The Homeland Security Department is winning good grades for nuclear plant security and air defense, but it earns poor grades for port security, chemical plant security and public relations, according to a new <a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/11814/"><u>report card</u></a>.
Information security and streamlining federal procurement will still be top priorities for the House Government Reform Committee ? no matter which party controls Congress after next month's elections.
Intelligent Decisions has won a contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide equipment that will be used to upgrade and expand the agency's technology infrastructure.
A $4.6 million deal in mobile radio-frequency identification systems purchases for the U.S. National Guard has been contracted to Savi Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Co.
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TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. won a five-year, $28 million contract to deliver IT computing support and services to the National Institutes of Health.
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC won a contract from the Transportation Security Administration to deliver a system that communicates data and images to airports across the country.
BAE Systems Inc. will deliver comprehensive systems integration and engineering services to the Space and Missile Defense Command for its future-warfare center under a 10-year contract potentially worth $482 million.
McQ Inc. won a $4.5 million contract extension from the Army to deliver advanced persistent surveillance sensors for monitoring borders, protecting forces and surveilling battlefields.
Deloitte Consulting LLP of Reston, Va., has been awarded a $14 million contract from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a migrant student information exchange.
CACI International Inc. won a task order for software development and program management services for the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
A review of the effectiveness of information security controls used by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services found 47 weaknesses in its communication networks ? electronic access and other system controls.
Homeland Security Department officials cited progress in securing IT systems across the sprawling organization and expressed confidence that the department would receive a passing grade for the first time in next year's federal IT security report card.
