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CIO Council taskforce to change security metrics
New group is developing performance measures that are based on outcomes. OMB has set a November deadline for a draft of the metrics that will be reviewed by government and industry. DHS says the governmentwide focus to improve cybersecurity is on standards, metrics and authentication.
Tags: technology , Bruce McConnell , John Streufert , OMB , DHS , CIO Council , NIST , cybersecurity , Performance measures , Consensus Audit Guidelines
Domestic Partner Benefits
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that straight and gay workers in most federal agencies may have to wait a while - a long while - before they get the same domestic partner benefits that have been extended to State Department's Foreign Service staff.
Tags: P&B , domestic partner , DOMA , Foreign Service , Mike Causey
In the Line of Fire
The role of Diplomatic Security
Tags: security , TIA , DS , Robert Eckert , Christopher Leggett
State Dept. benefits changes would be limited
FederalNewsRadio asks a specialist in federal employment law to clear up some misconceptions about benefit changes for Foreign Service Officers.
Tags: P&B , mngt , DOMA , domestic partners , FSO , Bill Bransford , FEHPB
State spreads Twitter-tech
Tags: tech , new media , twitter ,
Fighting Mexican drug cartels
Tags: mngt , ATF , Mexico , immigration , drug cartels
New guidelines to close 20 biggest cyber holes
The guidelines, issued Monday by public and private sector cybersecurity experts, are considered the low-hanging fruit to help agencies improve their network security immediately, says John Gilligan, a former Air Force and Energy Department chief information officer.
Tags: technology , Sen. Tom Carper , DHS , NSA , Energy , Air Force , CIO Council , SANS Institute , CSIS , Alan Paller , John Gilligan , Jim Lewis , cybersecurity , FISMA
State award under Networx protested
Tags: contracting , GAO , technology , Networx , Verizon , USDA , AT&T , Qwest , protest
Telework
Watch or Listen On-demand Below
Tags: tech , telework , Casey Coleman , GSA , Jim Falcone , IRS , Jack Penkoske , DISA , Charlie Wisecarver , Dan Green , OPM , Joel Brunson , TANDBERG , Jim Flyzik , Tom Trezza
