federal policy and law

The 7th Annual Computer Security Report Card at Federal Departments and Agencies gave the government an overall grade of C- which is up from a D+ the previous two years. Other notable changes include:

• NSF received an A+ in 2006, rebounding sharply from a C+ it received in 2004
• NASA received a D- in 2006 - the same grade it received in 2003 and 2004 - although its grade temporarily jumped to a B- in 2005
• The Department of Defense and Department of Education both received an F in 2006
• The Department of Veterans Affairs, infamous for its lost laptop that exposed the records of 26.5 million veterans in 2006, failed to submit a FY06 FISMA Report. The VA had received an F in the previous two years.

The full report is attached or available at http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/Media/PDFs/FY06FISMA.pdf

 

In this 10 minute recording, we'll hear from AACRAO's VP for Information Technology, Jerry Bracken.  Listen in as he shares some thoughts on key issues of interest to registrars, the Spellings Report, and EDI trends of interest.

AACRAO - American Association of Collegiate Registrars
http://www.aacrao.org

In this 23 minute recording, we'll hear from Marilu Goodyear sits down with Miguel Angel Garcia, Vice President of Administration & Finance at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. Listen in as they chat about ERP deployments, disaster recovery, immigration and more.

In this 26 minute recording, we'll hear from Rob Abel, CEO of the IMS Global Learning Consortium. Listen in as Marliu Goodyear hosts a discussion about standards, course packs and more.

In this 25 minute recording, Bill Hogue hosts an interview with Laurie Antolovic, CFO of Indiana University's Office of the Vice President for Research and Information Technology. Listen in as they chat about funding IT, the role of a CFO, and the vices and virtues of open source software.

This 25 minute recording provides coverage of an interview with Google's Vint Cerf. In a couple of weeks, Dr. Cerf will be speaking at our Annual Conference, and we hope to see you then. For now, let's listen in as we cover a range of topics including Google Video, digital preservation, intellectual property, net neutrality and high performance computing.