FEMA seeks help integrating IT systems
The agency has 200-odd systems supporting state and local disaster response that don't communicate with each other.
Limiting security risks in telecom equipment
The Federal Communications Commission is considering new rules that would effectively bar the use of telecommunications equipment from foreign suppliers who are deemed a threat to national security.
FAA expands authorization tests for low-altitude drones
The Federal Aviation Administration will soon roll out tests of its near-real-time authorization processing system for drones and will add more mapping providers to the effort.
The 'fake news' challenge for first responders
A DHS advisory group offers tops on how local and federal emergency responders can leverage social media.
DHS holds classified briefings for state elections officials
The meetings focused on risks states' election infrastructure from foreign adversaries as well as threat mitigation efforts.
DOE budgets for cybersecurity, exascale, quantum programs
The $30.6 billion budget proposal would invest almost $500 million for energy infrastructure security and $636 million to meet exascale goals.
ATF wants to expand its ballistics matching database
The searchable national ballistics database helps investigators match images from fired bullets and spent cartridges to other rounds that may have been fired from the same gun.
5G gets NTIA support
Industry expansion of 5G services has the critical support of the federal government, a senior leader at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration said in recent remarks.
FBI alerts schools to ransomware threat
A hacker group called TheDarkOverlord has been trying to sell private records extorted from almost 100 schools and businesses.
Big data analysis enlisted for Justice investigations
The Justice Department will be analyzing mountains of data related to opioid sales on the darknet and illegal trades on the stock market to uncover large-scale, secretive crimes.
TSA explores facial recognition at LAX
The Transportation Security Administration is testing facial recognition technology that compares almost real-time images of passengers' faces with the images on their electronic passports.
AT&T disputes Verizon's FirstNet interconnection claims
Although Verizon said it is working on an interconnection with the nationwide public safety network, AT&T said those claims are not true.
Can Russian cyber meddling be stopped?
The low-cost electronic meddling that sows suspicion in the democratic process is likely to continue, a cybersecurity expect told a Senate panel.
States still have FirstNet options
Even though all 50 states have opted in to FirstNet's plans for nationwide wireless first responders' network, Verizon reminds them that they're not obligated.
IARPA contracts for universal text translator
The intelligence community's research arm taps major research universities, NIST to create a universal text translator.
All states opt in to FirstNet
The planned national wireless interoperable emergency responder network got 100 percent buy in, but some stakeholders needed some prodding.
Biometrics could 'harden' immigration security, speed processing
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wants to beef up biometric authentication so it can better identify and track immigrants coming into the country.
Memo charges Chinese-made drones with snooping
A memo from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's investigative arm claims small DJI drones were most likely downloading sensitive data they gathered in the U.S. to the Chinese government's cloud.
Satellite data gives responders baseline for recovery efforts
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory leveraged satellite imaging data from flood-prone areas to help response teams quickly assess local properties damaged by the storms.
How the FAA plans to speed drone integration
The UAS Integration Pilot Program seeks applicants to help it solve the technical, regulatory and policy challenges of integrating drones into the national airspace.
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