Police, fire and emergency response agencies can look to the FEMA for a share of $34 million in grants to buy security-related IT applications, video surveillance tools and interoperable communications equipment.
Washington and other states should be more involved in choosing technologies for meeting the Real ID Act of 2005 requirements, according to an industry group.
General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a 15-year, multibillion dollar contract from the Justice Department to provide interoperable wireless communications services as part of its Integrated Wireless Network program.
The first section of the $8 billion Secure Border Initiative Network border surveillance system will get a streamlined version of the system anticipated for the rest of the border.
DOD and GSA last week issued a request for quotations for full-disk encryption or a file/folder encryption system under the SmartBuy enterprise software management program.
L-3 Communications Corp. won a $94.6 million contract from the Joint Warfare Support Division to provide several services, including integration, production and maintenance.
Perot Systems Government Services has won a follow-on contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to provide continuing information technology support for the division's research facilities on three continents.
The company's integrated, mobile sensor tower design houses cameras, radar, wireless data access points, communications and computer equipment, and a security system.
Project 25 industry standards for communications systems compatibility may be providing only minimal benefits in improving first responder radio interoperability, according to the Government Accountability Office.
