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Financial management reform underway at DOJ
Get an inside look at the new look of the Justice Department's accounting system from Cynthia Schnedar, Acting Inspector General at DOJ
Tags: In Depth , management , financial management , Financial reform , Unified Financial Management System , DoJ , Cynthia Schnedar
Senate committee finds few hurdles with cyber proposal
The White House's draft bill includes many similarities with the one sponsored by the Sens. Lieberman, Collins and Carper. The biggest issues are around the President's powers over the Internet during emergencies and whether there should be a Senate-confirmed cyber coordinator at DHS. Senate Majority Leader Reid is making comprehensive cyber legislation a priority this session.
Tags: technology , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , Tom Carper , Phil Reitinger , Harry Reid , Jason Chipman , DHS , DoJ , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , NCTC , cybersecurity , liability protections , critical infrastructure , Jason Miller
Thousands of Air Force and federal jobs to go unfilled
For every two vacancies in the Air Force civilian ranks, only one person will be hired.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , SSA , DoJ , Smithsonian , State , pay and benefits , Defense , budget , 2011 budget , Air Force , hiring
Mueller's legacy put on hold
President Barack Obama will ask Congress to allow FBI Director Robert Mueller to remain in his job an extra two years. Author/editor Garrett Graff tells us more about Mueller, his accomplishments, and his goals.
Tags: Federal Drive , FBI , management , Robert Mueller , Garrett Graff , security , DoJ , Suzanne Kubota
FBI ready to give Next Gen ID a whorl
New technology designed to revolutionize law enforcement's ability to process fingerprints has hit a new milestone. We get details from the FBI's Jerry Pender.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , technology , DoJ , FBI , Lockheed Martin , Next Generation Identification , IAFIS , Jerry Pender
IG: FBI agents lack necessary cyber skills
One in three FBI agents investigating national security-related computer intrusions lack the required technical skills to perform their jobs, according to the DOJ IG.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DoJ , FBI
FBI launches digital sting of malware botnet
In a move to control the contollers, criminal servers have been swapped for government servers to intercept communications between infected systems and the servers controlling them.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DoJ , FBI , coreflood , malware , botnet , Sting
Cuts and Gains: Budget details at a glance
More details are emerging about the $38 billion dollar deal lawmakers say they reached to keep the government from shutting down. Some cuts were made by pruning money left over from previous years. More than half of the cuts affect education, labor and health programs. A vote in the House is expected as early as Wednesday and the Senate must pass it by Friday to prevent a shutdown.
Tags: budget , Congress , 2011 budget , continuing resolution , Defense , DHS , TSA , EPA , NIH , HHS , czars , DoJ , FBI , FDA , SEC , IRS , NEA , shutdown , Suzanne Kubota
Cloud computing e-discovery risks a concern
The Justice Department and NARA are paying close attention to GSA, USDA and others in how they implement email and data storage on private sector clouds. Agencies should address potential data storage, collection and access issues during the development of the solicitation.
Tags: technology , Allison Stanton , Jason Baron , DoJ , NARA , e-discovery , cloud computing , records management , FedSMC , Jason Miller
Justice heads to D.C.'s NoMa
The DOJ deal is one of the largest federal lease in the region.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , GSA , DoJ , Mari Barr Santangelo , workspaces , NoMA , pay and benefits
