The Homeland Security Department needs to find better ways to integrate its domestic and international airline passenger screening programs, according to a new report.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) yesterday named subcommittee heads and the formation of two new subcommittees.
In his sixth State of the Union address, President Bush last night stuck to his usual technology themes of using IT to improve health care and better secure the border.
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue providing logistical and operational support to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response.
Senior members of the House Homeland Security Committee on Jan. 19 introduced legislation to streamline implementation of Safety Act liability protections for anti-terrorism technologies.
L-1 Identity Solutions has won a contract from the Homeland Security Department to develop facial recognition technology for the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Air Marshal Service.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday approved legislation to declassify the top line of the U.S. intelligence budget and make public the total amount of federal dollars spent on intelligence activities each year.
The much-anticipated replacement contract for the General Services Administration's Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 managed-service office asks vendors to provide assistance to agencies in handing out smart cards and developing card management systems for at least 40 agencies and 420,000 federal employees.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff appointed former FBI Director Louis Freeh and Robert L. Woodson Sr. as new members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Politics, must-have technologies and major new contracts are front and center in 2007. Permeating these issues is the continuing war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Business travelers soon may see friendlier skies as the Homeland Security Department prepares to debut the nationwide Registered Traveler program, which will shorten wait times in airport security lines.
The new Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is creating new subcommittees for border security and transportation and eliminating panels overseeing economic security and protection against nuclear attacks.
