The $120 billion Iraq War supplemental spending bill passed by Congress Thursday provides an additional $917 million for homeland security and also tightens restrictions on the Coast Guard's Deepwater program.
State agencies interested in collaborating must first establish a firm policy foundation, according to a newly released brief from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
A GAO audit has warned that despite measures the FBI has implemented to tighten IT security, its critical networks for exchanging law enforcement data remain at risk.
Lawmakers have denied the $81 million DOD request for the development of handheld satellite navigation receivers capable of receiving Iridium and Global Positioning System signals.
DHS this week gave final approvals to the IT industry's approach to protecting the Internet and other national IT-related infrastructures by focusing on critical functions.
Sen. John Kerry seems to think so, saying that the agency has not updated its net worth threshold for its small-business program that assists businesses with government contracts set-asides in a decade.
An industry group is accusing NIST of failing to properly evaluate the technologies to be used in DHS' and State's upcoming border-crossing identification card.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> The FBI wants its new Next Generation ID biometric information system to furnish faster and more high-quality links to other such repositories.
DOD has increased its reliance on contractors to maintain operations in the past decade because its personnel are away on military duty, a new report said.
OPM has reduced the time it takes to fulfill most recently initiated security clearances, Clay Johnson, OMB deputy director for management, told lawmakers May 17.
DHS is initiating a Cyber Security Research Development Center program that entails soliciting input from industry, government labs and academia on how to protect data against threats.
The Coast Guard is seeking a refund for eight patrol boats under its Integrated Deepwater Systems procurement. The boats were built through a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
