Report: FBI 'scrambling' to launch case file system
The FBI is hastening to prepare its latest attempt at a case file system and is cutting corners to do so, according to a report released today by the House Appropriations Committee.
State to promote cybersecurity awareness
You may think it's just another June, but in fact this month will be the State Department's Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Bound for Baghdad? MOMS gets employees ready to work
As if federal employees arriving in Iraq, Afghanistan or another of the world's hot spots didn't have enough to do, they also have to negotiate an extensive'and, to the agency, expensive'red-tape process before they can get to work.
DOJ Web site to unify sex offender data
The Justice Department plans to launch a nationwide, searchable sex offender registry by the end of this year, attorney general Alberto Gonzales said late last month.
DHS issues $65 million pact for software testing
The Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection agency has awarded a blanket purchasing agreement for software testing services to Pragmatics Inc.
GAO, industry spar over security of RFID
As the government gears up to distribute smart cards, electronic passports and other devices using radio-frequency identification, policy-makers are wrestling with concerns over RFID's security.
Cox to leave House homeland security panel, join SEC
Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) has been nominated by President George W. Bush to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NSA finds novel intel answers in Glass Box
The National Security Agency is teasing intelligence information out of federal databases via a program that uses innovative methods to discover hidden results.
GAO study of RFID technology, policy seen flawed
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED)</font> Smart-card industry executives say a new Government Accountability Office study of radio frequency identity device security omits discussion about technologies and federal policies in the arena.
Auditors, solons say DHS is 0-for-13 on cybersecurity
A critical GAO report on the Homeland Security Department's cybersecurity program has prompted members of the House and Senate Homeland Security committees to call for improved performance.
Rep. Cox says security technology should boost productivity
The House Homeland Security Committee chairman calls on vendors to develop products that enhance safety as well as productivity.
Shrinking from 170 to one
The Homeland Security Department will consolidate more than 20 existing portals and 150 Web sites into one enterprise portal serving the entire agency'just as soon as commercial software catches up with its needs.
FBI takes another swing at case management with Sentinel system
With the FBI's Virtual Case File project called out on strikes, the bureau has moved its designated replacement on deck.
Justice Web site to unify sex offender tracking
Attorney General Gonzales said the department will launch a nationwide, searchable sex offender registry by the end of this year.
Scientists say U.S. Visit can be hoodwinked
The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator System program's method for matching travelers' fingerprints with federal databases has been questioned by biometrics experts.
Got a match? U.S. Visit system may not
Published research claims the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program's method for matching travelers' fingerprints with images may have a detection probability of only 53 percent.
Sentinel project to replace FBI's abandoned Virtual Case File effort
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED)</font> ' The FBI is poised to launch what it calls the Sentinel project to build, among other things, a case management system to replace the defunct Virtual Case File system.
Case management projects and shared-data standard gather steam
The Justice Department and the FBI are looking to set a standard by which law enforcement officials can more easily share information and let other agencies develop similar systems based on the requirements.
Appropriators look to hit DHS where it hurts
Congress is moving to clip the wings of the Homeland Security Department's CIO and punish the department for ignoring demands from lawmakers for information.
Two DHS IT projects enter troubled waters
The Homeland Security Department's Emerge2 and Transportation Worker Identification Credential programs, two of its most critical management and security projects, are delayed and facing scrutiny from high level officials as well as congressional auditors.
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