Interior picks IBM for $100M ERP work
IBM Corp. has won a contract to take over as the systems integrator on the Interior Department's Financial and Business Management System project.
New Internet threat emerges: Web site 'cloaking'
Cloaking is a means by which hostile intelligence organizations or terrorists can exploit the ability of IP addresses to reveal the physical location?and frequently the organizational identity?of a user visiting a Web site.
IBM chosen for $100 million ERP job at Interior
The Interior Department has chosen IBM Corp. to take over as systems integrator on the Financial and Business Management System project.
State Department e-passport pilot under way
The State Department started pilot production of electronic passports earlier this month and plans to roll out e-passports for the general public this summer.
DHS announces IT upgrades for FEMA
The Homeland Security Department has unveiled plans to overhaul the information technology it deploys to cope with natural disasters.
Attacks add urgency to DHS push for border technology
The Homeland Security Department is determined to deploy advanced technology along U.S. borders to stem illegal immigration, drug smuggling and increasing violence against Border Patrol agents.
Program growth at center-stage in agencies' IT budgets
Although civilian agencies' overall budgets will decrease under the president's budget plan, many technology related programs are scheduled for increases.
Program growth influences civilian IT budgets
Many civilian agencies' overall budgets are scheduled to decrease under the president's budget plan, but close scrutiny shows that spending for IT-related programs may actually rise.
Scholars to Chertoff: Bolster DHS policy office
A strengthened policy office with sweeping powers to unify program control is one of several recommendations made to Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff.
Senators lean toward budget boost for U.S. Visit
The Homeland Security Department's flagship program for tracking travelers at ports of entry could get an early funding boost from the Senate Appropriations Committee.
DHS unveils master plan for border security
The Secure Border Initiative is the nation's first comprehensive attempt to gain control of the U.S. northern and southern borders.
DHS IT security smacked again
The Homeland Security Department's forlorn IT security came in for another pasting this month from the department's inspector general and from Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
Bush taps Norquist for DHS chief financial officer post
President George W. Bush plans to nominate David L. Norquist to be chief financial officer of the Homeland Security Department.
Rice, Chertoff bolster technology along U.S. borders
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff detail a joint strategy for strengthening technology at the border, expediting travel and beefing up counterterrorism programs.
TSA wants ideas for threat screening system
The Transportation Security Administration plans to seek proposals for technical assistance with the Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing Screening Gateway.
Former DHS cybersecurity chief gets top job at In-Q-Tel
Former Homeland Security cybersecurity director Amit Yoran is the new president and CEO of the intelligence community's venture capital arm.
Court reinstates OTI as e-passport RFID chip vendor
A federal judge has set aside the Government Printing Office's decision to eliminate On Track Innovations Ltd. from competing to provide radio-frequency identification tags for U.S. passport.
'Slap capture' is the new fingerprint goal
The Homeland Security Department is working with the departments of Defense and State, the FBI and the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology as well as technology vendors to develop a new generation of 10-finger "slap capture" units for fingerprint collection.
FBI to hire IT help
The FBI today unveiled a campaign to hire a large number of IT professionals to operate and maintain the bureau's global systems.
Auditors: FBI on thin ice in Sentinel buy
The FBI faces special risks in developing the Sentinel case management system because it plans to do so at the same time that it is rolling out its new enterprise architecture, according to a letter issued this week by Government Accountability Office auditors.
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