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New guidelines make counterterrorism information more shareable

The National Counter Terrorism Center, which serves as a terrorism data clearing house for the intelligence community, enacted new guidelines March 22 on the access, retention, use and dissemination

U.S. and E.U. officials reach passenger name record sharing agreement

The European Union announced Dec. 13 its parliament would sign a legislative agreement (.pdf) to share airplane passenger name record data with the United States. Since 2007 the union has used and...

E.U. official unimpressed by U.S. Internet privacy initiatives

A European Union official accused the United States of taking a less aggressive stance on Internet privacy and called out Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for changing tack on

DHS to set up federated database search

The Homeland Security Department is adopting a federated database approach to information sharing, according to privacy recommendations presented by the department's Data Privacy and Integrity

Improper payments are part of government's culture, says report

Despite continued attention from government watchdogs, high rates of improper payments by government agencies continue in part because they are often viewed as a cost of doing business, according to

OSTP seeks input on scientific digital data policies that enable sharing, interoperability

The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy seeks recommendations for ensuring long-term and broad public access to unclassified digital data resulting from federally-funded scientific

VLER health data sharing to expand

By September of this year, Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, or VLER , web portals should allow veterans the ability to authorize the release of specific medical information held by the Veterans

US-EU data sharing efforts snagged by privacy oversight debate

The United States-European Union high-level contact group for data sharing has begun converting shared data exchange principles into workable standards, said a Homeland Security Department official

SPOTLIGHT: How to share data in government

The latest study by the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) outlines the best practices in making data sharing successful in government. The white paper looks at the eight best practices that would make

SPOTLIGHT: Army CIO's goal is improved data sharing

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, the Army's chief information officer since late 2007, is working hard to improve the Army's IT systems. In a recent interview with Government Computer News, Sorenson