Easier ID Verification Testing
Tech brief | NIST releases improved version of its Personal Identity Verification Data Generator.
Building D.C.'s data warehouse
The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia has deployed a data warehouse that officials can use to monitor and supervise 20,000 ex-offenders.
Smart force
Business intelligence helps the District of Columbia better manage parolees and those who watch them.
TSA approves four products for airport screening
The Transportation Security Administration identifies the first four products approved for airport screening systems.
Using RFID delays DHS Pass card release
DHS' proposed use Generation 2 RFID tags on its Pass card is a new application that must be tested before it can be deployed by summer 2008. Other similar concepts have failed.
RFP checklist | Single sign-on products
There are a number of issues to consider when drawing up a request for proposals for a single sign-on system.
Making a list, checking it twice ...
The Justice Department's inspector general's staff issued its most recent report on technology at the Terrorist Screening Center, reflecting some improvements in the center's operations. But auditors identified 18 areas in which major improvements were needed.
Power LogOn vs. hackers
Tech brief | Power Logon Version 4.0 smart card allows users to assign, change and save as many as 100 secure user names and passwords.
The power of one password
Single sign-on systems help IT managers tighten security, cut help-desk costs and keep users happy.
Active Directory to the limit
Microsoft's Active Directory authentication tool is proving its versatility as users migrate to the Web.
Watch list hobbled by data errors
Four years after the federal government launched the interagency Terrorist Screening Center and assigned it the daunting task of harmonizing more than a dozen separate watch lists, balky technology and quirky business practices still combine to introduce gaps and errors in the critical database.
Getting smart IDs to first responders
A group of smart-card ID technology firms are offering a more affordable option to first responders.
TSA issues list of qualified screening products
Three years after being directed to establish a qualified-products list for airport screening programs, the Transportation Security Administration has released its first list of such products.
NSF researchers produce RFID random number generator
University of Massachusetts researchers have found an inexpensive way to produce sets of truly random numbers for radio frequency identification tags, as well as a unique fingerprint for each tag.
Lessons learned: Authentication is the key
To acheive a 100 percent e-mail delivery rate for the FBI, GovDelivery partnered with Goodmail Systems, which provides a service that cryptographically certifies that a message is trustworthy.
Arizona joins test of hybrid ID
Arizona joins DHS' test of a hybrid driver's license and Real ID card.
Crime solving done by hand
NIST tackles the question of securing Web services.
Ky. opts for automated tax system
The commonwealth has awarded a three-year contract to Electronic Data Systems Corp. to develop an automated tax system.
DISA taps IdenTrust to issue digital certificates
DISA has certified IdenTrust to issue digital certificates for DOD's External Certificate Authority program.
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