Arizona became the third state today to volunteer for a DHS program in which it will develop a hybrid ID card that combines a state driver's license with a U.S. border-crossing card.
Serco Inc. has won a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center that will offer more government agencies access to advanced security systems under development.
The FCC has adopted a build-out schedule recommended by public safety groups in its recent order authorizing a national wireless broadband network for first responders.
BlueStreak Connect LLC, a Littleton, Co.-based company that offers collaboration software, has opened an office in Herndon, Va., in an effort to develop a federal government business.
ICF International has won three contracts from the San Francisco Office of Emergency Management to help improve response in the Bay Area region to disasters and emergency situations.
The state of Vermont has forged an agreement with the Homeland Security Department to launch a hybrid identification card that combines a driver's license with a border-crossing card.
L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. has won an $11 million contract from the Montana Justice Department to develop a digital driver's license issuance and identification card system for the state Motor Vehicle Division.
San Francisco International Airport next month expects to become the 10th airport in the country to participate in the national Registered Traveler Program.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has published revised guidance for states and local agencies to apply for a share of a national $1 billion public safety interoperability fund.
Acting as the procurement arm for a group that includes ODNI, DOD and OMB, the Air Force issued a RFI asking vendors for strategies on how to meet Congress' 2009 deadline for improving the security clearance process.
The State Department's electronic passports should be considered a success despite long wait times and assertions that they are not being widely scanned, said a former State official.
A key data mining program at DHS is on the verge of cancellation if it does not succeed in winning more support within the department, according to a new report.
DHS' program to coordinate surveillance information on bioterrorism is at risk of going over budget and falling behind schedule, according to a new report.
Steven Pecinovsky, director of DHS' GAO/Office of Inspector General Liaison Office, concurred with GAO's report findings, noting that Customs and Border Protection is moving to address some of the issues.
The federal government is lagging behind in its program to tag and track U.S. livestock and poultry to improve investigation of animal disease outbreaks, according to a new GAO report.
