The Homeland Security Department has spent $1 billion on the Automated Commercial Environment, but delays and defects have muddled its deployment, a new Government Accountability Office report said.
The Department of Homeland Security's plan to combine nine major screening programs under one office makes sense on paper, but it's got a lot of contractors worried about what it means for programs.
The Homeland Security Department's plan to combine nine major screening and tracking programs into one office is being greeted with both excitement and trepidation by IT contractors.
The bill allocates money for high-tech hardware for the troops as well as homeland security programs, and provisions to regulate government-issued ID cards.
NCI Information Systems has won a multiyear, $35 million contract from the National Security Agency to provide knowledge management solutions and expertise.
Contractors in the Falls Church, Va., office complex that was closed because of suspected anthrax are waiting on test results to confirm whether contamination occurred and when they can return to their offices.
Contractors in the Falls Church, Va., office complex that was closed because of suspected anthrax are waiting on test results to confirm whether contamination occurred and when they can return to their offices.
An independent task force recommends the countries create a common North American security perimeter by 2010 with a common biometric border pass to expedite passage through customs, immigration and airport security.
Language Analysis Systems Inc. and the Customs and Border Protection agency have entered into a sole-source contract for software to help analyze names of suspected terrorists.
The State Department and the Government Printing Office are in the final stages of determining which and how many companies will provide electronic passports for Americans.
In the year since terrorists bombed commuter trains in Madrid, the Bush administration "has done next to nothing to protect passenger rails," Sen. Joseph Biden says.
A House panel will meet Thursday to discuss consolidating the Border and Transportation Security Directorate's Customs and Border Protection agency and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit.
Although the Homeland Security Department has awarded more than $560 million for 1,200 projects to increase seaport security nationwide, the current grants process "compromises the program's ability to direct resources toward the nation's highest priorities," according to a new inspector general audit.
This spring, FBI's leadership will decide whether to scrap the much maligned Virtual Case File System or allow its contractor, Science Applications International Corp., to continue developing the system.
C. Stewart Verdery Jr., assistant secretary for border and transportation security policy and planning at the Homeland Security Department, will leave March 4.
