Q&A | DOD expert lends a hand on HSPD-12
Mike Butler, chief of DOD's smart-card programs, has been instrumental in getting the program up and running. Now he has been drafted by the General Services Administration to help the rest of government get Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 implemented.
New center will focus on identity theft, fraud
The Center for Identity Management and Information Protection will be located in the Economic Crime Institute of Utica College in Utica, N.Y. Its goal is to replace current piecemeal research efforts and pull together resources from industry, educational institutions and law enforcement.
Senate panel votes to delay Pass card
The Homeland Security Department's controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative would be postponed for 17 months under an amendment adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
FBI recovers stolen VA laptop
<font color="CC0000">(Updated) </font>The Veterans Affairs Department said today that law enforcement officials had recovered the stolen laptop containing the personal data of more than 26 million veterans, and that initially it looks as though the data has not been accessed.
NIH credit union hit by identity theft scheme
The National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union is investigating the identity theft of some of its 41,000 members.
Cybereye | Dont panic yet, but think hard about RFID uses
RFID, as it is used now, promises far more benefits than problems. But maybe it is not too early to begin a debate on a technology that is becoming more widespread, versatile and powerful.
New research center will focus on identity fraud
Government, academic and private-sector officials have formed a partnership to help combat identity fraud.
HSPD-12 hits a critical stretch
It's make-or-break time for Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12. Over the next three months, the Office of Management and Budget expects a number of pieces to fall into place to help major agencies meet the Oct. 27 deadline of issuing at least one secure, interoperable ID card. But a lot still hinges on whether the General Services Administration can finish interoperability testing of products and services, and whether agencies step up to become HSPD-12 shared-services providers of four services common to all agencies.
DOD's Butler moves to GSA to help with HSPD-12
Michael Butler, the Defense Department's chief of the smart card program, is moving to the General Services Administration on detail for six months to help agencies with the implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
DHS Special Report | Coast Guard secures facilities with biometrics, RFID system
To understand the promise biometrics and radio frequency identification technology hold for the Homeland Security Department, look no further than two Coast Guard facilities'one in Washington and one in Washington state. At Coast Guard headquarters, a voluntary program'which both campuses use'called RapidGate lets vendors gain easier access to the facility by voluntarily registering for a biometric identification card.
DHS Special Report | Authentication, ID are in the cards
Robert Mocny, deputy program manager for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, has a simple vision for making the borders more secure.It doesn't have to do with 12-foot fences, or unmanned aerial vehicles or anything fancy. It is a simple card combining two technologies that have been around for decades'biometrics and radio frequency identification.
DHS Special Report | Watch-list data converges at Terrorist Screening Center
Although Donna Bucella prefers to stay out of the limelight, her job doesn't allow it. As director of the Terrorist Screening Center, Bucella oversees one of the most important data sets in the Bush administration's war on terror'the consolidated Terrorist Screening Database.
DHS Special Report | Agencies Look for a Match on Fingerprint Systems
The FBI and Homeland Security Department are closing in on a significant milestone that will get the agencies' fingerprint image systems a step closer to their ultimate goal of communicating seamlessly.
DHS Special Report | Who's Who at the Border
The Homeland Security Department has quietly put together a wide-reaching net of screening and targeting programs, working not only within its several internal organizations'such as Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard and Citizenship and Immigration Services'but with other agencies such as the Justice and State departments.
GCN Lab Review | For better security, touch your printer
Security is more than just passwords on your desktop. Every agency knows physical security is just as important. However, within a department there is normally not much to protect documents from users already in the building. And that can cause trouble.
Pa. Transportation Department awards Real ID deal
The Pennsylvania Transportation Department, seeking to bolster its IT security for state driver's license processes, has awarded Viisage Technology Inc. a series of contracts worth $45.5 million.
Agencies, vendors struggle with HSPD-12, surveys say
Two recent surveys signaled just how much trouble agencies and vendors are having trying to implement Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
Deadline looms on border
Although the Homeland Security and State departments have made progress in implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, the program's broad nature and complexity could prevent the agencies from meeting congressional deadlines, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Code breaking new ground
Today, the need to protect data'and the existence of forces trying to steal it'is perhaps greater than ever before. To keep pace with those who would try and break modern codes, the Defense Department and the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate have an ongoing effort called the Cryptographic Modernization Initiative, an effort is to transform and modernize information assurance capabilities.
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