The Senate yesterday approved a $32 billion fiscal 2005 appropriations bill for the Homeland Security Department. The House OK'd the bill Saturday. The bill now will be sent to the White House for President Bush's signature.
Federal IT contractors are overwhelmingly supporting President Bush and other Republican candidates with their campaign contributions. That's the most obvious conclusion from our exclusive pre-election report, "The Money Trail." Analyzing data from the Center for Responsive Politics, Washington Technology tracks where the Top 100 federal IT contractors are putting their political capital.
The cancellation of LG Electronic Inc.'s license for iris scan technology will not disrupt the Transportation Security Administration's Registered Traveler pilot program, LG and TSA officials said.
The Homeland Security Department might seek a private vendor to provide intelligence research and operations specialists for its Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
The Transportation Security Administration today will release a complete request for proposals from vendors interested in testing its Secure Flight system.
Raytheon Co. acquired Photon Research Associates Inc. of San Diego in a move that strengthens the defense company's capabilities in missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and homeland security.
The Homeland Security Department might seek a private vendor to provide intelligence research and operations specialists for its Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
First responder spending is gradually shifting from emergency response to recovery operations, and the shift means that fewer dollars are flowing to firefighters and more is flowing to law enforcement.
ManTech International Corp. won a $2.4 million contract from the Health and Human Services Department to support the development of technical and policy guidelines, for a registry of health care volunteers.
Anteon International Corp. won a five-year $150 million contract from the Army to provide specialized information technology services for two multinational computer networks that support forces combating terrorism.
Two research centers that will apply the techniques of life sciences to Internet security are among 33 new projects the National Science Foundation will fund in its latest round of grants under the Cyber Trust Program.
During a Baltimore conference last summer of 1,000 Homeland Security Department workers, Robert West, the agency's chief information security officer, made the rounds at an after-hours social event.
Despite a number of discontinued pilot programs, smart-card use in government is growing, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report.
BearingPoint Inc. of McLean, Va., will help the Homeland Security Department build a consolidated administrative and financial management system under a $229 million contract.
The State Department, already bumping up against the memory limits of the smart cards it uses today, is looking to the next generation of technology to support its future needs.
The Canada Border Service Agency, which is working on a Registered Traveler-style pilot program with the U.S. Homeland Security Department, is implementing iris-scanning technology at Canadian airports to verify the identity of travelers.
Boeing Co. and IBM Corp. today announced a 10-year alliance established to pursue what the partners estimate is a $200 billion market for ground and space-based systems used in network-centric operations.
