The Coast Guard is monitoring and sharing counterterrorism information at three new interagency centers and 35 new sector command centers it has set up at ports around the country.
A final implementation plan will be released this month for the federal government's new Information-Sharing Environment, John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, said in a speech Monday.
The Homeland Security Department is looking to IT companies for ideas on building a second, redundant data center to supplement the one it operates under an agreement with the Navy.
The Homeland Security Department anticipates announcing in July the winners of FirstSource, a $3 billion small-business IT contract to help the department integrate and standardize its IT systems and tools.
Instead of hardening all critical infrastructure, focus should be on ensuring continuity of essential systems, advises a recent report by former White House cyber czar Richard Clarke and the Century Foundation.
Instead of hardening all critical infrastructure, focus should be on ensuring continuity of essential systems, advises a recent report by former White House cyber czar Richard Clarke and the Century Foundation.
What may appear to be harmless loitering near the entrance of a subway tunnel could escalate quickly into a terrorist attack. Video surveillance helps monitor such vulnerable public areas, but the growing numbers of cameras have put a strain on the people tasked with monitoring them.
A year after the London terrorist bombings of July 7 and 21, 2005, the lessons learned have not all followed a straight track to security implementation.
The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has uncovered problems implementing radio frequency identification tags for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program.
Nearly $400 million in infrastructure protection grants will be awarded to seaports, mass transit systems, chemical plants, rail systems and other critical facilities by September, the Department of Homeland Security announced today.
Technologies to be used in the Transportation Workers Identification Credential card program need more real-life testing, according to the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).
The General Services Administration is shopping for a contractor that has delivered a large-scale integrated biometric identity management system in the last three years to deploy its HSPD-12 initiative.
Use of radio frequency identification tracking technologies and 24-hour remote sensor systems on shipping containers not only would boost port security but also would have significant commercial benefits, according to a new study.
With the help of seed money from the Justice Department, six states are kicking off projects aimed at improving the sharing of justice and public safety information across law enforcement, courts and correction systems.
In a presolictation notice, GPO said it wants interested vendors to comment on its plan to host a facility in the Washington area to produce identification cards under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
The White House's approach to private-sector critical infrastructure protection needs to be more authoritative, according to the Century Foundation think tank for homeland security.
The Homeland Security Department's controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative would be postponed for 17 months to June 1, 2009, under an amendment adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The federally run Homeland Security Information Network is ineffective in supporting information-sharing among federal, state and local officials as it was intended, according to a new report from DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated) </font>The Homeland Security Department has notified successful bidders for IT work under the multibillion-dollar Eagle acquisition that they will be able to start seeking work via task orders issued under the procurement tomorrow.
