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NewsLet's hope OGIS makes a difference with FOIA
In the report accompanying their markup of the fiscal 2011 National Archives and Records Administration budget, Senate appropriators direct that $3 million of the full $348.7 million NARA request... Read more...
Steve Cooper takes a new government job
Steve Cooper, once a familiar face at the Department of Homeland Security, is returning to the federal government as the CIO of the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization (ATO),... Read more...
Feds go mobile
The federal government is getting turned on to mobile technology, buying off-the-shelf equipment, services and software to handle its growing communications needs, according to an article in Monday's... Read more...
ID management remains a problem
Controlling proper access to government computers is a big challenge for some federal agencies, creating security issues and involving high costs. At the Department of Health and Human Services,... Read more...
Steve Cooper to become the FAA's CIO?
The summer rumor mill is grinding away, and this time it centers on Steve Copper, the first chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. Allan Holmes, of... Read more...
Cyber attacks show federal security gaps
Attacks that disrupted a number federal websites this month--including the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of the Treasury--have highlighted serious flaws... Read more...
Holiday cyberattacks hit U.S. government sites
A number of U.S. government agencies have been hit by cyberattacks since the July 4th holiday, and while little information is coming out right now, authorities suspect the culprit may be North... Read more...
Fed CIO outlines security holes
Vivek Kundra, the nation's first federal Chief Information Officer, testified before Congress on Tuesday that the seven-year-old Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) was old and rusty.... Read more...
IG: FAA computers highly vulnerable
A new report released Wednesday by the Transportation Department's Inspector General said Federal Aviation Administration computers have been hacked many times in recent years, and warned that... Read more...
Air Traffic control systems vulnerable
You would think that it's cybersecurity protection week with the number of articles out in public about cyberattacks and the vulnerabilities of the federal government's many networks. In one case,... Read more...
| Press ReleasesCSC’s Operational Transition for the FAA Hits Modernization MilestoneFALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CSC (NYSE:CSC) announced today that it has successfully transitioned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) servers and support systems from the FAA Air Traffic Read more >> Spectrum Database Solution Enables Access to 5GHz Spectrum Previously Unavailable Due to Interference IssuesThe Wireless Internet Service Providers Association and Spectrum Bridge Inc., Demonstrate How Database Technologies Can Be Used to Increase Efficient Use of Spectrum While Mitigating Interference Read more >> CSC Completes Traffic Management Modernization Upgrade at 82 FAA SitesFALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CSC (NYSE:CSC) announced today that it has successfully implemented the hardware platform technology upgrade at 82 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) remote Read more >> TASC, Inc. Appoints Retired Naval Aviator to Enterprise Systems Business UnitCHANTILLY, Va., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- TASC, Inc., the leading independent and non-conflicted provider of advanced systems engineering, integration and support services to the intelligence, defense Read more >> FAA Awards GE Aviation Program to Demonstrate Reduced Fuel, Emissions, NoiseGRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Aviation received an award from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as part of the Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program. CLEEN Read more >> |
