To improve the nation's critical infrastructure protection, DHS and private companies may need to ensure secure operation of major IT systems, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said.
The Coast Guard's $24 billion Deepwater modernization program would be overhauled with increased oversight and open competition under legislation approved Wednesday.
Employer participation is rapidly increasing in DHS' Employment Eligibility Verification program even though the federal databases continue to be riddled with errors and have difficulty communicating with each other.
The Army will spend as much as $2.3 billion on its Future Combat Systems initiative in fiscal 2008 and hundreds of millions more on initiatives designed to better integrate its forces, a top Army official said.
Police, fire and emergency response agencies can look to the FEMA for a share of $34 million in grants to buy security-related IT applications, video surveillance tools and interoperable communications equipment.
Washington and other states should be more involved in choosing technologies for meeting the Real ID Act of 2005 requirements, according to an industry group.
