Business leaders and federal officials warned Congress Thursday that the U.S. entry-exit system for foreign travelers may not be able to process people quickly during peak travel periods.
The departments of Defense and Homeland Security are preparing four new communications and network projects that will generate billions of dollars in business for IT, wireless and telecom companies.
The Federal Acquisition Regulations councils raised the micropurchase and simplified acquisition thresholds for agencies dealing with potential nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attacks. The changes were made in an interim rule published Feb. 23 in the Federal Register. The rule takes effect immediately. Comments on the rule are due April 23 via e-mail to 022@gsa.gov.
A new, mobile, digital video system from Schaumberg, Ill.-based Motorola Inc. will let police shoot full-motion video from their cars and transmit the images to headquarters.
Standardized procedures to respond to national, regional and local emergencies may soon be the rule for all levels of government, according to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said today that all levels of government might soon use the same procedures to respond to national, regional and local emergencies.<br>
Northrop Grumman Corp. and Information Builders Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to provide national security solutions to federal, state and local government agencies.
The Homeland Security Department today took the wraps off the Homeland Security Information Network, an upgraded version of the Joint Regional Information Exchange System pilot.
ManTech International Corp. won a contract from the Homeland Security Department for personnel security investigation services at the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the company said.
It is impossible to eliminate attacks such as the recent MyDoom worm and others, but the government has taken significant steps to keep federal systems safe, the head of cybersecurity at the Homeland Security Department says.
President Bush's lower-than-expected request for technology spending in 2005 has put contractors on notice that the government market will become even more competitive in the months ahead. The president's $59.8 billion budget request for information technology is up just $671 million from his request of $59.1 billion for 2004, a 1 percent increase. The White House released the fiscal 2005 request Feb. 2.
