DHS gains chief security officer
Jack L. Johnson had been acting chief security officer.<br>
Report: Energy lab muffed classified computer control
The Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory tightened controls over classified desktop and notebook PCs and removable media following an investigation that found fault with its inventory methods.<br>
State taps Northrop Grumman for $237 million messaging pact
The State Department has awarded an order to Northrop Grumman Corp. to build and maintain the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset, a job that could stretch over 10 years and cost $237 million.<br>
Homeland Security sets three-pronged data-sharing plan
The Homeland Security Department inherited a hodgepodge of networks, and CIO Steve Cooper has pledged to unify them by next December.
At DHS: same challenges, but more pressure to succeed
As the Homeland Security Department prepares to enter its second year, its chief IT challenges remain little changed from when DHS opened its doors this past March: consolidate the IT staffs and systems of 22 agencies and launch new systems to fight terrorism. And Congress will push DHS on faster integration, says <b>Rep. William 'Mac' Thornberry (R-Texas)</b>, chairman of the Homeland Security Select Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has an active quantum computing program that encompasses work by federal and university scientists. Some of the NIST Quantum Information Program research, described at ubit.nist.gov, occurs at the agency's Time and Frequency Division in Boulder, Colo.
PTO's director to step down next month
James E. Rogan, undersecretary of Commerce for intellectual property and director of the Patent and Trademark Office, today announced that he will leave Jan. 9.
Curbing cyberattacks depends on public-private partnerships, lawmakers say
The Homeland Security Department must strengthen its relations with the private sector to help curb the threat of cyberattacks, department overseers in Congress contend.
Intelligence networks go for Google
The Intelink Management Office, which oversees top-secret, secret and sensitive but unclassified intranets for the CIA and other intelligence organizations, has adopted the Google Search Appliance.<br>
DHS adopts interim procurement rule
The Homeland Security Department has adopted its first departmental procurement regulation.<br>
New office seen needed to manage homeland security networks
The government needs a new organization to manage the technical and cultural issues raised by linking homeland security networks that operate at the sensitive but unclassified level, an intelligence community official says.<br>
Task force calls for unified homeland security network
A new report by an independent task force recommends the federal government create an integrated network that will let federal, state and local agencies share homeland security information.<br>
Rep. Davis launches U.S. Visit probe
The Homeland Security Department's border systems modernization is receiving renewed congressional scrutiny just as DHS is seeking proposals for the massive overhaul.<br>
April Fool's e-mail freed detained kidnapper
A homeland department employee's prank e-mail prompted the release of an immigration agency detainee who had been convicted of kidnapping, according to the department's inspector general.<br>
DEA taps SAIC for $9.2 million security pact
The Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Agency has awarded Science Applications International Corp. an information security support contract worth up to $9.2 million.<br>
Many tools and techniques can aid in accessibility
Federal IT specialists working to make Web sites and other electronic documents accessible to people with disabilities have an increasing range of tools and techniques to help them.
Interior uses new yardstick to gauge security progress
At the Interior Department, officials have developed a new evaluation format for IT security.
DHS gains two intelligence officials
Patrick M. Hughes has been named assistant secretary for information analysis in the Homeland Security Department's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate. James F. Sloan has been appointed the Coast Guard's assistant commandant for intelligence.<br>
Homeland's ICE gains CIO, seeks name change
Gary Hartwig, a career Customs Service official, has become interim CIO of the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm.<br>
Foul-up leads DHS to delay network
An administrative misunderstanding led to the release of a request for proposals for the Homeland Secure Digital Network before the project received final approval, Homeland Security CIO Steve Cooper says.
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