Viisage Technology Inc. has won a contract from the National Database and Registration Authority in Pakistan to provide facial recognition technology to the nation's smart passport and national ID program.
Despite ambitious plans to begin rolling out the Secure Flight passenger-screening program early next year, the Transportation Security Administration has not yet finalized how the system will work or what information it will use, according to a TSA official.
Tom Ridge announced today he will step down by February as Homeland Security secretary. He will leave before February if the Senate confirms his replacement.
The government should move ahead on developing an infrastructure for information sharing across the intelligence community, 9/11 Commission Member Jamie Gorelick said today.
The Homeland Security Department has more work to do before it can function as a single entity, a six-member panel of the DHS CIO Council told an industry audience in Northern Virginia.
The Homeland Security Department will open an IT acquisitions center next year as part of an effort to improve its disjointed procurement program, DHS' chief procurement officer said this month at a Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Vienna, Va.
The National Security Agency is looking for analysis software to help it sort through the immense amount of data it collects, because commercial intelligence software just isn't powerful enough to do the job.
The Homeland Security Department plans to open an information technology acquisitions center next year and is trying to improve its disjointed procurement program, DHS' chief procurement officer said today.
SI International Inc. won a $6.8 million task order from the Agriculture Department to provide IT support for the Veterinary Services Processes Streamlining System, which monitors the movement of animals.
IBM's Global Business Security Index, based on data from a half-million monitored devices, counted 997 Internet attacks in September, 27 percent more than in July and August.
BAE Systems North America Inc. today completed its $693.25 million deal to acquire DigitalNet Holdings Inc. BAE picks up capabilities in network services and information assurance solutions.
Homeland Security Department CIO Steve Cooper gained clout and the funding to go with it President George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Department's appropriations bill into law last week.
The government has released a detailed description of its plan for the multibillion-dollar Integrated Wireless Network and is asking vendors for comments. The network is an effort of the Homeland Security, Justice and Treasury departments to build a wireless voice and data communications network for law enforcement users.
An alliance of major IT trade groups want the federal cybersecurity chief within the Homeland Security Department to hold the rank of assistant secretary.
Four companies have been tapped by the State Department to provide smart chips, antennas, software and any gear necessary to embed biometric information within the covers of U.S. passports.
