NIST Releases Final Version of New Cybersecurity Recommendations for Government The National Institute of Standards and Technology released its final version of a publication which represents a major step toward building a unified information security framework for the entire federal government. The document, NIST Special Publication 800-53, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems andRead… Read more »
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43316&dcn=e_gvet Interesting article & the spin the admin has is that they are “still saving/keeping jobs”. Of course, the small business owner is the one who feels the implications the most of the economy. Perhaps this is why the B2G contractor votes showed not in favor of the admin.
About a month and a half ago, OMB released the Federal reporting requirements for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It’s taken me a little while to look through the requirements, and I had read that the focus was on job creation, but I was still a little surprised at the lack of Federal interestRead… Read more »
On Friday I posted a blog about an proposal for protecting the privacy of citizens and federal employees who use federal web sites. A more policy-oriented blog is now at: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/privacy-and-open-government-co.html Topics: Can the government be your friend? Anonymity, pseudonymity, and participation Who should run an OpenID server? Thought experiment: could federal agencies offer anonymousRead… Read more »
If you Google the “demise of journalism,” some 718,000 results will appear detailing the transition of consumers to the Internet, the decline of advertising revenue, the hacking of newsroom editorial staffs, the artificial knowledge of crowd-sourced information, and the collective threat to intellectualism and civic responsibility. Usually fingers are pointed at culprits from spineless newspaperRead… Read more »
It has started in earnest. Two weeks notice of really short deadlines that depend on a multitude of people to have a small chance of meeting. Why is it that we basically close down government every September (now creeping into August) to deal with book balancing and bureaucracy? Why can’t we do this stuff yearRead… Read more »
Considering the lively discussion on social media after the OGI conference, and DoD’s heavy involvement in using and promoting social media tools, I have to say this article was a real eye-opener. The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing becomes more and more apt for government when it comes toRead… Read more »
Over the weekend my father-in-law decided to take advantage of the Cash for Clunkers program and went car shopping. Unfortunately the Dodge dealer he went to in his home town of Paris, Illinois informed him that they had put the program on hold. Apparently they had sold five cars and had yet to be paidRead… Read more »
The names and Social Security numbers of at least 27,000 Commerce Department employees were exposed to a risk of identity theft following an inappropriate transfer of the personal information in mid-July, according to a letter sent to department employees last week. An employee with the National Finance Center mistakenly sent an Excel spreadsheet containing theRead… Read more »
Good morning! It’s your weekly Monday morning dose ofTSP Talk. This market commentary is updated daily on www.tsptalk.com. Stocks ended the day mixed on Friday as the S&P 500 and small caps closed relatively flat, but the I-fund picked up 1.6% as the dollar plummeted. The F-fund was up an impressive 0.6%. For the week,Read… Read more »