Homeland Security Department officials are strongly defending the department's SBInet border surveillance system following critical testimony by a Government Accountability Office director.
Employers would verify the legal status of prospective employees through a new all-electronic system using expanded state databases that may include biometrics under propoposed legislation.
Washington State has issued more than 2,000 new hybrid drivers license-passport cards since it began issuing them a month ago, and 13,000 more people have signed up to apply.
A proposed Chinese investment in 3Com Corp. has been shot down, at least for now, by the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Boeing Co. has begun developing a command, control, communications and intelligence system for SBInet with an initial delivery scheduled for this summer.
Fewer than a third of the $11.5 billion in contracts awarded by DHS in fiscal 2007 were approved after full and open competitions, according to USAspending.gov.
Systems integrators' hourly billing rates are rising for the first time in years, indicating a "healthy" market for such services, according to a new report.
DHS has had some success in its mission but has been slow into attaining efficient management, according to testimony from Comptroller General David Walker.
Industry executives find it difficult to work with the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate because of the agency's lack of responsiveness, according to a new report.
DHS used its special acquisition authority 37 times to purchase at least $450 million worth of goods and services since 2004, according to a new report.
