No. 22: Miami

Think Miami, and beaches, palm trees and sun come to mind. But the city has the third-largest number of DHS employees in the nation, after Washington and Los Angeles.

No. 23: Kitsap County, Wash.

Located on the western shore of Puget Sound, Kitsap County, Wash., is the second most densely populated county and home to Naval Base Kitsap, the area's major defenseinstallation.

DHS to begin full fingerprint scans for visitors

DHS intends to begin scanning all 10 fingerprints for foreign visitors starting Nov. 29 at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.

Vendors have until Nov. 30 for OneNet bids

This is the third extension DHS has made for the OneNet task order, the department's future intranet for sensitive but unclassified information.

Contract roundup

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Contract roundup

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Bids and proposals

The Ohio Supreme Court will be seeking a contractor to provide an electronic signature and courtroom recording system.

Bids and proposals

The Ohio Supreme Court will be seeking a contractor to provide an electronic signature and courtroom recording system.

Skinner: Coding error to blame for DHS award to Chenega

An agency of DHS improperly awarded a $475 million sole-source contract in 2003 to the Alaskan Native firm Chenega Technology Services Corp., according to a new report.

Customers from far and wide

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A rough ride ahead

But 2008 has bright spots for existing projects entering new phases.

Agencies face new foe in data storage fray

Contractors make a play for piece of booming market.

Workin' in a data mine

Despite controversy and missteps, opportunities beckon.

A policy under siege

Feds might relax driver's license standards for contentious law.

State proposal would make smart IDs a must for contractors

The proposed rule change would ensure that State is in compliance with the FIPS 201 requirements that call for agencies to issue PIV cards to contractors with access to federal systems and facilities.

DHS to issue data warehouse RFP

DHS expects to issue a solicitation shortly to test an idea for a Global Trade Exchange privately managed data warehouse that would consolidate data on worldwide cargo movements.

Thompson to DHS: Give small biz a chance

DHS needs to do more to award contracts to small and midsize technology and IT firms, the House Homeland Security Committee's chairman said last week.

The Boeing challenge

John Blacknall is blunt about how small businesses should go about partnering withBoeing Co. "Just by registering on [our] Web site, the chances are slim" that a small business will get a call to participate in Boeing's $7.3 billion worth of federalcontracts.

Contracting gone bad: One man's view

Last byte | A conversation with legal scholar and author Charles Tiefer.

Federal security market reaches maturity

Slowing growth in government spending has intensified contractors' search for othergrowth areas, particularly those with high priority, within the budgets at all levels of government.