IT control vulnerabilities are a material weakness in the financial reporting systems of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, according to a new independent audit.
One of the first casualties of the new Congress could be a program designed to create competition around functions performed by the federal government, said Rep. Tom Davis.
Federal funds totaling $445 million will be distributed this year to boost security at high-risk seaports, mass transit systems and infrastructure facilities.
Some $3.7 million in grants are being awarded by the CDC in an effort to improve health information sharing to detect and respond to emerging public health threats, and, ultimately, adopt a nationwide health care surveillance system.
The Homeland Security Department is scheduled to begin unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights over the U.S.-Canadian border for the first time later this year.
The new Democratic majority in Congress has a plan to improve information sharing within DHS as part of legislation submitted to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations.
Four cities have been dropped and three others added to the Homeland Security Department's list of high-risk urban areas eligible for federal anti-terrorism dollars.
John Negroponte is leaving his post at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and moving to the State Department as the deputy secretary to Condoleeza Rice. Retired Navy Vice Adm. J. Michael McConnell is taking over for him at ODNI.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency improved its computer systems in 2006, but still has no strategic plan to guide long-term IT investments, according to a new audit.
The Homeland Security Department report card rating cities' progress on achieving interoperable emergency communications has been cited as a guide to further work in the field to plug gaps.
Most maritime workers will pay at least $139 for their initial Transportation Workers Identification Credential card and $60 for a replacement card as part of the Homeland Security Department's just-released final rule for the program.
The Homeland Security Department is setting up a new records system to keep track of the names, passwords, citizenship information and other data on thousands of IT workers with access to the department's systems.
The Transportation Security Administration has approved two more companies as providers of the Registered Traveler program designed to speed enrolled travelers through airports nationwide.
In an effort to prepare for possible chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive incidents the Defense Threat Reduction Agency awarded a contract to Science Applications International Corp. to work with existing modeling and simulation tools.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for a "rigorous and comprehensive" review of the proposed border-crossing identification card that is an integral part of the Bush Administration's Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.
