The Department of Homeland Security may be going under some reorganization in the future. SecurityManagement recently reported DHS may decide to merge the Office of Infrastructure Protection and the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, two offices that already collaborate a great deal. DHS will only be merging the two offices if makes sense for the [...]

Commander of U.S Army Forces Command General Charles C. “Hondo” Campbell retired yesterday after 40 years of service. Campbell was leader of the U.S. Army Forces Command for the past 3 years, beginning Jan. 9, 2007. Campbell represents something unique as he is the last continuously serving general officer who served during the Vietnam War [...]

Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the current director of NSA and head of CYBERCOM, discussed the current cyber environment at an event hosted by The Center for Strategic and International Studies today in Washington, D.C. Many email users who are sending spam are not where one would think. Alexander noted that 47 percent are from Asia, [...]

Most Americans do not know their broadband speed. The Federal Communications Commission conducted a survey to learn about American’s broadband experience, and if consumers know their broadband speed. Results found that only 1 out of 5 Americans who use broadband actually know the speed of their broadband connection. This survey was held as a part [...]

As summer travel begins to picks up, airport security technology continues to receive more funding. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday announced an additional $78 million in funding for airport security technology. These additional funds are coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will help bolster TSA’s efforts to enhance security [...]

Yesterday, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson was the keynote speaker at a Potomac Officer’s Club luncheon at the Ritz Carlton in Tyson’s Corner, Va. Johnson spoke about the agency’s goal of Zero Environmental Footprint, which she called both a “big hairy audacious goal” (BHAG) and this generation’s “moon shot.” Johnson, who was nominated by President Barack [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday released a report titled “Review of the Department’s Preparation to Respond to a Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident,” which outlines five different recommendations for the department to better respond to any potential WMD incident. A WMD is defined in the report as “any weapon or device that is intended [...]

Science and Technology for America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the Effect on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science, or STAR METRICS, is a multiagency initiative that will monitor the outcome of federal science investments. The National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation  and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are partnering up to introduce STAR [...]

The General Services Administration is taking steps to further the administration’s goal of having an open and participatory government. Most recently, GSA called other agencies to boost innovation with plans to launch an online innovation challenge platform. This online platform is free and will hopefully promote more public participation. GSA’s Associate Administrator for GSA’s Office [...]