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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 9)THE HOMELAND Security Department has given IT vendors wide latitude to design systems for improved border security under the Secure Border Initiative-Net program. SBI.net will form the technology leg of the overall...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 10)The General Services Administration has announced it is close to an enterprisewide software deal with Telos Corp. of Ashburn, Va., for information assurance and automated message-handling system products, In a notice on...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 24, Issue 23)Homeland Security Department secretary Michael Chertoff's new requirement that all first-time visitors to the United States provide 10 fingerprints--rather than the current two required from most--is getting high marks...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 10)COUNTERTERRORISM information sharing among agencies remains fragmented and haphazard, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. And as an emblem of the institutional turf battles that worsen the...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 26, Issue 23)ARIZONA HAS BECOME the third state to volunteer for a Homeland Security Department program in which it will develop a hybrid identification card that combines a state driver's license with a U.S. border-crossing card....
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 11)PORT SECURITY legislation approved by the House Homeland Security Committee last month authorizes the award of $2.4 billion in grants to high-risk ports over six years. The grant money can pay for purchasing and...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 25)Credentialing efforts for emergency responders are branching out to include telecommunications and utilities specialists, nurses and other private-sector workers. But questions remain about who will pay for the...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 20)UNCLE SAM'S PLANS to design a passport-lite for mandatory use by citizens entering the country have become further mired in debate, as Congress has joined the conflict between the State and Homeland Security...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 10)The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is developing a database for emergency response contracting. Robert Burton, acting OFPP administrator last week said the Homeland Security Department and the General Services...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 19)SECURITY DOESN'T STOP at the water's surface at Lake Charles Port, La., the largest liquid natural gas port in the country. Underwater sonar, radar and a network of sensors search for threats. The information is then...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 8)THE RECENT extension of radio frequency identification testing at border crossings would seem to boost the prospects for getting widespread systems in place. But the Homeland Security Department still faces significant...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 10)The Homeland Security Department has restructured a pending contract for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential by limiting the scope of the initial implementation to just the enrollment of eligible...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 25, Issue 28)THE HOMELAND Security Department is laying the groundwork for the Secure Border Initiative Network program. DHS' first move was to award Northrop Grumman Corp. a five-year, $33.7 million contract to set up a pilot...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 24, Issue 30)Hurricane Katrina has left in its wake a heightened awareness of the many IT-related gaps in emergency response systems in the Gulf Coast region and, most likely, in communities throughout the nation. Shortcomings are...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 24, Issue 21)The Homeland Security Department is overhauling the $2.5 billion America's Shield Initiative to field technology at border crossings, in the wake of congressional criticism and an internal rejection of the project's...
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 24, Issue 25)A little-noticed provision in Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff's reorganization plan creates a higher profile for telecommunications security but also raises questions about how that mission will be defined....