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Department of Justice is secure in its openness
The Department of Justice intends to be more transparent, participatory and collaborative... within reason. Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli joins us with details.
Tags: mngt , technology , Open Government Directive , Justice , Tom Perrelli , Dorothy Ramienski
Justice cracking down on contractors
DOJ wants companies to know that the cost of paying bribes to win overseas contracts is growing steeper by the day.
Tags: contracting , crackdown , BAE , bribery , Steve Ryan , McDermott, Will and Emory
Report says DOJ not fully prepared for WMD attack
The Justice Department has failed to put together an adequate plan for responding to an attack involving weapons of mass destruction, the inspector general at the agency said Tuesday. In a new report, the IG said the department does not assign a single entity or individual responsibility for managing a response to a WMD incident.
Tags: management , WMD
Justice's network consolidation rests with its budget request
Networx solicitation expected this year as well for WAN
Tags: technology , contracting , Van Hitch , GAO , IG , DHS , Networx , telecommunications , Network communications , IWN , wireless communications
Obama nominates Beers to lead DHS directorate
Tags: management , Rand Beers , Mary Smith , Peter Rogoff , Jane Oates , Jane Holl Lute , Robert Jamison , DHS , Federal Transit Administration , DoL , cybersecurity , US Visit
White House works to change online transactions
The White House is leading a new effort to secure online transactions across the federal, state and local governments and eventually in the private sector. The creation of the new document is being led by cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt and includes DHS. It is one way the administration hopes to improve cybersecurity. OMB soon will release a new approach to measuring FISMA compliance.
Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , Howard Schmidt , Diane Watson , Tom Lockwood , OMB , White House Cybersecurity Coordinator , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , DHS , Defense , State , Treasury , USPS , GPO , DEA , USPTO , FISMA , cybersecurity , National Strategy for Secure Online Transactions , PKI , Federal Bridge
Government needs to define cyber war
Sen. Feinstein calls for an international treaty on cyberspace to create mutual assurances of protection. Experts say the difficulty is determining the threshold of what constitutes an attack worthy of war. Delayed DoD cyber command would play key role in coming up with strategy for offensive and defensive cyber actions.
Tags: technology , Dennis Blair , Dianne Feinstein , Keith Alexander , ODNI , Senate Select Committee on Intelligence , DoD , White House , Jim Lewis , Greg Nojeim , CSIS , CDT , cybersecurity , Cyber Command
Oracle to pay $200M in largest GSA false claims settlement
Software company Oracle has agreed to pay nearly $200 million to the U.S. government for failing to meet contractual obligations to the General Services Administration under a contract first awarded more than a dozen years ago. The company denies any wrongdoing, while GSA claimed the settlement as a victory for government purchasers.
Tags: acquisition , industry , Oracle , GSA ,
DoJ finds $130M savings in streamlining
The Department of Justice says it has found more than $130 million in cost savings through efficiency and streamlining efforts, according to an agency release.
Tags: Eric Holder , management , budget , efficiency
