The Treasury and Homeland Security departments likely will be the first customers out of the gate when the General Services Administration awards its $20 billion Networx telecommunications contract.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Monday he will ask Congress to approve $1 billion for the Secure Border Initiative Network in fiscal 2008.
The Federation of American Scientists has posted a new publication issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff covering joint-forces doctrine for electronic warfare.
GSA is taking steps that would enable state and local governments to order products and services from federal contracts in the event of major disasters or terrorist acts.
NIST announced in a draft special publication that the IP Version 6 standards for testing and profiling that exist in DOD and in industry fall short of the needs of the civilian federal agencies.
The federal government continues to earn poor grades for cybersecurity, according to the second annual report card issued by the Cyber Security Industry Alliance.
Government and industry organizations supporting the current technology and management path for TWIC joined this week to reject criticisms of the program issued by sources close to the project.
The Maine House and Senate voted late last week to approve a joint resolution urging President Bush and the U.S. Congress to repeal the Real ID Act of 2005.
A top Democratic lawmaker on Monday criticized the Homeland Security Department's plan to shift oversight of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program to a new directorate.
The government's plan for secure transportation worker identity cards could founder as a result of penny-pinching in the card production process, sources said.
The Homeland Security Department needs to find better ways to integrate its domestic and international airline passenger screening programs, according to a new report.
The New York State Office for Technology has issued a best practices guideline to help state agencies and local governments manage employee and citizen access to online applications and transactions.
