CAPPS II to be overhauled
DHS headquarters' announced that CAPPS II is to be redesigned, following press reports that Secretary Tom Ridge had said it would be cancelled.
Significa
Check out the Library of Congress' multimedia collections about the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s. Driven by the lash of dust storms and crop failures, the so-called Okies moved west in search of work in the Golden State. They gathered in squalid roadside camps along their route and sometimes met armed guards aiming to turn them back at the California border. Once in California, the migrant families found field work scarce, backbreaking and poorly paid. Along the way, the Okies grew a rich folk culture.
DHS unveils new operations center
Homeland Security Operations Center houses dozens of officials from more than 35 federal, state and local law enforcement and intelligence agencies
Auditors slam FERC's system management
Report urges commission to re-evaluate system development projects, adopt capital planning and project management.
DHS eyes outsourcing, data mining for immigration overhaul
Advice from vendors sought on an immigration processing system using outsourced services, data mining.
Audit flunks DHS wireless security
The Homeland Security Department's failure to impose security controls on sensitive wireless data exposes it to potential eavesdropping and misuse, the department's inspector general said late last week.
FBI's Virtual Case File is stalled for now
The FBI says its troubled Virtual Case File project has been delayed again and will not meet its planned December launch date.VCF would automate the handling of evidence, leads and other case information. It would replace the Automatic Case File system that is antiquated, difficult to use and riddled with security flaws, according to multiple reports from the General Accounting Office and the Justice Department's inspector general.
Intelligence office will enforce 'write to release' policy
A new organization will rule on agency disagreements over sharing classified information, such as homeland security intelligence, under a plan drawn up by intelligence agencies.
Gaps haven't closed in data sharing
Networks run by the Homeland Security Department and law enforcement and intelligence agencies are starting to close up some of their gaps.
Special Report: Homeland defenders frustrated
All levels of government are pushing to share homeland security data, but many federal, state and local officials are struggling to work together, which has caused significant delays.
Auditors: DHS flunks wireless security
The Homeland Security Department's failure to impose security controls on its wireless data exposes sensitive information to potential eavesdropping and misuse, the department's inspector general said.
FBI to phase in case file system
FBI CIO Zalmai Azmi has taken the reins of an IT operation that is restructuring one of the most ambitious systems procurements in the federal government: the Trilogy system's Virtual Case File case management system.
Information sharing networks overlap as policy gels
Information sharing networks being developed by the Homeland Security Department and the law enforcement and intelligence communities are beginning to provide overlapping capabilities.
New entity to govern information sharing
The intelligence community plans a new organization that will rule on disagreements between agencies over sharing classified information.
Justice watch center plans system upgrade
Justice Department plans to spend almost $4.9 million on an open connectivity Project at El Paso Center.
DHS fields robot planes on border
The Homeland Security Department unveiled plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles that will help block illegal crossings of Arizona's Border.
DHS goes on the air with NOAA
The Homeland Security Department and the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have signed an agreement under which DHS will send all-hazards alerts directly through NOAA's radio network.
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You might think that going to the beach wouldn't require a multimillion-dollar federal grant program and the use of sophisticated systems. You'd be wrong. The Environmental Protection Agency's Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health program, at <a href= "http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches">www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches</a>, plans to distribute $10 million this year to the 35 states with beaches.
DHS to piggyback on NOAA radio alert system
NOAA's All-Hazards Network will be able to deliver homeland security information to national, regional or local radio audiences.
Zeppieri to command TSA systems
The Transportation Security Administration late yesterday said that it had chosen Justice Department systems executive David Zeppieri to be its CIO.
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