Government employees, contractors and consultants with access to DHS computer systems are among those whose personal information will be kept in a newly created database.
DHS is seeking industry help to meet its long-standing requirement for a biometrics-based exit program for foreign visitors leaving the country by land.
The Defense Department's Biometrics Task Force plans to release today a draft request for proposals for services and supplies for its biometrics program.
Telos Identity Management Solutions LLC will implement and support DOD's Defense Manpower Data Center identity protection and management programs in a contract potentially valued at $582 million.
The Homeland Security Department would be required to consult with industry executives on biometric identification for airport security under newly proposed legislation.
Lockheed Martin won the FBI's Next Generation Identification system deal in February, but IBM lodged a protest and work was held up. The two have now agreed to work together on the $1 billion contract.
The Office of Management and Budget has submitted a proposal to expedite hiring and security clearances for individuals and contractors to work for the government.
The Coast Guard will begin operating a new international data exchange center starting Jan. 1, 2009, to track the positions at sea of about 3,000 ships per day, according to a final rule published.
Nearly half the laptop PCs at the National Transportation Safety Board do not have the required encryption needed to protect data, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Homeland Security Department will begin testing an International Registered Traveler program at three airports starting June 10 to expedite airport clearances for prescreened travelers.
The Homeland Security Department's infrastructure and cyber units are interviewing candidates for more than 300 job openings, a top DHS official testified this week.
DHS ought to install more ground and air radars along the U.S.-Canada border and boost the number of manned and unmanned aircraft patrols over the area, Sen. Jon Tester has said.
DHS' strategy for creating unique biometric identities for individuals under the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology is incomplete, auditors say.
American Systems Corp. is taking advantage of its identity-credentialing experience to create an enterprise security practice for federal and commercial customers.
