Digital Angel Corp. began work this month on a satellite-based tracking system for the South Carolina Army National Guard under a one-year contract worth $3.2 million.
The General Services Administration will hold an industry day later this month to provide the latest information on the agency's Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 product-approval process.
Saflink Corp. has won a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver continued support for Fortezza cryptographic libraries and drivers at the Defense Department under a new contract.
The just-published final rule for the Homeland Security Department's Safety Act implementation sets up a speedier process for federal contractors to win liability protections made possible under the act.
Federal agencies responsible for the health and well being of U.S. citizens are seeking creative IT solutions to replace outdated systems, said a panel of government experts Wednesday.
With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicting that 2006 will be "a very active hurricane season," it's more urgent than ever that supercomputers used to predict the paths of storms be ready for their task.
Hackers, cyberterrorists and thieves are not the only ones from whom agencies need to protect their computer networks and data. As officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs can attest, critical information needs to be secured internally as well.
The state of Texas will spend $5 million to place hundreds of video cameras along its border with Mexico that will broadcast surveillance footage on the Internet to help prevent crime and illegal border crossings.
Many government agencies, if they have not already done so, soon will face the issue of what technology they should use to connect remote workers, and they'll be looking to integrators to help make a decision.
Constantly faced with the complex task of packing millions of pieces of cargo, the armed forces have upgraded their loading arsenal to include specialized software running on rugged handhelds.
When asked to offer his finger or palm for a biometric vein scan, Claudio Casuccio balks. "That's looking inside your body," Casuccio said. "It is very invasive, in my opinion." His view underscores the cultural differences that can arise as companies take their biometric solutions around the globe.
The U.S. subsidiary of Offshore Systems International Ltd. won contracts from two Defense Department agencies to provide prototype display solutions for improving battlespace communications.
The Homeland Security Department's controversial new border-crossing identification card initiative would be postponed for 17 months under an amendment adopted by the Senate this week, as part of the immigration reform package.
