The General Services Administration took an important step toward getting the blanket purchase agreement in place by May 2006 for agencies to buy approved products and services to meet Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
Greg Giddens, a former Coast Guard Deepwater program official, has been appointed as chief of the Homeland Security Department's program management office for the Secure Border Initiative, the department has confirmed.
The Transportation Security Administration is seeking help in implementing two of its biometric ID card programs?one for pre-screened airport passengers and another for transportation workers.
Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a five-year, $24.8 million contract to develop network security applications that will give the Air Force early warning of information security threats.
Even with a comprehensive IT security plan in place, one of the Federal Aviation Administration's first Federal Information Security Management Act compliance scores was a lowly D.
Members of the former 9/11 Commission today handed out failing grades for several IT initiatives in a report card that highlights shortcomings of the Homeland Security Department.
Calls from a Member of Parliament to appoint a British cybersecurity czar are being greeted with skepticism from the U.K. information technology industry.
HHS wants to learn about product functionalities, technical architectures and system requirements, and how these products would interoperate with or supplement existing identity management and physical access systems.
Serena Software Inc. has won two contracts totaling more than $45 million over a five-year period to help the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency manage its security initiatives.
Telos Corp. will assist the General Service Administration with IT security in the agency's effort to merge the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services.
IT industry leaders see improvements in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan released earlier this month, but they remain worried that they may be left out of the loop in the Homeland Security Department's policies and actions for IT sector security.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to post the results of tests on smart cards and readers on a public Web site as soon as they are available.
Following months of uncertainty, government IT contractors are feeling optimistic about Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's plans, announced Nov. 2, to launch the multibillion-dollar Secure Border Initiative next spring.
IBM Corp. will align many of the company's resources to go after the growing business opportunity presented by the need to make the shipping of freight, movement of people and similar commerce-related activities more secure and reliable.
Existing IT systems are inadequate for sharing intelligence information between the Customs and Border Protection and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement units in the Homeland Security Department, according to DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner.
The Transportation Security Administration has issued a guidance document on the basic criteria and standards the agency believes biometric technology should meet in order to qualify for airport access control systems.
The new International Biometric Advisory Council has been established to foster development of common standards for privacy and interoperability among European, U.S. and global biometrics programs.
Viisage Technology Inc. has filed a protest against rival Digimarc Corp.'s five-year, $30 million contract in Texas to add biometric features to the state's driver's license.
