcoming executive order from President Obama of government information could include plans to create a National Declassification Center.

Oversight

Lieberman renews push for easier access to CRS reports

Over the past decade, a series of bills requiring public access to Congressional Research Service reports has made little progress, but could gain traction with the increased emphasis on government transparency.

Oversight

Obama's FOIA directive brings praise, bit of skepticism

Memo calls for openness and transparency from federal agencies.

Oversight

Obama names science and technology team

President-elect says he will promote "free and open inquiry" and listen to his advisers, even when they are presenting "inconvenient" findings.

Oversight

Chamber report proposes fixes to patent review process

Re-establishing the Patent and Trademark Office as a government corporation is among the recommendations.

Oversight

Future of Obama's Web communications debated

The Presidential Records Act could cause a shift in the president-elect's online strategy.

Oversight

Groups ask Obama to reverse policies restricting access to information

Transparency advocates are upset by Bush administration orders that give agencies more reasons to withhold documents from the public.

Oversight

Hearing on attorney general nominee set for January

Senate Judiciary chairman says he wants to move quickly on considering Eric Holder.