Sustaining the Information Sharing Environment: The Key Role of Security and Privacy

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 15:54
Protecting the systems and processes Federal, State, and local entities use to exchange information may seem to be a trade-off in terms of effective sharing, in which more security and privacy would appear to restrict the free flow of information; yet in the long term, data protection is a key enabler for the ISE.

The ability of Federal agencies to share information on effective practices, as well as issues of concern, has become a central mission goal for law enforceme

Wasteful or Wonderful?

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 15:30
How do you tell the different between when government programs overlap and duplicate each other versus when they complement and reinforce each other in a collaborative network?

Weekly Round-up - August 19, 2011

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 15:27
Articles we found interesting, the week of August 15, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

August is a long and ecclesiastical month.  In its second full week, we find:

How can we retain privacy when doing business online?

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 13:04
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) at the Commerce Department recently held a workshop to discuss how protection of personal information can be made a key implementation element in the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).

Is Performance Budgeting Hopeless?

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 13:03
A recent academic symposium on performance-based budgeting suggests that trying to apply this noble idea across government may be hopeless.

Decades of research and efforts to implement performance budgeting across federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. seem to consistently come down to the conclusion that no matter how rational it sounds, politicians don’t want to use it to make decisions.

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