Oversight
Agencies to share custom IT security training practices
But lack of requirements could stall efforts.
Defense
Panel questions cost of contractors in war zones
Democrat cites example of defense contract personnel eating in taxpayer-funded facilities at a cost of $14,000 a person.
Oversight
Concern raised over Census bid to ease security checks on temp workers
Lawmakers worried that bureau will have to revert to using paper questionnaires for 2010 Census.
Oversight
Subcommittee moves contractor accountability measures
Bill would require GSA to create a list of completed criminal, civil and administrative proceedings involving federal contractors.
Defense
Appropriators urge DHS to see if grants are improving security
According to GAO, the department has never developed a way to measure achievements resulting from the aid.
Management
Bearer of Bad News
When you lose citizens’ personal information, there’s a right way and a wrong way to manage it.
Defense
Defense Information Systems Agency director to retire in July
Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Croom will be succeeded by Rear Adm. Elizabeth Hight, the first Navy head of DISA.
Defense
Defense, VA lay out plans to improve health care for wounded soldiers
For now, families must navigate a stovepiped system with "a fistful of business cards," says father of a wounded soldier.
Defense
Democrats pledge to raise issue of Iraq waste, mismanagement
Senate appropriators suggested they would use the information to fight Bush's $102.5 billion supplemental request for the war.
Defense
Air Force now supports alternate engine program for F-35
Secretary tells panel that the second engine would give the military a hedge in the event of problems with the primary one.
Defense
House chairman asks agencies to probe Blackwater
At issue is whether the company can declare that its security guards are independent contractors, not employees.
Defense
House report criticizes Homeland Security’s workforce diversity
DHS says data is outdated, points to success of Hispanic and disabled employees.
Tech
Senate panel to weigh agencies' information security practices
Hearing comes on heels of Office of Management and Budget report showing some progress.
Defense
Senior administration officials refuse to join hearing on signing statements
House panel had asked representatives from the Defense and Justice departments to testify on the effect of President Bush's statement on fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill.
Oversight
Starting Line
Hillary Clinton's decisive victory in Ohio shifted the momentum yet again in the Democratic race--and prolongs the fight to the finish.
Defense
NOAA completes tsunami warning system
Upgraded buoy network enables officials to better determine when to issue tsunami warnings to the public.
Defense
GAO: Future Combat Systems network still more concept than reality
GAO reports that amount of software code required has more than tripled since 2003.
Defense