Feds: We must set sharing policies
State and local homeland security IT programs would be more effective if the federal government provided firmer standards and practices, senior federal officials said recently.
Funding cuts slow DHS personnel systems
Homeland Security Department officials are grappling with the need to slow the pace of the department's human resources system project.
NRC yanks online docket amid terror concerns
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday suspended public access to its online docket, following reports that terrorists could use information from the database to steal radioactive materials and make dirty bombs.
Senate gives DHS appropriations bill the nod
The Homeland Security fiscal 2005 spending bill is headed for the president's desk following approval by the Senate yesterday. [<b><i>Updated 10/12/04</b></i>]
DOE hacked 199 times last year
Weaknesses in the Energy Department's cybersecurity allowed hackers to successfully penetrate its systems 199 times last year.
Court curbs Justice's probes of ISPs
A federal judge today struck down a USA Patriot Act provision that let the FBI issue secret subpoenas to ISPs without judicial review.
State taps Identix for facial-recognition pact
The State Department has chosen Identix Inc. to provide facial-recognition software to be integrated into visa application processes.
DHS begins integrating administrative systems
The Homeland Security Department last week began work on the first project of a new $229 million effort to weave together the disparate administrative and financial systems it acquired from the 22 agencies that merged to form DHS.
Senate wants to curb some DHS data gathering
The Senate version of the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill would put new restrictions on the department's program for screening air passengers and its use of data mining technology.
Data mining sifts the gems from digital ore
The Royal Caribbean cruise ship MV Legend of the Seas was steaming from Ensenada, Mexico, toward Hilo, Hawaii, in April of last year when its captain radioed an alarm to federal authorities.
Lawmakers seek diploma mill crackdown
The FBI, Postal Service, Government Accountability Office and Federal Trade Commission should confront diploma mill operators, lawmakers said today.
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A picture is worth a thousand words, but which ones?
State wants its bureaus to get thin
Diplomats around the world will be logging on to State Department systems via thin clients rather than PCs, under a pilot to upgrade its networks at overseas posts and domestic offices.
TSA prepares to test passenger-screening system
The Transportation Security Administration today laid the groundwork for testing its revised passenger-screening program by issuing a draft request that airlines provide one month's worth of passenger name records.
Senate would curb Secure Flight, data mining
The Senate version of the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill would put new restrictions on the department's program for screening air passengers and its use of data mining technology.<br>
Different bills, same topic
As House and Senate leaders were unveiling plans this month for IT-heavy bills in response to the 9/11 Commission recommendations, three other homeland security bills affecting federal IT were under consideration.
Hill, administration draft terror panel response
Congress and the administration are working on separate tracks to implement 9/11 Commission recommendations to expand IT use for sharing terrorism information.
Security scandal prompts shake-up, firings
The Los Alamos National Laboratory has overhauled the way it keeps track of classified removable electronic media as a result of its inquiry into security breaches.
State Dept. OKs biometric passports
By December, the State Department plans to choose a vendor for millions of passport covers with biometric chips storing digital images of the holder's face.
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As the hurricane season approaches its end, federal agencies will begin to evaluate their response to the storms.
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