Will e-rulemaking catch on?
Getting more people involved in federal rulemaking is not easy, but the Regulation Room website is seeing some interesting results.
Is a government shutdown on the agenda?
At least one government agency is beginning discussions on how it would deal with a potential government shutdown when funding for this fiscal year runs out in March, which experts say is now likely, according to media reports.
Telework bill promises to be a big step forward, experts say
H.R. 1722 will require federal agencies to set up telework plans as part of their continuity of operations procedures.
FISMA reform would elevate White House's cyber authority
The Federal Information Security Amendment passed as part of the House's 2011 Defense Authorization Bill would establish a White House office to oversee the government's IT security requirements.
Can agency systems handle new FISMA requirements?
New standards for reporting under the Federal Information Security Management Act are intended to further reduce paper, but not all agencies are well equipped to meet them.
Federal health beneficiaries won't face higher health care tax...yet
Pressure from federal employee unions pushed lawmakers to give rank-and-file feds same deal on health excise tax as state/local counterparts.
White House CTO talks innovation at CES
White House CTO Aneesh Chopra talks with reporters at CES about ways to increase innovation.
Legislation would create inventories to help manage radio frequency spectrum
Bills pending in the House and Senate would create inventories of RF spectrum managed by the NTIA and FCC, along with a Web portal to make the information public.
Tale of two smart-grid bills
Bills now before the House Homeland Security and Energy and Commerce Committees take different approaches toward regulating and strengthening the security of the electric grid against cyberattack.
Bill would permit jamming cell phones in prisons
Maryland’s Gov. Martin O’Malley wants to demonstrate cell phone jamming technology in a state prison, but current federal law prohibits the practice. A bill before the Senate would allow prisons to jam illegal cell phones.
Survey: Public-sector IT pros lack clarity about stimulus funding
Seventy-nine percent of respondents to a recent survey said they were only somewhat aware of the flow of stimulus funds into their organizations and the impact the money might be having.
William Jackson | Senate's cybersecurity bill goes too far
Legislation introduced by Sens. Rockefeller and Snowe has some good ideas, but it would be too far-reaching to be practical or prudent.
For data sharing, message flows are more important than platforms
Message flows are the linchpin to distributed, real-time information sharing systems, such as the National Information Exchange Model or the Environmental Protection Agency’s Central Data Exchange.
FCC issues rules for stations that plan to shut of analog signals before the new June 12 deadline
Passage of the DTV Delay Act will not stop the transition originally scheduled for Feb. 17; it will proceed under new regulations.
Transition to digital TV delayed until June
House passage of the DTV Delay bill, expected to be quickly signed into law, moves transition deadline to June 12, but stations are expected to begin the switch earlier.
DTV transition in legislative limbo
Two weeks before the deadline, many households still are unprepared for the death of analog TV. Meanwhile, Congress considers a four-month delay.
Audit finds holes in security of government systems protecting financial data
Treasury is not adequately protecting data collected and shared under the Bank Secrecy Act, according to a recent GAO study.
House fails to pass bill to delay digital TV transition
Republican concerns about the impact of a delay means that the switchover to digital broadcast signals will occur Feb. 17 as planned.
Hold on to those rabbit ears
Bill now going to the House would give government and consumers another four months to prepare for the abandonment of traditional analog signals.
No time to vote
Reliance on the U.S. Postal Service and the military mail system is inadequate for a voting process that takes an average of 66 days to complete.
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