TASC wins $600M contract to create counter-WMD technologies
TASC Inc. will provide advisory and assistance services to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to battle weapons of mass destruction.
Lockheed team rolls out next gen ID system for FBI
After a delayed start due to a contractor protest almost three years ago, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Next Generation Identification team is beginning to fully develop and deploy its enhancement of the FBI's latent fingerprint matching accuracy and introduce palm print matching to the system.
Terror alert system will use Facebook, Twitter
The Homeland Security Department is planning to scrap its color-coded terror alert system for a new system that relies on Facebook and Twitter in some cases, according to the Associated Press.
Northrop team builds $1.1B DHS classified communications system
Northrop Grumman Corp. is leading a team that captured a seven-year task order for a classified DHS network.
SBInet-like system in the works for border surveillance
The Homeland Security Department canceled the SBInet border surveillance system two months ago, but SBInet-like capabilities will live on in the new system proposed for some parts of the border, a GAO official says.
Lucrative opportunities survive SBInet's demise
The SBInet system might be gone, but the need for border security continues. What lessons did DHS and industry learn from the attempt to build a virtual fence along the border of the United States and Mexico?
Mitre calls all innovators for ID contest
Mitre Corp. has launched of an identity recognition competition open to techies, amateurs and professionals, individuals, and teams alike who think they have an idea to improve identity recognition technologies.
CBP to spend $750M on Arizona border technologies
Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner of Customs and Border Protection's Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, outlined procurement plans for the next phase of border security in the southwestern United States.
Level 3 takes FBI functions to the cloud
Under a subcontract, Level 3 will provide content delivery services under a cloud model for the FBI.
TSA's Blogger Bob and the many angry comments
A lesson in blogging: Report that a passenger was charged with crimes and omit his acquittal, and expect to be roasted.
Unisys realigns Federal Systems group, alters portfolios
Unisys Corp. has added two new executives and assigned new roles to three others to bolster its senior Federal Systems management team and, more precisely, to target government sales.
DHS unveils rigid requirements to replace terminated SBINet
The Homeland Security Department is inviting vendors to an Industry Day on Feb. 17 to present its three-part strategy for border-security solutions to replace the cancelled SBInet program.
Goodbye SBInet, hello Integrated Fixed Tower system?
The Homeland Security Department is seeking solutions for an Integrated Fixed Tower system at the border, which appears to have some similarities to the canceled SBInet system.
SRA's Platinum Solutions will improve crime tracking for FBI
SRA International Inc.'s recently acquired Platinum Solutions will upgrade the FBI's crime tracking technology by delivering a modernized Uniform Crime Reporting system that will improve the efficiency and usefulness of nationwide crime statistics data thanks to a newly won task order valued at more than $9 million.
Boeing's SBInet contract gets the axe
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Boeing's virtual fence can't meetin security objectives. New strategy includes a mix of new technologies at the border.
SBInet contract gets another 30 day extension
The SBInet electronic border surveillance system under construction in Arizona is getting another 30-day extension.
DRC reorganizes operations to prepare for more growth
Dynamics Research Corp. unveils new structure around two operating units and a new business development organization.
TCS takes DOD personnel to school for cybersecurity training
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has won a five-year Defense Department contract worth approximately $49 million to provide the DOD’s military and civilian personnel with on-site computer network operations training in support of the government’s cybersecurity workforce development efforts.
SAIC systems assistance will strengthen US-VISIT program
Science Applications International Corp. will provide systems engineering to the Homeland Security Department under a task order that could be worth as much as $40 million over the course of the four-year, nine-month length of the award.
SBInet contract reportedly renewed for 30 days
Boeing's contract to work on the Homeland Security Department's SBInet electronic surveillance system at the Arizona-Mexico border is getting another 30 days, according to a published report.
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