Before DHS pays for the multibillion-dollar border security program, it needs to assure lawmakers the program is ready for use, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said.
A new handheld biometric terminal from Datastrip Inc. reads contact and contactless chips found on identity documents and cards such as passports and driver's licenses.
It has been up to agencies to include contract language about buying green IT into proposal requests. With a new Federal Acquisition Regulations provision, it will become policy.
BAE Systems will help develop software designed to improve the effectiveness and reduce the cost of developing complex software systems for military needs under a new contract.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has appointed Elliot Schlanger, a technology expert with experience in both the public and private sectors, to be the state's CIO.
