The controversial Chief Information Security Officers Exchange effectively collapsed today, with both of its co-chairs, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), and the federal CIO Council, withdrawing their support.
The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology office is set to release a strategic plan as requested by Congress. Not surprisingly, the program office is expected to ask for more money.
The Homeland Security Department soon will consolidate the e-mail systems of its 22 agencies, and it should surprise no one that Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook e-mail application is way ahead in the competition before it even begins.
With controversy about the newly formed Chief Information Security Officers Exchange marring its debut, there's a push under way for the Industry Advisory Council to take over the mission.
House Government Reform Chairman Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is re-evaluating his involvement in the CISO Exchange because of concerns over fees to be charged to industry participants and about the group's structure.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is taking a close look at the department's proposed new $847 million Office of Screening Coordination and Operations as part of his comprehensive initial review of the department, senior department officials said today.
About 200,000 first responders in the Washington region will be issued biometric smart card IDs under a new program soon to be deployed by the Homeland Security Department.
Citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda will be required to present a passport, "laser visa" Border Crossing Card or other new, additional identity document when entering the United States under the new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, introduced today by the Bush administration.
More than 200 federal, state and local agencies and 10,000 people in Connecticut and New Jersey are set to participate today in the five-day Top Officials 3 national terrorism response drill.
Homeland Security Department Chief Information Officer Steve Cooper's announcement last month that his agency is collaborating with the Justice Department on a national data-sharing model may have had a familiar ring.
Contractors supplying new technologies to the Homeland Security Department are renewing their push to ease what they feel is an arduous application process for the department's Safety Act liability protections, and to strengthen the protections for trade secrets they disclose in their applications.
The pilot program for exiting travelers, which is part of U.S. Visit, will help evaluate the usefulness of biometric data and technologies in verifying visitor identities.
A lack of clear strategies and concepts of operation is one of the major barriers holding up progress in information-sharing within homeland security, Martin Smith, director of information sharing for the Homeland Security Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer, writes in a new report.
Biometric iris scans may be ineffective for up to one million people in the United Kingdom who are blind or have visual impairments such as cataracts, according to a report from the London School of Economics & Political Science.
Only six European Commission countries that currently enjoy visa-free travel to the United States are expected to meet an Oct. 26 deadline for initiating biometric passports.
