(Photo: Architect of the Capitol Flickr) When the 113th Congress gavelled into session in January, it promised a renewed focus on cybersecurity legislation. The 112th Congress punted…

With less than a month left in his term as postmaster general, Patrick Donahoe slammed Congress, the mailing industry and postal workers unions in a farewell speech…

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia) In the wake of a breach of an unclassified White House network, representatives on Capitol Hill and members of the…

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee took a major step this week toward overhauling the aging Federal Information Security Management Act, lessening agencies’ static reporting requirements and…

Healthcare.gov, federal employees who weren’t working but still got paid and home loans are identified as the worst spending decisions of 2013. (Image: iStockphoto) As the year…

A Nov. 21 inspector general report has shone a light on IT security shortcomings within the Department of Homeland Security, highlighting how current security initiatives aren’t meeting…

The Pentagon has been publicly on board with the government’s 2014 audit readiness deadline, but two senators are aiming to put increased legislative pressure on the Defense…