Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) insists that the Real ID Act, which outlines standards for issuing new driver's licenses, does not amount to an unfunded mandate, despite what state governments may say.
Pinkerton Computer Consultants Inc. won a contract to provide data governance support to the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Office.
The Transportation Security Administration falls short in developing and implementing processes such as security testing, monitoring with audit trails, configuration and patch management, and password protection, according to the inspector general.
Companies specializing in driver's licensing and biometrics see rich opportunities in helping states comply with the Real ID Act passed earlier this year. But new opportunities may be slow to come, as states crunch cost estimates and wait for the federal government to offer guidance on how they should comply.
One of the priorities for newly installed National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander likely will be to bring under control the huge cost overruns and long delays in the agency's Trailblazer IT modernization initiative.
When New York City detectives respond to a homicide, any piece of information can be critical to solving the crime. And not only do detectives rely on the information, they need it fast.
Raytheon Co. has won contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service to provide operations and maintenance for a nationwide weather data analysis and dissemination system.
A task force of academics is calling for homeland-security technologies in cyberspace that comply with existing legal and policy limitations in physical space.
Legions of IT experts are in the Gulf Coast region offering data restoration and business continuity services, emergency communications and restoration of IT infrastructures.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will use Lockheed Martin facilities at the Stennis Space Center as agency headquarters for coordinating relief and recovery operations.
The Army is rushing satellite communications equipment to the devastated Gulf Coast region as part of the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
The sponsor of controversial legislation that would ban most uses of radio-frequency identification in California is making a final push for passage of his bill.
The Justice Department has released its first Fusion Center Guidelines making recommendations about the centers' governance, connectivity standards, databases and security.
Moroccan authorities arrested Farid Essebar, 18, who went by the screen name "Diabl10," while the Turkish Interior Ministry's National Police arrested Attila Ekici, 21, known online as "coder."
Smart cards are making life easier for commuters using public transportation, but more difficult for transit authorities that must manage the complex deployment of the technology, said a new study from Accenture Ltd.
Randall Larsen occasionally wreaks havoc on the nation with small pox outbreaks, terrorist strikes that drive oil prices up to $154 a barrel, and anthrax attacks on our food supply.
A little-noticed provision in Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's reorganization plan for the agency creates a higher profile for telecommunications security, yet also raises questions about how that mission will be defined.
Several insiders say the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Management unit, in charge of developing XML applications for information-sharing among emergency managers, is moving into the department's Office of Interoperability and Compatibility in the Science & Technology Directorate.
IT recruiter Greg McElroy returned from a job fair in a Washington suburb recently with resumes from a handful of top candidates for Northrop Grumman Corp.'s 1,200 vacant positions. The candidates' most striking qualification: All of them hold federal security clearances.
