The Homeland Security Department sent computer technicians to 115 airports and 14 seaports nationwide to shepherd the launch of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology system.
The Homeland Security Department's border systems modernization is receiving renewed congressional scrutiny just as the agency is seeking proposals for the massive overhaul.
The CIA's venture capital arm has negotiated a license for event detection and response software to help officials track information in multiple databases.
The Agency for International Development picks SRA International Inc. to replace Computer Sciences Corp. as the holder of a $320 million, six-year task order for IT infrastructure.
Education Department secretary Roderick Paige wants to convene a meeting for state and federal officials to discuss the best ways of dealing with government employees who obtain bogus credentials from diploma mills.
A federal appeals court put California's gubernatorial recall vote on hold because obsolete punch-card voting technology could prevent votes from being counted.<br>
Faulty databases at the Florida Legal Affairs Department's Medicaid Fraud Unit have denied the state millions of dollars from fraud loss recovery, state auditors reported.
The Homeland Security Department intends to act on audit recommendations that it reorganize the contracting shops that were part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
A senator asks the Office of Personnel Management to "close a legal loophole that enables federal employees to use federal funds to pay for coursework from diploma mills."
PEC Solutions Inc. replaces BearingPoint on Homeland Security's program management support contract for the U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indication Technology system.
During the recent technology boom, when many companies offered employees bonuses for finding new hires, Robert Lang actively recruited for his employer, Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Logicon unit in Stafford, Va. He would spend his evenings at commuter parking lots or Virginia Rail Express stations, handing out his business card and suggesting that people call him if they would prefer not to commute into Washington.
The Homeland Security Department has started advertising for a person to fill Laura Callahan's position, but an agency spokeswoman said that Callahan remains on administrative leave.
Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Tom Davis today said they have asked the General Accounting Office to investigate the use of diploma mill degrees by federal employees.
