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5/17/2013 8:00 AM
 There is no lack of commercially available tools to counter rapidly evolving cyber threats, but putting them into place and having them work together efficiently can be a challenge. Available tools often are not used because the technology might be difficult to use, might not be widely known, or might be too expensive to be practical. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to help agencies and other organizations put those tools in play, partnering with a nonprofit organization to provide technical and project management support for its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCOE). The new federally funded research and development center would be the first of its kind dedicated to cybersecurity and would facilitate cooperation between the private sector and the NCCOE. The State of Maryland and Montgomery County, Maryland, are cosponsoring the center with NIST, which will work to strengthen U.S. economic growth by supporting automated and trustworthy e-government and e-commerce. NIST has released an initial notice of its intent to partner with such a center and expects to issue a request for proposals this summer.
5/16/2013 8:00 AM
Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Todd Park, speaking at a luncheon hosted by TechAmerica, pointed to a speech given by President Barrack Obama at the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2012 when the President promised to redouble efforts to go after sex traffickers abroad and at home. According to Park, the White House efforts against domestic human trafficking are starting to bear fruit. As an outgrowth of the Obama initiative, the Ford Foundation has helped to build a tool that uses algorithms to identify signals that an ad is posted advertising an underage child. Efforts to shut down Web sites that contained ads for trafficked children had previously been unproductive because the ads would move from site to site. Law enforcement officers had poured over tens of thousands of online ads posted every week at sites for clues but this was extremely labor intensive.
5/14/2013 8:00 AM
 The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) is kicking off a summer long series of consultations with states, tribal entities, territories, and local authorities across the nation this week with a kick-off workshop in Washington, DC. After the workshop, FirstNet will conduct six regional workshops to meet with each state individually during the consultation process. FirstNet will be soliciting public input from workshop attendees to help in the design of a public safety grade, next generation wireless network that will meet very specific requirements of police, firefighters, sheriffs, and emergency medical services personnel in their regions. “Consultations are an essential step in building working relationships between FirstNet and the thousands of people who are stakeholders in its success,” commented the new General Manager of FirstNet, Bill D’Agostino, in a written press release. “These meetings will provide valuable opportunities to listen and work collaboratively to build the first public safety-grade LTE network.” The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) as an independent authority within National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
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