The Homeland Security Department's inspector general issued 16 reports highlighting IT weaknesses within the agency in the past six months, according to the just-released Semiannual Report to the Congress.
The National Disaster Medical System is in disarray due to a lack of leadership and to persistent breakdowns in its planning, logistics and communications systems, according to a new report from senior Democrats on two key House committees.
The Common Alerting Protocol, an XML standard for sending warning messages over many different types of networks, has picked up high-profile users since it debuted in 2004.
Prospects might be brightening slightly for procurement activity on the multibillion-dollar federal Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) as a result of lessons learned from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The Homeland Security Department earlier this year experienced a significant setback to its information-sharing mission in the breakup of its partnership with a major law enforcement intelligence network.
The Homeland Security Department is preparing to distribute geospatial information-sharing software and other commercial IT to local jurisdictions through its Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program.
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded a $17.2 million, five-year contract to Kroll Government Services Inc. to perform preliminary background investigations of TSA screeners and other employees.
Members of the former 9/11 Commission today handed out failing grades for several IT initiatives in a report card that highlights shortcomings of the Homeland Security Department.
Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff fleshed out details about the Secure Border Initiative today and the technologies the department will need to bolster security along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico.
Homeland Security Department procedures for verifying identities of people applying for U.S. residency and citizenship are still vulnerable to fraud and are overly reliant on paper documents, according to a new report from the department's Inspector General Richard Skinner.
Serena Software Inc. has won two contracts totaling more than $45 million over a five-year period to help the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency manage its security initiatives.
Phillipe Leger, advocate general of the European Court of Justice, urged annulment of a May 2004 trans-Atlantic agreement permitting the European passenger data to be shared with the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection as an anti-terrorism measure.
A research brief published recently by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers highlights the interoperability problems facing federal, state and local officials during a disaster, and offers a map toward improved communication.
The Homeland Security Department is not giving enough time for the public and for industry members to comment on its draft National Infrastructure Protection Plan, according to OMB Watch, a Washington-based government watchdog group.
The Homeland Security Department has released its request for proposals for the FirstSource contract vehicle worth up to $3 billion for acquiring IT commodities.
The National Cyber Security Partnership, formed by four trade associations in 2003, is expected to announce soon that it has expanded to include many more trade associations.
IT industry leaders see improvements in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan released earlier this month, but they remain worried that they may be left out of the loop in the Homeland Security Department's policies and actions for IT sector security.
Connecting the dots against terrorism became a major industry after Sept. 11, 2001. The market for intelligence and security informatics IT is now $1 billion a year, according to a new report.
The House Homeland Security Committee today passed a broad-ranging border security bill (H.R. 4312)that would strengthen surveillance IT at the U.S. borders and increase usage of Defense Department technology in border surveillance, among other goals.
