U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' voluntary online program lets employers check job-applicant photographs against photos in federal databases.
House Homeland Security Committee approves legislation to toughen the requirements on the Coast Guard's Deepwater program and improve the roll out of the Transportation Worker Identification Card.
TSA announced it has adopted a maritime industry specification for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential biometric reader and the contactless smart card.
DHS is aiming for early October to begin enrolling individuals for the Transportation Workers Identification Credential, a top homeland security official said.
Several U.S. companies are expected to participate in bidding for the upcoming $2 billion biometric national ID card system being developed in the United Kingdom.
Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons are calling on the federal government to issue the long-awaited regulations for the Real ID Act of 2005 and also to pump more money into the program.
DHS is running out of time to test and deploy a new technology solution in a proposed passport-alternative identification card by summer 2008, according to an industry expert.
States will have four more months to request additional time to implement the Real ID Act national identity management program, DHS Michael Chertoff told a Senate committee this week.
Northrop Grumman Corp. has agreed to pay Cogent Systems Inc. $25 million to settle litigation stemming from a lawsuit Cogent filed against the defense and technology giant two years ago.
A DOE audit of the Terrorist Screening Center found that the flaws begin with the fact that the center is maintained on two separate database systems that are supposed to contain identical data but don't.
Arizona became the third state today to volunteer for a DHS program in which it will develop a hybrid ID card that combines a state driver's license with a U.S. border-crossing card.
The state of Vermont has forged an agreement with the Homeland Security Department to launch a hybrid identification card that combines a driver's license with a border-crossing card.
L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. has won an $11 million contract from the Montana Justice Department to develop a digital driver's license issuance and identification card system for the state Motor Vehicle Division.
San Francisco International Airport next month expects to become the 10th airport in the country to participate in the national Registered Traveler Program.
