NSA could expand Groundbreaker seat contract

The National Security agency is considering expanding its Groundbreaker seat management contract with Computer Sciences Corp., an agency official says.

INS devises second planning contract for entry-exit system

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has released a request for proposals for development efforts for its National Security Entry-Exit Registration System.

Homeland enterprise architecture due by fall

The Homeland Security Department expects to craft most of an enterprise architecture for the nation's response to terrorism by Sept. 1, CIO Stephen Cooper said today.

Preparedness campaign hits the Web

The Homeland Security Department has launched a site at Ready.gov to augment its national publicity campaign for terrorism preparedness.

Industry will work with government on cyberspace plan

The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace details dozens of steps for industry and government to take to fend off and recover from assaults on the nation's critical systems.<br>

FBI activates Trilogy network

The FBI is now deploying the WAN that will support its Trilogy classified case management system.

Homeland IT added to GAO's high-risk list

The Homeland Security Department and its IT operations are new areas of high risk for failure, the General Accounting Office said this morning.

PEC gets contract for Homeland transition support

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has issued a $2.6 million task order to PEC Solutions Inc. to assist the agency's move to the Homeland Security Department.

Texas auditors urge IT systems consolidation

Texas state auditors, in a report issued today, cite information resources and technology management as a major risk area for the state and recommended creation of a plan to consolidate IT projects.

IT procurement frozen at NASA

NASA has imposed a partial IT buying freeze to gain more control over systems acquisitions.

Justice IG report faults FBI IT management

The FBI's mismanagement of IT projects has led the bureau to waste millions of dollars on projects and to miss deadlines for implementing crucial upgrades to anticrime systems, the Justice Department's inspector general said.

Auditors: Virginia wasted $75 million on failed systems

After reviewing 15 major information systems projects in seven of Virginia's nine secretariats, state auditors found that the state had wasted at least $75 million and incurred an additional $28 million in cost overruns.

Holcomb lays out HSD blueprint

The Homeland Security Department won't own all of the "network of networks" it plans to coordinate antiterror information.<br>

Justice: Ptech presents no security risk

After Friday's search of software vendor Ptech Inc.'s headquarters, the Justice Department says the government does not have any reason to believe any federal systems have been compromised.<br>

Feds raid government software contractor

Federal agents raided the office of Ptech Inc. of Quincy, Mass., early this morning as part of a terrorism investigation, sources said. <br>

Experts back standard public alert system

Industry and government public-safety experts say the nation needs a sophisticated national alert system that relies on information technology to spread warning messages.<br>

Cybersecurity R&D bill clears House

Information technology industry officials are praising yesterday's House passage of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act.

Homeland security chiefs outline IT requirements

IT leaders from the White House and intelligence agencies gave homeland security a push forward Aug. 19 by pooling their information-sharing plans.

NASA launching IT mission-control centers

NASA plans to create two mission-control centers to oversee computer operations that will be able to monitor NASA computers "down to the keyboard."

FBI shake-up makes IT a priority

As part of a massive shake-up of the FBI, director Robert Mueller announced May 29 that a technology upgrade program is one of the agency's top ten priorities.