Sony names first chief information security officer

Company brings in former DHS official Philip Reitinger after massive hacking attack.

CSC tasked with IT support for immigration services

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide a range of IT services to the Homeland Security Department's USCIS under a three-year task order that has an estimated total value of $291 million.

DHS oversight of purchase cards has 'significant gaps,' IG says

The Homeland Security Department needs to strengthen its oversight and review of purchase card transactions, says the Office of Inspector General in a new report.

$2.1B up for grabs in new grants by DHS

The Homeland Security Department announced its annual allocations for state and local agencies for disasters and terrorist attacks. What targets does DHS want protected?

FEMA releases preparedness app in time for hurricane

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a new mobile application for disaster preparedness on Android, but some users apparently were confused by an apparent rogue application, also available from Android.

SAIC official returns to TASC as group senior VP

John Hynes Jr., who worked at TASC from 1990 to 2001, returns to the company from SAIC as the newly appointed senior vice president of the Defense and Civil Group.

DHS, GAO disagree on details of acquisition planning

The Homeland Department said collecting data to decide when to begin planning for a major procurement is a waste of time.

SE Solutions acquires emergency response IT provider

Strategic Enterprise Solutions Inc. has completed its acquisition of Evolution Technologies Inc., which specializes in emergency and disaster process, systems support and electronic information exchange.

Deepwater costs hit $29B and rising, GAO says

It still is not smooth sailing for the Coast Guard's Deepwater program in which costs continue to go up, according to a new report.

US-CERT director resigns

Randy Vickers, head of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, has reportedly resigned.

Mazer is Obama's choice for DHS' IG

The inspector general of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence gets picked for the open DHS IG job.

Lieberman tells FEMA to centralize IT

FEMA can't manage its IT systems with an uncoordinated approach to building systems, senator says.

Delta Solutions adds DEA contract to string of recent wins

Delta Solutions and Technologies Inc.'s five-year, $18 million contract with the Drug Enforcement Administration is the latest in a series of contract wins that total almost $66 million.

'Idiots' simplify hacking, CSC director tells news agency

A DHS experiment to test the ease of hacking shows more than half the people who find unknown computer discs or thumb drives will plug them into their office computers to see what's on them, exposing the systems to viruses and hacking.

HHS CIO to retire

HHS CIO Michael Carleton began public service during the Nixon administration.

Coast Guard accused of 20 Anti-Deficiency Act wrongs totaling $7M

The inspector general found that Coast Guard managers violated the Anti-Deficiency Act in the recent response boat acquisition.

General Dynamics wins $867M DHS infrastructure contract

GSA awarded an $867 million IT infrastructure contract to General Dynamics Corp. as the latest move in a highly competitive acquisition process.

DHS paid millions in SBInet invoices without sufficient details, GAO says

The Government Accountability Office said contractor invoices for the $780 million Secure Border Initiative Network program lacked details. Where did they fall short?

Secret Service red-faced by errant anti-Fox News tweet

Agency apologizes for tweet, but not before embarrassing tweet flies around the Web.

DHS cancels $450M financial system modernization, considers cloud instead

The Homeland Security Department cancels its second attempt at modernizing its financial systems. What is its new plan?