The Interior Department can't locate many of its laptop computers, potentially exposing sensitive and personally identifiable information, the department's inspector general says in a new report.
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra says he'll promote research on "game-changing" ideas in cybersecurity to find new ideas to transform the nation's information infrastructure to be more secure.
Rowley's primary mission isn't to build an organization but to eliminate stovepipes among agencies and create a culture of information security and trust.
A hard drive containing one terabyte of data from the Clinton presidency that include more than 100,000 Social Security numbers, including that of one of Al Gore's daughters, and Secret Service operating procedures is missing from the National Archives.
The National Archives and Records Administration answers key questions about a missing computer disk containing records from the Clinton White House, including 100,000 Social Security numbers and Secret Service procedures.
Some of the government's most influential officials on government IT paint a dire picture of IT security, agreeing that the Federal Information Security Management Act isn't working as originally intended to safeguard federal information systems.
Are too many wandering eyes employing Department of Homeland Security's IT systems to gander sensitive DHS financial documents?
An audit by DHS's inspector general, made public Wednesday, identified IT general control weaknesses, the most significant from a financial statement audit perspective that includes:
The sixth person to die of the H1N1 influenza virus in the US happened on Sunday, and World Health Organization (WHO) officials are keeping close watch on the number of flu cases in Japan, as numbers jumped over the weekend. This raises the chances that WHO will have to raise its pandemic alert level to 6, the highest...
The Government Accountability Office gave a clean bill of health to the Transportation Security Administration's Secure Flight program, a system that matches passenger information against terrorist watch-list records.
The Air Force announced Friday it will locate its cybersecurity command at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, pending an environmental impact study that should be completed by summer.
The H1N1 flu virus continues to threaten public health, and could mutate into a more virulent form that can be expected to go around the world up to three times, says the World Health Organization.
The impact of any pandemic would range from a mild illness in countries with strong health programs to a devastating...
Defending against attacks on federal IT systems along with making them more efficient are behind the increased spending for fiscal 2010, which begins Oct. 1.
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