On the edge

StuffBak, a provider of loss protection and recovery services, and CoSoSys, a software development company, joined forces to provide a protected USB flash drive.

ACS wins D.C. Medicaid renewal

Affiliated Computer Services has won an $111 million contract renewal from Washington, D.C., to continue operating the city's Medicaid management information system.

GAO: U.S.-Canadian border needs tighter security

Congressional investigators easily snuck into the U.S. from Canada three times carrying duffel bags simulating smuggled radioactive materials, according to a new GAO report.

OPM: Progress made on security clearances

OPM wants the Government Accountability Office to have another look at the situation.

Unisys under fire over TSA network security

Unisys Corp. denies allegations that it failed to properly install security systems for the Transportation Security Administration and did not notify agency officials of security breaches stemming from repeated cyberattacks.

General Dynamics tasked with USCG computer security

General Dynamics Corp. will provide 24-hour technical and operational support to the Coast Guard's computer networks under a $10.5 million contract awarded by DHS.

Connecticut sues Accenture over lost data

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said this week that he is suing Accenture Ltd. over the loss of confidential taxpayer data and hundreds of state bank account and purchasing card numbers.

Cross Match gets U.K. fingerprint scanner deal

Cross Match Technologies Inc. has won an award to provide fingerprint scanners to the United Kingdom's Home Office Biometrics Framework Agreement.

General Dynamics rolls forward with WIN-T

General Dynamics Corp. has won $921 million worth of new business to improve Army battlefield communications.

Competition heats up for U.K. identity card work

Several U.S. companies are expected to participate in bidding for the upcoming $2 billion biometric national ID card system being developed in the United Kingdom.

Alliance: Pass card deadline impractical

DHS is running out of time to test and deploy a new technology solution in a proposed passport-alternative identification card by summer 2008, according to an industry expert.

Feds unveil emergency response framework

Federal government response to a major disaster or attack would be split into two parts, according to the draft version of the National Response Framework released yesterday by the DHS.

Five to vie for counter-narcoterrorism work

DOD has picked five companies for a five-year contract in support of DOD's counter-narcoterrorism activities. The contract could be worth up to $15 billion for the awardees.

Terrorist Screening Center fails to redress errors, audit says

A DOE audit of the Terrorist Screening Center found that the flaws begin with the fact that the center is maintained on two separate database systems that are supposed to contain identical data but don't.

Firm adds security testing service

SysTest Labs Inc. has added software security testing services to its offerings through a partnership with Fortify Software Inc.

U.S.-VISIT needs stronger management controls: GAO

DHS' U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program is top-heavy in management costs but shows a persistent pattern of management shortcomings, according to a new report.

Safety Act certifications continue at steady clip

The pace of Support for Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act designations and certifications by DHS is fairly brisk this year, but not as rapid as in 2006.

Wireless sets operations free

From state legislatures to ships at sea, new technologies address security and increase productivity.

Sirens call

Alarm systems alert people wherever they are.

Public assistance modernization stalls

Many states are looking to modernize public assistance programs. But, the Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007, passed by the House July 27, would prohibit states from doing that with private sector support.