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Feds Tout New Domestic Intelligence Centers; Press Stays Home

2008-03-21 17:40:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Beat cops and the nation's spies are now sharing information like never before in little-known "fusion centers," but they aren't limiting themselves to looking at just terrorism. The feds also tried talking to the media about the new domestic intelligence system this week, but few seemed interested
 
Tags: domestic intelligence system, fusion centers, feds, nation, week, information, terrorism, spies, little-known
 
 
 
 
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CBAC & Medical Identity Theft

2008-07-10 10:09:41 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...feds count on them to supply the equipment they claim to provide to the beneficiaries who need it That honor system is not working The epicenter of DME fraud, according to the federal Department of Health and Human Services, is South Florida, where Medicare billing for DME quadrupled from 2002 to 2006 to $1.7 billion. Investigators found much...
 
Tags: dme suppliers simply, dme suppliers, dme fraud, fraud, dme, identity, medical identity theft, dme dealers, dme supplier
 
 
 
 
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Times Up IPv6 OMB Mandate

2008-06-30 19:27:18 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...Feds say they have aced IPv6 deadline , and suddenly two months later, all lights seem green. As of June 24, ten of the twenty-four agencies sent emails to the OMB stating that they have successfully transmitted IPv6 packets. Fourteen still need to report in, but none have asked for an extension. And all of it was done through the regular...
 
Tags: ipv6, aced ipv6 deadline, ipv6 packets, transmit ipv6 traffic, omb, ipv6 applications, actual ipv6 applications, agencies, twenty-four agencies
 
 
 
 
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Feds racing to lock down Windows XP, Vista PCs

2008-02-01 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Federal agencies required to ensure security of their Windows XP and Vista PCs by the end of February are about to get a much anticipated list of validated assessment tools
 
Tags: vista pcs, assessment tools, windows, federal agencies, ensure security, february, list
 
 
 
 
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NIST lists Vista, XP security tools for feds

2008-02-05 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
NIST has posted a list of tools that conform to new SCAP rules for protecting Microsoft Vista and XP desktops at federal agencies
 
Tags: federal agencies, tools, microsoft vista, nist, scap rules, conform, list, desktops
 
 
 
 
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Feds arrest four people in two alleged espionage cases

2008-02-12 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3f510 in Network World on Security
 
Federal authorities Monday announced the arrests of four people in two separate espionage cases for allegedly passing information to the Chinese government
 
Tags: federal authorities monday, people, chinese government, espionage, arrests, information, allegedly
 
 
 
 
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The ID card cometh...

2008-02-13 09:45:16 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
While the national ID card for U.S. citizens is in serious trouble at the state level, members of Congress are not be be denied. If the states won't play ball, then the Feds might just have to take over
 
Tags: card, play ball, trouble, congress, national, level, feds, citizens
 
 
 
 
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Weak security is epidemic for Feds

2008-02-13 08:18:24 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
While the number of stories about incidents due to weak information security in U.S. government agencies continued to grow, there was little indication that our military was not taking care of traditional security issues--like keeping track of nuclear weapons. Well, it seems that the inability to effectively secure critical assets has spread to...
 
Tags: weak information security, traditional security issues, national defense, nuclear weapons, incidents due, government agencies, track, military, care
 
 
 
 
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Feds move on cybersecurity, with privacy in mind

2008-02-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b19050 in Network World on Security
 
The House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing on Thursday to discuss aspects of the U.S. government's Cyber Initiative, a classified program ordered by President Bush in an effort to boost the security of federal networks and systems. Among the government officials who testified at the hearing was Karen Evans, who serves as the de...
 
Tags: security, national security agency, government, government officials, cyber initiative, homeland security held, e-government, white house office, facto federal cio