Conducting privacy impact assessments on data brokers' proprietary databases could discourage companies from offering their services to assist federal agencies, the OMB official says.
But Thomas McNamara says cultural and administrative challenges still impede getting government to better share homeland security, law enforcement and intelligence data.
State and local law enforcement agencies are moving to strengthen their links with the National Counter Terrorism Center's classified online information repository.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has passed a measure that Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is warning could result in the removal of prominent government contractors.
The Homeland Security Department wants a contractor to supply integrated off-the-shelf products that will gather IP routing data for technical studies and analyses.
Information sharing needs to improve between the U.S. and Canada, and between public agencies and the private sector, to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics, an industry expert told Congress.
DHS will hire Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory to test the next-gen technology system that DHS plans to deploy to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
The draft of updated security measures for Canadian transportation and trade companies that want preferential treatment in trade with the U.S. will be released March 31.
A group representing the U.S. software industry and its hardware partners is calling on Congress to provide full funding for a number of high-tech initiatives in President Bush's 2009 budget.
The new Air Force Cyber Command has issued a strategic vision statement outlining the military unit's goal of strengthening cyberspace capabilities to defend national interests.
A federal judge has ordered GSA to stop all work on the $50 billion Alliant contract, ruling that the agency failed to consistently apply its award criteria when assessing the bids of the 62 vendors.
While DHS prepares a prototype solution for protecting the northern border, new technologies already are being tested in the field, according to a new report.
Cisco Systems Inc.'s manager of federal channel operations Chris Marin vows that he will read any proposal or statement of qualifications that comes his way.
Small government contractors are frequently afforded the opportunity to bid on set-aside contracts. This allows for a faster growth curve and in some cases may be the only way to enter a market dominated by larger, entrenched competitors.
