For a view of homeland security policy ideas espoused by Stewart Baker, the Homeland Security Department's new policy czar, look no further than his testimony to the 9/11 Commission.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's new requirement that first-time visitors to the United States provide 10 fingerprints -- rather than the two currently required -- is being applauded as a move toward more meticulous identification and better security.
The head of the CIA's venture-capital arm says misguided IT security policies have paralyzed the government's ability to share vital national-security data.
The Homeland Security Department may consolidate several technology-rich operations centers spread across the Washington metropolitan area at its Nebraska Avenue Complex headquarters campus.
Specific areas in which greater IT integration opportunities may exist include explosives detection and baggage screening systems, as well as remote video surveillance equipment, according to a report by the Civitas Group.
The nation's first privately sponsored Registered Traveler program sanctioned by the Homeland Security Department began operating this week at Orlando International Airport.
The Homeland Security Department does not have the ability to fully track how well it is complying with the Buy American Act, according to a new report from the acting inspector general.
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson has launched a critical inquiry of the Homeland Security Department's decision to award a blanket purchase agreement for the MaxHR personnel system.
The House and Senate appropriations committees came out with close figures on overall Homeland Security discretionary spending in their draft bills for fiscal 2006.
It is one of the Homeland Security Department's most tantalizing, big-ticket, system integration projects on the horizon ? but it's been stalled for months as Congress and federal officials review the goals of the department and examine allegations of mismanagement in a related legacy system.
When I was in high school, my brother George tried to get me to read a series of books called "Bolo." The premise was that an army of unmanned tanks fought our wars for us and then turned against us. I never picked them up; the idea just didn't appeal to me.
Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee say Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's reorganization plan fails to overcome the department's existing ad-hoc approach to security.
