The agency is trying to collect information to help the Office of Management and Budget finalize requirements for the federal identity card called for in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.
Popular applications from Veritas Software and Computer Associates that back up data are among several products that appear on the organization's cybersecurity vulnerabilities list.
The nation's first privately sponsored Registered Traveler program sanctioned by the Homeland Security Department began operating this week at Orlando International Airport.
The United States needs a new, high-level agency to manage outbreaks of emerging animal diseases arising naturally or resulting from terrorism, according to a new report from a branch of the National Academies of Science.
Toronto's mass-transit system needs a networked, digitized video surveillance system that would guard against terrorism much better than the existing closed-circuit TV technology, according to the president of a public transportation advocacy group.
It is one of the Homeland Security Department's most tantalizing, big-ticket, system integration projects on the horizon ? but it's been stalled for months as Congress and federal officials review the goals of the department and examine allegations of mismanagement in a related legacy system.
When I was in high school, my brother George tried to get me to read a series of books called "Bolo." The premise was that an army of unmanned tanks fought our wars for us and then turned against us. I never picked them up; the idea just didn't appeal to me.
The massive terrorist bombing July 7 in London is spurring efforts to install networked video-surveillance systems and other advanced technology in commuter rail systems in the United States to deter similar attacks here.
Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee say Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's reorganization plan fails to overcome the department's existing ad-hoc approach to security.
The Homeland Security Department has awarded a contract to Rapiscan Systems Inc. to develop a radiation detection system to identify radioactive materials in cargo and vehicles.
The Homeland Security Department's Citizenship and Immigration Services agency soon will unveil major acquisitions that will reshape its technology and business processes, according to CIO Terrazzia Martin.
The Homeland Security Department is showing major weaknesses in ensuring information security for its computer systems, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
