ICOR Partners LLC has won a $9.8 million from the Homeland Security Department to provide enterprise portfolio management consulting, advisory and software configuration services.
Covenant Aviation Security has received Safety Act designation from the Homeland Security Department for its airport passenger and baggage screening services.
A new cybersecurity operations center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has been set up to continuously monitor and report cyberattacks against privately owned computer networks related to critical infrastructure.
Amit Yoran, former Homeland Security Department cybersecurity chief, is slated to testify Wednesday before a House subcommittee regarding legislation to create a new assistant secretary position overseeing a National Cybersecurity Office at DHS.
The Homeland Security Department and the Pentagon are the main drivers behind federal IT spending growth, but systems integrators can still expect to see the Office of Management and Budget exerting pressure to control spending.
The Homeland Security Department soon will consolidate the e-mail systems of its 22 agencies, and it should surprise no one that Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook e-mail application is way ahead in the competition before it even begins.
I.D. Systems Inc. won a grant from the Transportation Security Administration to integrate RFID-based tracking into the company's Wireless Asset Net vehicle security and tracking system.
L-3 Communications Corp. has won a $33 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide additional explosives detection systems.
Information security solutions company SecureInfo Corp. won a $4 million contract from the Homeland Security Department to provide certification and accreditation software solution and consulting services.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is taking a close look at the department's proposed new $847 million Office of Screening Coordination and Operations as part of his comprehensive initial review of the department, senior department officials said today.
About 200,000 first responders in the Washington region will be issued biometric smart card IDs under a new program soon to be deployed by the Homeland Security Department.
Citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda will be required to present a passport, "laser visa" Border Crossing Card or other new, additional identity document when entering the United States under the new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, introduced today by the Bush administration.
More than 200 federal, state and local agencies and 10,000 people in Connecticut and New Jersey are set to participate today in the five-day Top Officials 3 national terrorism response drill.
