A controversial data mining prototype developed by the Homeland Security Department's Science & Technology Directorate is getting close scrutiny from the department's inspector general.
Yesterday fingerprint system vendors were told by officials of the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator System program to modify their software and hardware in line with the government's evolving criteria.
L-3 Communications Inc. will supply the Transportation Security Administration with refreshed explosive detection systems through a contract worth $40 million.
Lawmakers will have to figure out how to handle the spate of appropriations bills that have yet to pass the legislative branch when Congress returns to session next week.
With the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives next January for the first time since 9/11, the nation is likely to see changes in antiterrorism policy and increased domestic spending.
The Federal Communications Commission will not open an official proceeding on the Cyren Call public safety wireless communications plan, according to a Nov. 3 order signed by FCC Acting Public Safety and Homeland Security Chief Bureau Kenneth Moran.
Great Britain's Finance Minister Gordon Brown told government officials he wants to set up a single, $3.8 billion budget for fighting terrorism in the U.K.
A team of three companies, led by DynCorp International Inc., won a five-year, $450 million contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to deliver global disaster response services.
Executives involved in security and risk management face challenges in winning support for initiatives to improve security, according to a <a href="http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2997"><u>new report</u></a>.
The General Service Administration has announced that it will not exercise the remaining options under a contested contract providing Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 services to its shared-services provider customers.
The Homeland Security Department is forming an advisory panel to help improve its underused information-sharing network, which links the department to state and local agencies, according to a Federal Register notice.
IT vendors will have a clearer view of the State Department's plans for the radio frequency identification device-equipped border crossing card that Uncle Sam plans to deploy as part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.
As the U.S. faces threats from weapons of mass destruction and high-consequence international and homegrown plots, the Homeland Security Department is expanding its efforts with state, local, federal and international law enforcement to defend the country.
