Government and industry organizations supporting the current technology and management path for TWIC joined this week to reject criticisms of the program issued by sources close to the project.
The Maine House and Senate voted late last week to approve a joint resolution urging President Bush and the U.S. Congress to repeal the Real ID Act of 2005.
A top Democratic lawmaker on Monday criticized the Homeland Security Department's plan to shift oversight of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program to a new directorate.
The government's plan for secure transportation worker identity cards could founder as a result of penny-pinching in the card production process, sources said.
The Homeland Security Department needs to find better ways to integrate its domestic and international airline passenger screening programs, according to a new report.
The New York State Office for Technology has issued a best practices guideline to help state agencies and local governments manage employee and citizen access to online applications and transactions.
L-1 Identity Solutions has won a contract from the Homeland Security Department to develop facial recognition technology for the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Air Marshal Service.
The much-anticipated replacement contract for the General Services Administration's Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 managed-service office asks vendors to provide assistance to agencies in handing out smart cards and developing card management systems for at least 40 agencies and 420,000 federal employees.
Don't buy the hardware and the software, buy the services. That's been the mantra in recent years for Scott McNealy and other executives at Sun Microsystems Inc.
Business travelers soon may see friendlier skies as the Homeland Security Department prepares to debut the nationwide Registered Traveler program, which will shorten wait times in airport security lines.
