Intelligence information-sharing strategy announced
Standards for intelligence information sharing are expected to be complete and incorporated into federal enterprise architecture reviews and budgets by fiscal 2009.
GAO: DOJ needs to fix classification problems
The Justice Department needs a standard classification system and needs to address its staffing shortage, according to a new report.
IT security testing weak, GAO finds
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>Federal agencies are not testing their security controls with any consistency or timeliness, and as a result may not realize their systems' weaknesses, a new General Accounting Office report concludes.
GAO details oversight areas for 110th Congress
IT security improvements and identity theft deterrence are among the leading topics the Government Accountability Office plans to investigate next year.
USDA to buy encryption products for mobile devices
The Agriculture Department is seeking sources and quotes for automated encryption applications to protect sensitive data stored on its mobile devices such as laptop computers, USB storage devices and personal data assistants.
IRS to prioritize IT infrastructure updates with modernization
The IRS is developing plans to dovetail improving technologies for its IT infrastructure and process model with its application modernization road map.
NIST eyes new approach to securing its software
OS and applications present an increasingly complex challenge
Apps can expand security scrutiny
On the heels of the Office of Management and Budget's June call for wider use of encryption to protect sensitive data when it leaves agency premises or is accessed remotely, agencies are taking several approaches.
IT security and the contractor
After data breaches, agencies put stricter policies in place
Feds reach for better readers
Current fingerprint technology is close, but agencies need smaller, faster machines.
PKI gets shot in the arm from HSPD-12
FIPS-201 and mandate give agencies means and motive to develop apps
Education hires VeriSign to improve PIV card issuing
The Education Department already passed the Oct. 27 Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 test, but now it wants to make issuing the cards easier.
The key to mobile access
USB drive unlocks riches of office desktop from afar.
Fla. fingerprint processing contract goes to L-1
The Florida Financial Services Department has selected L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. to put in place a fingerprint processing network for insurance agents.
Air Force re-signs Stanley for joint strike fighter deal
A contract to continue supplying telecommunications and IT infrastructure support to DoD's Joint Strike Fighter Program has been awarded to Stanley Inc.
Defend against a billion spammers (and win)
How a filtering appliance successfully stood up to more than a billion pieces of spam- and virus-laden e-mail.
Charles Tompkins III | Incidents point to need for a chief privacy officer
Among the controversies the federal government faced this year, its handling of personal information continues to be front and center. How can federal agencies assure citizens that their private information is protected appropriately and lawfully?
Army command laptop missing
The Army's Accessions Command in Ft. Monroe, Va., reported a laptop computer with personal information on 4,600 scholarship applicants for the Reserve Officer Training Corps went missing Oct. 23
Agencies take a deep breath as officials review HSPD-12 rollout
With the Oct. 27 HSPD-12 deadline in the rear view, officials charged with implementing the directive will analyze whether the initial rollout of the new IDs.
Evans: Agencies are improving security profiles
Agencies continue to make progress in securing their information systems, according to Karen Evans, OMB's administrator of e-government and IT.
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