DOJ IT Strategic Plan – Fiscal Years 2006 – 2011
DOJ IT Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2006 – 2011
Category «E-Government»
New DHS National Infrastructure Protection Plan
“The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resource protection roles and responsibilities for federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector security partners. The NIPP sets national priorities, goals, and requirements for effective distribution of funding and resources which will help ensure that our government, economy, and public …
Army Establishes Website for Service Personnel Following Data Breach
Press release: “The Department of the Army has activated a secure web site that will enable current and former servicemembers to determine if their personal information was potentially compromised as a result of the May 3 theft of a laptop from the Department of Veterans Affairs containing personal data on millions of veterans.” AP: Stolen …
USDA Releases Report on Effort to Combat Avian Flu
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its 180-day report on avian influenza (AI) efforts and the use of $91 million appropriated in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriation to Address Pandemic Influenza six months ago. The report details USDA’s efforts both internationally and domestically to combat highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI H5N1).”
100 Companies Receiving The Largest Dollar Volume Of Prime Contract Awards – FY2005
“100 Companies Receiving the Largest Dollar Volume of Prime Contract Awards is published annually. This report contains summary data on the 100 companies, including their subsidiaries, which were awarded the largest total dollar volume of Department of Defense prime contract awards during fiscal year 2005.” Note this report is 4,567 pages, PDF.
OMB Releases Financial Management Line of Business Guidance
The DotGov Buzz, June 27, 2006 E-Gov Initatives: “The Office of Management and Budget has released updated draft guidance for agencies moving to the financial management Line of Business. The guidance offers competitive framework, template for migration project plan, change management best practices and a menu of services that financial-management shared-service providers can deliver. The …
DHS OIG Report on IT Security Highlights Need for More Info Sharing
Homeland Security Information Network Could Support Information Sharing More Effectively, OIG-06-38 (PDF, 47 pages), June 27, 2006.
Courts and Agencies Report on Disaster Preparedness Programs
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: Start of Hurricane Season Finds Courts Learning from Past Agencies make [Continuity of Operations] COOP, disaster recovery even higher priorities
Present Law And Analysis Relating To Tax Treatment Of Health Savings Accounts
In connection with a hearing scheduled by the House Committee on Ways and Means for June 28, 2006, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Analysis Relating To The Tax Treatment Of Health Savings Accounts And Other Health Expenses (JCX-27-06).
New Report Says Software Attacks Pose Threat to All Electronic Voter Machines
“Press release: The Brennan Center Task Force on Voting System Security, an initiative of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, today released a report and policy proposals concluding that all three of the nation’s most commonly purchased electronic voting systems are vulnerable to software attacks that could threaten the integrity of …
IG Review of Iraq Reconstruction
Review of Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR-06-003T), House Committee on International Relations. On June 8, 2006, SIGIR provided testimony before the House Committee on International Relations as part of the Committee’s review of U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Full Statement of Stuart W. Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction(6 pages, PDF)
FTC Issues Statement on Whois Databases
FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that access to the Whois databases is “critical to the agencys consumer protection laws, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” Whois databases are online information directories that contain contact information …
