The new ID cards will be interoperable smart cards that can be used across agencies, and will incorporate a common set of identity proofing and issuing standards and technologies.
Creating a new Domestic Nuclear Detection Office that reports to the Homeland Security secretary is a "stovepiped" strategy that is likely to undermine DHS' existing scientific research, according to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.).
Defending its computer networks has evolved into one of the Defense Department's top priorities. And as computer systems ? and efforts to hack into them ? grow more sophisticated, efforts to defend military networks will grow even more assiduous.
The number and sophistication of potential weapons such as password-cracking software, viruses and worms, key loggers and spyware demonstrate the risk, according to Chet Hosmer.
Three companies were selected by the U.S. Special Operations Command to compete for task orders under a five-year, $100 million contract to devise a media campaigns for foreign audiences.
ManTech International Corp. won a five-year, $8.9 million task order from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide engineering and technical support services for surface ship radiated noise trials.
Federal cybersecurity programs run the risk of becoming static and unresponsive in the face of emerging threats, according to the findings of a study by the Government Accountability Office.
L-3 Communications Inc.'s Link Simulation and Training division won two delivery orders to perform upgrades to the Air Force's B-2A Spirit Aircrew Training System and Maintenance Training System.
DataPath Inc. won a contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command for satellite equipment specifically designed for sustained field operation with minimal maintenance by forward deployed warfighters.
A new report from the Justice Department's inspector general said the government's center for consolidating information from various terrorist watch lists has suffered from poor IT management.
AT&T Government Solutions won a subcontract to provide engineering and installation work at key locations in the United States and abroad for the Defense Department's Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion project.
CDW-G will provide the software for 28,000 desktops and 884 servers in the Naval Network Warfare Command's One-Net, a single enterprise network covering 16 shore installations in Europe, the Middle East and Far East.
In a request for proposals issued June 6, DISA's Computing Services is searching for an automated tool to monitor and troubleshoot transaction performance from end-user locations.
The contracts represent roughly $1.4 billion in combined procurements and include the Army Knowledge Online enterprise portal and a consolidated approach for the service's financial-management systems.
VeriSign Inc. said it has been approved by the Defense Department to issue digital certificates required for anyone who wants access to protected government Web sites and applications.
Cree Inc. won a contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop high-power electronic devices and power modules to reduce the size and weight of power management equipment aboard Navy vessels.
