A number of recent significant cross-border transactions, regulatory actions, and domestic and international political developments have put globalization of government and defense into the cross hairs of the 2008 presidential election.
The Homeland Security Department is seeking information from contractors that could provide technical support and analysis for its information security program.
Appropriations Committee report concludes that efforts to enable checks of foreign visitors' identities as they exit the country should be postponed until a new administration takes office in 2009.
Lockheed Martin Corp. will help manage employee payroll and other human resources functions for the Transportation Security Administration under a new contract.
The goal of the new Suitability and Security Clearance Performance Accountability Council is to standardize procedures for checking the backgrounds of government employees and contractors governmentwide.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>Boeing has received more than $1 billion ? an amount higher than what was previously disclosed ? for work on the Secure Border Initiative system, according to a new GAO report.
The House and Senate Appropriations committees have approved different measures to fund DHS in fiscal 2009, and each would provide more money for cybersecurity than the Bush administration requested.
The House Appropriations Committee's HomelandSecurity Subcommittee has approved a 6 percentincrease for the Homeland Security Department infiscal 2009 ? $2.3 billion more than the Bushadministration requested, said the committee'schairman, Rep. David Price (D-N.C.).
The House Appropriations Committee's HomelandSecurity Subcommittee has approved a 6 percentincrease for the Homeland Security Department infiscal 2009 ? $2.3 billion more than the Bushadministration requested, said the committee'schairman, Rep. David Price (D-N.C.).
The Local Preparedness Acquisition Act authorizes state and local governments to use GSA's Multiple Award Schedules to buy law enforcement and security-related items.
The Coast Guard has improved the way it oversees its $24 billion Deepwater asset acquisition program but is still struggling to hire enough expertise for the job, according to a new report.
The six-year procurement experiment that exempted TSA from Federal Acquisition Regulation rules has finally come to an end. After June 23, all of its procurements became subject to the FAR rather than to the Acquisition Management System rules used by the FAA.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, wants DHS officials to make sure contractors do their job before the government pays them bonuses.
Pragmatics Inc. will assist the Homeland Security Department to monitor and evaluate information technology governance and projects under a new contract.
