The Homeland Security Department is working to help develop a single biometric card and reader that can handle multiple requirements for secure border crossings, Secretary Michael Chertoff said April 11.
Scalable Software LLC, a maker of IT compliance and asset management solutions, upgraded its Command Center Federal IT compliance management solution with workflow and reporting customization enhancements.
How cryptic is the mandate for federal agencies to transition their network backbones to Version 6 of the Internet Protocol by 2008? Walt Grabowski thinks it may be more cryptic than first thought.
Ericsson has acquired Marconi Communications Federal Inc., a networking and telecom firm, in a move designed to expand the company's networking and telecommunications offerings to the U.S. government.
Swedish-owned Ericsson Inc. is making one of its first major forays into the U.S. homeland security government market by assembling a team to seek a prime contract for the anticipated $2 billion Secure Border Initiative-Net surveillance system.
I.D. Systems Inc. received orders from the U.S. Postal Service to deploy its wireless asset management system at 16 additional postal facilities around the nation.
Three federal contractors confirmed today that they are among a small number of companies named by the Homeland Security Department as most qualified to bid for the prime contract for Secure Border Initiative-Net.
Harris Corp. won a five-year, $600 million contract from the Census Bureau to build an automated system capable of collecting census data in the field. Under the contract, Harris will serve as the systems integrator and oversee a large team of contractors.
Private shippers should invest in IT that can monitor the contents of their container shipments bound for U.S. ports in order to speed their security processing, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a speech.
WorldCell Inc. acquired Mobile-Mind Inc., a developer of subscriber identity module and smart-card technologies. The purchase will enable WorldCell to provide more global managed wireless services to customers.
The 13 winners and two grand prize winners of the Best of FOSE Awards at the 2006 FOSE trade show in Washington illustrate the ever growing role of technology in the federal government.
If ever a technology seemed tailored to the needs of government, it is service-oriented architecture. SOAs link disparate systems, but still make federal agencies think.
To manage data from the Energy Department's license application for a commercial nuclear-reactor waste-storage facility at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has built digital courtrooms for the agency's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
Standardized digital formats for fingerprint minutiae don't perform as well in matching fingerprints as do proprietary formats, according to the results of a large-scale test by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Federal Network Services Inc. will install and maintain a public video security system for the city of Santa Monica, Calif. A key feature of the project will be the integration of the system with the city's security network.
