The Transportation Security Administration displays material weaknesses in its information technology used for financial reporting and internal controls, largely related to legacy systems inherited from the Transportation Department, according to an audit Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard Skinner.
SecureInfo Corp. of San Antonio has been awarded a contract by NASA to supply software for the agency's risk management system used for compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act in certification and accreditation.
Congress may want to consider penalizing organizations and companies that have poor information security policies that contribute to a major loss of sensitive information, according to a new Congressional Research Service report on cybersecurity.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not adequately protecting its core databases containing sensitive disaster relief information, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard L. Skinner.
The General Services Administration earlier this week said it is close to a cybersecurity software agreement for a Cabinet-level agency with Computer Associates International Inc. under the agency's SmartBuy enterprise-licensing program.
It's a scenario that keeps politicians awake at night: A deadly form of avian flu mutates, spreads from birds to humans and sets off a global pandemic.
The new award is a follow-on to a 1999 contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency under which Computer Sciences Corp. provides training, consultation and analytical support services as the National Flood Insurance Program's bureau and statistical agent.
Despite improvements, the Homeland Security Department still has weak information security programs overall, according to a new report from DHS Inspector General Richard L. Skinner.
The agency is moving forward on its controversial plan to require Radio Frequency Identification chips on all American passports issued after October 2006.
Three major federal contracts worth a total of $4.35 billion will offer ample subcontracting opportunities to IT product companies next year, according to a new report from the market research firm Input Inc.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has temporarily blocked an order issued last week by a lower court that would have forced the Interior Department to disconnect its computers containing Individual Indian Trust data from the Internet.
George W. Foresman, Virginia's assistant to the governor for commonwealth preparedness, has been nominated by President Bush to be the Homeland Security Department's undersecretary for preparedness.
The Secret Service is falling short in its efforts to protect sensitive online data about its operations and in securing its IT networks, according to two new reports from Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard L. Skinner.
Aerial oblique photography has become dramatically more popular in recent months for homeland security and emergency preparedness, and at the moment, it seems the sky is the limit for this specialized imaging technology that lets users see front and side views of buildings and other geographic features.
It's a police lineup in the United States, and an identification parade in the United Kingdom. But whatever it's called, both have some things in common: Organizing volunteers to stand alongside suspects for witnesses to view is time-consuming, expensive and frustrating to law enforcement officials.
It's one of the Pentagon's most influential, forward-looking new commands ? and a media darling to boot ? but so far, the three-year-old U.S. Northern Command has not generated as many IT contracts as some may have hoped.
The government's systems for identifying, locating and apprehending aliens who have violated the terms of their U.S. visits are inadequate to the task, according to Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard Skinner.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has chosen eight vendors to to analyze data to reveal problems that may indicate fraud or abuse in the new prescription drug benefit.
The General Services Administration has told agencies to postpone any further purchases from Symantec Corp. for antivirus software in anticipation of reaching an enterprisewide agreement with the company.
