The Homeland Security Department has drafted a set of key scenarios for possible cyberattacks against the Internet and critical IT systems, and is seeking comments from the private sector on how to best prepare and respond to such attacks.
The Coast Guard does not have adequate database security controls for its Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement system, according to a report from Homeland Security Department's inspector general.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a $42.3 million contract to provide Web hosting and applications support services to the Defense Technical Information Center.
Developing strategic training programs at the Homeland Security Department is being hampered by incompatible IT systems among the department's 22 agencies, among other problems, according to government auditors.
Got any creative ideas for how the federal government can do a better job of storing, retrieving and sharing its vast amounts of data? If so, the General Services Administration wants to hear from you.
The General Services Administration has extended to Oct. 24 the due date for contractors to submit proposals for the Enterprise part of the agency's $20 billion Networx procurement.
Four integration powerhouses will compete for San Diego County's lucrative IT and telecommunications outsourcing opportunity recompete, scheduled for award in December.
Four integration powerhouses will compete for San Diego County's lucrative IT and telecommunications outsourcing opportunity recompete, scheduled for award in December.
Within 48 hours of Hurricane Katrina's landfall in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, telecommunications contractors were on the ground, assessing damage to government facilities and identifying affected services.
When first responders began arriving in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest coordination problems they faced was communicating with one another.
Editor's Note: Government Computer News Staff Writer Dawn S. Onley was embedded from Sept. 7 to Sept. 13 with an Army unit during its mission to areas affected by <BR>Hurricane Katrina.
The state of New York announced today that it is ready to begin work on a new statewide public safety radio network, and that the prime contractor will assume full risk on the mammoth project.
Dell Inc. has been awarded a one-year, $20 million blanket-purchase agreement from the Federal Aviation Administration for desktop and notebook computers, servers, storage and other computer products.
First responders in the nation's capital and surrounding jurisdictions are deploying a common text alerting system for emergency communications aimed at improving communications among jurisdictions and with citizens.
The General Services Administration is forming a national-level staff to oversee its 10-year, multibillion-dollar Alliant IT services contract and shifting the program's management center to Washington.
Unisys Corp. has won a contract from the Federal Bureau of Prisons for nationwide deployment and operation of the next-generation federal inmate telephone system.
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.
Telos Corp. will announce Tuesday that is has won a three-year, $18 million contract to manage the Pentagon Telecommunications Center's IT and telecommunications infrastructure.
