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Information Technology Management: Census Bureau Has Implemented Many Key Practices, but Additional Actions Are Needed GAO-05-661, June 16, 2005. Highlights. “The bureau has developed policies and procedures and initiated key practices in many of the areas that are important to successfully managing IT, including investment management, system development/management, enterprise architecture management, information security, and human …
President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) Report to the President on Computational Science: Ensuring America’s Competitiveness (June 2005) (117 pages, PDF). Related references: High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (PL 102-194) Next Generation Internet Act of 1998 (PL 105-305) PITAC Executive Orders
Information Management: Acquisition of the Electronics Records Archives Is Progressing GAO-05-802, July 15, 2005. Highlights. Information Security: Weaknesses Persist at Federal Agencies Despite Progress Made in Implementing Related Statutory Requirements GAO-05-552, July 15, 2005. Highlights: “Pervasive weaknesses in the 24 major agencies’ information security policies and practices threaten the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of federal …
Processing Classified Information on Portable Computers in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 05-32, July 2005 (63 pages, PDF)
Peer to Patent (PtoP): A Modest Proposal, by Beth Simone Noveck The patent system is broken…This modest proposal harnesses social reputation and collaborative filtering technology to create a peer review system of scientific experts ruling on innovation. The idea of blue ribbon panels or advisory committees is not new. But the suggestion to use social …
At issue is the HHS sponsored website, 4parents.gov, launched March 25, 2005, which is promoted as “part of a new national public education campaign to provide parents with the information, tools and skills they need to help their teens make the healthiest choices.” Following are links to documents posted today on the Minority Office website …
Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Needs to Fully Implement Its Security Program GAO-05-700, June 17, 2005. Highlights. “DHS has not fully implemented a comprehensive, departmentwide information security program to protect the information and information systems that support its operations and assets. It has developed and documented departmental policies and procedures that could provide a …
“Notify U.S. is a free, web-based e-mail subscription service that offers U.S. entities (citizens, industries, organizations) an opportunity to review and comment on proposed foreign technical regulations that can affect their businesses and their access to international markets. This service and its associated web site is managed and operated by the National Center for Standards …
New York Times editorial today, The Dangerous Comfort of Secrecy: “The Bush administration is classifying the documents to be kept from public scrutiny at the rate of 125 a minute. The move toward greater secrecy has nearly doubled the number of documents annually hidden from public view – to well more than 15 million last …
Information Technology: Federal Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing Initiatives to Improve Public Health Infrastructure GAO-05-308, June 10, 2005. Highlights. “…CDC and DHS face challenges in addressing specific weaknesses in IT planning and management that may hinder progress in developing and deploying public health IT initiatives. Until all these challenges are addressed, progress toward building a …
Communicating with Congress: How Capitol Hill is Coping with the Surge in Citizen Advocacy; “The Internet and e-mail have made it easier and cheaper than ever before for citizens to communicate with their Members of Congress. In 2004, Congress received 200 million communications, four times more than in 1995 — the direct result of Internet-based …
In a follow-up to my June 28, 2004 posting, Gov’t Cmte. Established to Develop Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, see the following: “Voluntary Voting System Guidelines were developed under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) Section 202 mandate that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) update the 2002 Voting System Standards to address increasingly …
