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SPECIAL REPORT: HOMELAND SECURITY

A room with a view
Public safety agencies grapple with loads of data flowing into command centers.

A continental security job
Border officials eye technologies that help a limited corps of agents cover more ground.

What are your weaknesses?
Automated assessment tools help agencies steer limited resources to biggest vulnerabilities.

NEWS

F Street shuffle
GSA draft reorganization plan gets cautious, critical reception.

COMMENT: ON CLINGER-COHEN

Editorial: A whole new world
Things have changed dramatically since "Computer Chaos" was published in 1994.

Brubaker: Before Clinger-Cohen, there was Chaos
The Computer Chaos report's impact on the way the government buys, uses technology continues to be felt.

Kelman: Are we better off now?
There is progress with procurement, but large programs still have not been fixed.

McConnell: Mission is the true driver
The big changes have come from events rather than new laws

Sprehe: Promises not yet fulfilled
Clinger-Cohen has been a major step forward in government management.

FLIP SIDE

Flyzik: Top 10 benefits of Clinger-Cohen
We have a far better IT environment since its passage.

MANAGEMENT

Can we have a word with you?
DOD employees flood agency with e-mail on pay-for-performance plans.

TECHNOLOGY

Keep on trucking
GPS wireless phones could record truck driver log data required by law.

BUSINESS

Outsmarting SmartBuy
Firms outside the program are unfazed about competition

POLICY

Fed contracting opens for disabled veterans
Confusion about set-aside rules could hamper its effectiveness

Cybersecurity

Mayorkas announces cyber 'sprints' on ransomware, ICS, workforce

The Homeland Security secretary announced a series of focused efforts to address issues around ransomware, critical infrastructure and the agency's workforce that will all be launched in the coming weeks.
IT Modernization

VA plans 'strategic review' of $16B software program

New Veterans Affairs chief Denis McDonough announced a "strategic review" of the agency's Electronic Health Record Modernization program of up to 12 weeks.