The State and Homeland Security departments are pushing forward with a controversial program to upgrade border security by creating a passport card system for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI).
To advance information sharing against terrorism, Boeing Co. expects to be among the first major corporations to assign its own analyst to the Seattle FBI Fusion Center intelligence sharing office.
The planned border-crossing ID card does not require strong privacy protections because the only data it can transmit wirelessly is a reference number, according to the director of NIST.
General Dynamics C4 Systems will deliver additional ultra-high frequency radios and equipment to the FAA to upgrade communications between air traffic controllers and military aircraft.
A senior official at Lockheed Martin in charge of the Deepwater contract refused a meeting with one of his employees to discuss shortcomings in the program's converted patrol boats, charges Deepwater whistleblower Michael DeKort.
Raytheon Co. will provide passenger and baggage screening services to Key West International Airport and Florida Keys Marathon Airport under a new contract.
The $120 billion Iraq War supplemental spending bill passed by Congress Thursday provides an additional $917 million for homeland security and also tightens restrictions on the Coast Guard's Deepwater program.
A GAO audit has warned that despite measures the FBI has implemented to tighten IT security, its critical networks for exchanging law enforcement data remain at risk.
DHS this week gave final approvals to the IT industry's approach to protecting the Internet and other national IT-related infrastructures by focusing on critical functions.
An industry group is accusing NIST of failing to properly evaluate the technologies to be used in DHS' and State's upcoming border-crossing identification card.
Verizon Business won a $195 million contract from New York City to implement an enhanced 911 system for the city's police, fire and emergency medical personnel.
