DHS' new chief privacy officer gets no honeymoon
Homeland Security Department secretary Michael Chertoff has filled one of the gaps in the department's ranks of permanent senior officials by appointing Hugo Teufel III chief privacy officer.
GAO rejects protest of DHS Eagle contract award
The Government Accountability Office has closed Indus Corp.'s bid protest over the Homeland Security Department's multibillion-dollar Eagle contract for IT services.
DHS' technology check is in the mail
Congress is building a Homeland Security Department funding pi'ata'with technology-laced spending sweeteners for every state and congressional district'that is on a fast track for enactment before fiscal 2007 begins on Oct. 1.
DHS site: Drop your duct tape, carry your umbrella
The Homeland Security Department has revamped its emergency preparedness campaign with a Web site makeover that highlights natural rather than terrorism risks.
Indus Corp. files protest of DHS' Eagle contract award
Indus Corp. of Vienna, Va., has filed a bid protest over the Homeland Security Department's multibillion-dollar Eagle contracts for IT services.
Senate bill would boost DHS spending but stall border card plan
The DHS appropriations bill the Senate approved yesterday would delay a requirement that U.S. citizens returning from Western Hemisphere countries present secure identification, such as the new border-crossing card the administration is developing.
Justice, DHS launch draft data-sharing model
The Homeland Security and Justice departments today took the wraps off a test version of their model for sharing information about natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other crises.
DHS asset database can't support vaunted infrastructure protection plan
The Homeland Security Department's database of critical infrastructure and key resources is so faulty that it does not serve as a useful basis for making decisions about how to protect national resources, according to DHS' inspector general.
U.S. Visit contract oversight is lax: GAO
The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program should strengthen its oversight of the contracts it is using to build a computerized border control system, according to the Government Accountability Office.
DHS disaster practice makes perfect (kinda)
The Homeland Security Department is getting better at running drills that train a wide variety of government officials how to respond to terrorist attacks and that polish interoperable communications. But in other areas, it's still being criticized for inadequate preparations.
DHS IT procurement now marches in step
The gears of IT procurement at the Homeland Security Department appear set at last to mesh with the vision of consolidated operations. DHS last week launched a series of IT contracts under the Eagle project that are set to cover most of its technology service needs.
DHS issues pacts for multibillion-dollar Eagle program
<font color="CC0000">(Updated) </font>The Homeland Security Department has notified successful bidders for IT work under the multibillion-dollar Eagle acquisition that they will be able to start seeking work via task orders issued under the procurement tomorrow.
Mocny named acting director of U.S. Visit program
Department of Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff yesterday appointed Robert A. Mocny acting director of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program.
Intel forum breaks new ground
The intelligence community is looking to glean fresh ideas on how to reshape its certification and accreditation methods from an unprecedented online forum, in which it has invited the general public to comment on technical issues.
Intel CIO shop hosts online forum
In a striking departure from the hush-hush culture of intelligence community IT, the CIO's office for the Director of National Intelligence is running an open online forum about certification and accreditation issues, as well as other technology matters.
DHS Special Report | Dept. getting a handle on procurement
The Homeland Security Department has reined in the eight disparate procurement offices that had made it nearly impossible to control what kind of technology its directorates purchased. Following the turf wars that erupted when Congress created the department in 2003'and seven procurement shops arrived with the combined agencies'officials are seeing the fruits of their hard-fought battles.
DHS runs TOPOFF 4 exercise
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font color> The Homeland Security Department has launched a simulation of terrorist incidents on the national capital region and a West Coast city.
DHS Special Report | Can DHS meet IT cybersecurity expectations?
The Homeland Security Department's stagnant cybersecurity program stands in stark contrast to its progress in other IT areas. The job of assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications remains open, as it has been since secretary Michael Chertoff created it last October.
DHS Special Report | Integration takes root
A modest number of IT and security initiatives are now gaining traction in the Homeland Security Department'including border screening and targeting programs, port and harbor monitoring, and the use of geospatial mapping to improve disaster response, as GCN <a href="http://www.gcn.com/print/25_16/"><b>reported last week</b></a>. In this, the second of a two-part special report on DHS, GCN looks at several fledgling and pending IT projects that form pockets of promise.
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