E-voting faces a test at the polls
NIST works on standards as debate continues over systems' reliability.
State sets schedule for passport card procurement
The State Department plans to request advice from vendors on how to roll out its passport card starting Monday.
HSPD-12 deadline nears
With the deadline for agencies to begin issuing new identity cards literally days away, the Office of Management and Budget is preparing to take the pulse of where agencies stand.
State draft rule taps UHF technology for border card
The State Department today requested comments on a proposed regulation governing the biometric identification card that the department plans to adopt as secure proof of identity and citizenship for travelers re-entering the country.
National Guard orders portable RFID kits
The U.S. National Guard has purchased $4.6 million worth of mobile radio-frequency identification systems to improve real-time tracking of supplies at National Guard armories and for deployed operations.
NBC is seeking customers for HSPD-12 offering
An agency looking for help from a shared-services provider in order to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 has options, but one provider claims to be the best.
EPA signs deals in hopes of making HSPD-12 deadline
The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing its standalone effort to meet the upcoming Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 deadline by signing two contracts that should help the agency begin issuing new identification cards.
Nexus could expedite PASS card development
Popular program provides example of tech in action.
E-passport's first deployment
RFID readers face privacy, technology concerns.
NBC taps IBM to provide HSPD-12 services
With only three weeks until Oct. 27, the Interior Department's National Business Center awarded IBM Corp. its highly anticipated contract to provide Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 services.
Border security is the star of DHS budget
CIO receives approval rights for projects worth more than $2.5 million.
Cybereye | Authorizing devices could be worth a look
A recent study of Justice Department prosecutions suggests that authentication of devices'not just people'when logging into privileged accounts could go a long way toward securing sensitive data.
EIV keeps data secure but accessible
When HUD project manager David Sandler and Nicole Faison, director of HUD's Office of Public Housing, led the team that developed the Enterprise Income Verification System, they made sure that it would use Web-based technology that could be easily accessed across multiple platforms.
System starts with authentication
Putting a permit application process online opens a cornucopia of possibilities: increasing speed, accuracy and cost-effectiveness, and adding services. But "security has to come first," according to Allison Young.
DHS deploys e-passport readers
The Homeland Security Department has installed radio frequency identification device readers capable of receiving data from electronic passports at the San Francisco International Airport.
Spending plan would stall border credential requirement
House and Senate conferees clear a fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Department spending bill that would increase discretionary spending to $34.8 billion.
Real ID price tag for states could top $11b
A report released this week by several state government leadership organizations pegs the cost of implementing the Real ID Act of 2005 at more than $11 billion over the first five years.
OMB issues data breach guidance
The Office of Management and Budget and its Identity Theft Task Force outlined steps agencies should take in responding to an identity theft or ways to prevent one from happening.
Officials focus on weak links in privacy
HHS, partners make securing patient data a specific plank of their platform.
Agencies enter the home stretch for HSPD-12
T-minus 32 and counting. The General Services Administration and the Interior Department's National Business Center scramble to finalize shared services as Oct. 27 deadline draws near.
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