Several senators are co-sponsoring legislation to authorize $3.9 billion for a national architecture to enable wireless communication among first-responder agencies.
Creating a new Domestic Nuclear Detection Office that reports to the Homeland Security secretary is a "stovepiped" strategy that is likely to undermine DHS' existing scientific research, according to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.).
Sitting at a sidewalk cafe in London recently, Alan Lipton, chief technology officer of ObjectVideo Inc. in Reston, Va., noticed an outdoor video camera pointed in his direction. But Lipton felt no anxiety about prying eyes.
In 2001, Congress directed the Defense Department to create processes to better oversee its services acquisitions. A year later, Congress changed the rules under which DOD can access and use General Services Administration schedules and multiple-award contracts.
Identity theft, as a subset of a wide-ranging debate on electronic data privacy and security, is a hot topic after recent admissions by banks, credit data aggregators and retail chains that they unintentionally had disclosed large numbers of personal financial records.
Asa Hutchinson, the Homeland Security Department's first undersecretary for border and transportation security, is a strong advocate of the proposed new $826 million Office of Screening Coordination and Operations at DHS.
Asa Hutchinson, the Homeland Security Department's first undersecretary for border and transportation security, is a strong advocate of the proposed new $826 million Office of Screening Coordination and Operations at DHS.
When L-3 Communications Inc. completes its planned $2.65 billion acquisition of Titan Corp. later this year, the high-tech products company will position itself as a significant contender for federal IT contracts, especially those requiring security clearances.
A Senate Appropriations subcommittee has approved a $30.8 billion budget for the Homeland Security Department for fiscal 2006?a cut of 3.5 percent from the $31.9 billion departmental budget passed by the House last month.
The head of a new anti-fraud task force is promising to crack down hard on illegal contracting practices and procurement fraud in government contracting.
The Homeland Security Department will consolidate more than 20 portals and 150 Web sites into one enterprise portal serving the entire agency ? just as soon as commercial software catches up with its needs.
The General Services Administration's plan calls for combining the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services, as well as merging the IT and General Supply funds. But one congressman expressed concern about the new framework.
President Bush today picked House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) as the next leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The House of Representatives authorized $10.6 million to speed up corporate applications under the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act.
