BioSense is adding yet another wrinkle under its new administrator, Dr. LesLenert, director of the National Center for Public Health Informatics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
IBM Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. are in the running for the FBI's new $1 billion biometric database contract expected to be awarded this week.
Camera surveillance systems at the Statue of Liberty and other national icons offer inadequate security assistance to the U.S. Park Police, according to a new report.
Following testing that was supposed to be final, DHS now needs to develop better software and perform additional tests on the initial SBInet border surveillance system.
State and local agencies seeking a share of the $3 billion in DHS grants should make priorities of protecting against improvised explosives, creating preparedness plans and aligning with the National Preparedness Guidelines, according to guidance released.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has established a new system for automatically discovering links in information from various databases to investigate people suspected of violating customs and immigration laws.
The nation's 18 million recreational boaters may need to register and place RFID tags on their crafts under plans put forth by a stakeholders group convened by the DHS.
SRA International has been hired to provide analytical help and technical support to the ICE to identify and protect against terrorist and criminal threats.
DHS continues to face major management challenges across the board, according to a new report from Richard Skinner, the department's inspector general.
After nearly a week of bidding, the FCC says it has received only a single bid, far below its reserve price, for the radio spectrum block reserved for first responders.
A classified joint directive signed by President Bush has the potential of increasing by several billion dollars a year the federal investment in defense against cyberattacks.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection needs better processes to collect and assess data for an initiative to improve maritime cargo security, according to a new report.
DHS is reaching for more assistance for its SBInet border surveillance program with as much as $170 million in additional support contracts to be awarded this year, according to a recent analysis.
