The Federal Communications Commission may auction off radio frequency spectrum in order to fund the national public safety network. Congress reached an accord on legislation last Wednesday that would extend payroll tax cuts, authorizing the FCC to auction TV broadcast spectrum to wireless carriers, The Hill newspaper reports. The auctions would generate between $15 billion [...]
The Army‘s plan to migrate enterprise email to the cloud will resume in the spring. Mike Krieger, the Army’s deputy chief information officer, said in a Friday blog post that the Defense Department enterprise email migrations would resume March 17. Krieger said email migration was paused in January after the National Defense Authorization Act for [...]
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has a new online resource providing information on local and regional strategies for sustainable housing. HUD’s Sustainable Communities Resource Center features best practices from sustainable communities in California. HUD also includes links to information on economic competitiveness, green building and regional planning. HUD posts links to news stories [...]
The government is a stable and opportunity-bound work environment for information security professionals, according to a survey from (ISC)2. (ISC)2 released its 2012 Career Impact Survey this week, which found information security professionals have opportunities to advance and receive raises while working in the public sector. The study surveyed more than 2,250 information security professionals worldwide and [...]
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano voiced approval for a Senate cybersecurity bill at a House hearing Wednesday, NextGov reports. The Cybersecurity Act was introduced Tuesday and would give DHS the ability to handle private network breaches. The bill also calls for more information sharing between government and the private sector. The bill requires DHS, the Defense Department [...]
The Department of Homeland Security‘s 2013 budget proposal includes a $33 million increase to continue work on the new St. Elizabeths headquarters project. The $33 million increase would bring the project’s funding to $89 million for 2013, according to the budget document. The agency said the 2013 funds would go toward toward infrastructure improvement at [...]
A bipartisan group of senators proposed a cybersecurity bill Tuesday that would put the Department of Homeland Security in charge of assessing risks and vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 also asks the government to improve the security of cyber networks through the Federal Information Security Management Act. Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins [...]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has requested $3.37 billion for its information technology budget and plans to set aside $1.45 billion for IT systems maintenance, NextGov reports. The amount requested for IT system maintenance increased $80 million from the 2012 budget. The VA’s IT systems are comprised of 360,000 desktop computers, 70,000 printers, 40,000 laptops and 16,000 servers, according to [...]
President Obama requested $78.9 billion in fiscal year 2013 funding for federal information technology, down 0.7 percent from fiscal 2012 funds, Computerworld reports. Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said in a press conference the 2013 budget request represents the government’s effort to do more with less. VanRoekel said budget priorities include improving cybersecurity, e-government efforts [...]
The Defense Department‘s budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 includes a $5.2 billion cut to the base budget from fiscal 2012, according to Pentagon guidance released Monday. The Pentagon’s 2013 budget request totals $613.9 billion; $525.4 billion for the base budget and $88.5 billion for operations in Afghanistan. The proposed budget includes initiatives to save [...]