The new head of the Coast Guard acquisitions unit said he wants to make permanent the relationships between the new unit and the Homeland Security and Defense departments.
The Homeland Security Department has published a justification for awarding a $782,000 sole-source software contract for risk-assessment software services.
The Senate passed a provision to require federal contractors to use the E-Verify program on the same day DHS announced that contractors must use the program starting Sept. 8.
Agency responses to cyberattacks on U.S. government sites demonstrates a need for better coordination between agency security officials and the companies that provide Internet services, experts say.
The attacks, which spiked late July 6 and early July 7, are not particularly sophisticated and can be mitigated by organizations that are prepared for them, experts say.
Two law firms have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of customers of a private operator of Registered Traveler services that shut down abruptly in late June.
Two European communications companies are seeking to increase their share of the U.S. government market by touting the benefits of their videoconferencing and mobile satellite offerings.
Washington Technology received a number of trenchant comments about staff writer Alice Lipowicz's July 1 Web story “DHS requires more personal information from employees, contractors.”
