Common Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information

In 2007, the Department of Homeland Security an Office of Management and Budget, along with the Presidential Identity Theft Task Force, investigated information privacy and security practices in the United States Government. They developed a report called the Common Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information (pdf)which included a list of ten common mistakes made by U.S. departments and agencies and provided recommendations for new practices to be implement to eliminate and reduce security [...]

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FISMA: The Federal Information Security Management Act

The E-Government Acts of 2002 involved a large number of new regulations to implement and control the use of electronic technologies by the U.S. Government. Title III of this Act, called the Federal Information Security Management Act required all Government agencies to develop extensive information security [...]

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The E-Government Act of 2002

The E-Government Act of 2002, containing 5 separate Titles and 40 different sections, created many new regulations for the implementation and use of electronic information in the Federal [...]

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