Long-distance radio frequency ID tags are the best technology choice for the upcoming U.S. passport card program despite their apparent shortcomings, a Motorola Inc. executive said.
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.
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.
The U.S. patent system has been vital to the American economy and the U.S. role inthe world economy. Patents have taken center stage in fostering innovation andserving as the catalyst for innovation.
Although DHS terminated a controversial visual analytics data mining program this summer, it continues to engage in visual analytics research in a separate program.
To solve the issue, ODNI's National Counterterrorism Center has been working to come up with standards for communicating among centers, and DHS has been working to merge its classified networks into ONE integrated system.
The Small Business Administration's list of the Top 100 small businesses in 2007 reflects new size standard policies and an effort to scrub improperly listed businesses.
After taking public comments into account, DHS officials have submitted a revised set of minimum federal standards that states must meet when issuing driver's licenses and ID cards to satisfy the Real ID Act of 2005.
New tools are helping the Coast Guard develop situational awareness at the Port of Miami, but more assistance is needed to track small boats and noncooperative vessels.
The company that received an improper $475 million contract from DHS also may have received an inappropriate financial bonus as part of the deal, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), said today.
