Crews sent to help smooth U.S. Visit launch
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.
DHS financial overhaul moving ahead
The Homeland Security Department plans to release a solicitation next spring for an integrated financial system.<br>
Rep. Davis launches U.S. Visit probe
The Homeland Security Department's border systems modernization is receiving renewed congressional scrutiny just as the agency is seeking proposals for the massive overhaul.
In-Q-Tel seals deal for monitoring app
The CIA's venture capital arm has negotiated a license for event detection and response software to help officials track information in multiple databases.
AID switches vendor on $320 million contract
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.
Snafu prompted HSDN delay
An administrative misunderstanding led to the premature release of a request for proposals for the Homeland Secure Digital Network.
CSC misses deadline, FBI Trilogy rollout delayed
The FBI must delay taking Trilogy, its enterprisewide investigative system, fully live because Computer Sciences Corp. has missed a delivery deadline.
Paige proposes to meet with states on diploma mills
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.
U.S. Visit bidders narrowed to three
Accenture, Computer Sciences and Lockheed Martin will vie for the U.S. Visit systems contract.
Court delays Calif. recall voting
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 Medicaid fraud databases seen costing Fla. millions
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.
FBI taps Lockheed for $140 million security project
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a five-year, $140 million contract to overhaul security on the FBI's systems and networks, the company said today.
Homeland Security plans shake-up of contract management
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.
GAO is looking into phony credentials
The General Accounting Office is undertaking an extensive review of the credentials of senior government officials at a half-dozen agencies.
Kentucky shakes up systems after large-scale hacking
Kentucky officials have reassigned some network management duties after discovering a "monstrous" hacker intrusion.
Collins urges OPM to nix diploma mill degrees
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."
DHS switches U.S. Visit vendor
PEC Solutions Inc. replaces BearingPoint on Homeland Security's program management support contract for the U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indication Technology system.
False credentials, real problems
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.
DHS seeking Callahan replacement
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.
Lawmakers ask GAO to merge diploma mill probes
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.
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