Education considers database of accredited schools
The Education Department could issue a task order by the end of May to create a database of accredited colleges and universities.
Death no bar to pension benefits in Pittsburgh
Auditors say Pittsburgh paid monthly benefits to a deceased retiree and two deceased spouses of city employees because officials neglected routine database checks.<br>
DHS to the bad guys: Smile for the camera
The Homeland Security Department has invited proposals for new software that would take a Candid Camera approach to identifying criminal and terrorist activity.
DHS awards $350m for secret net
The Homeland Security Department will get a new network to transmit secret data and consolidate five classified systems.DHS has awarded a $350 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. to build the Homeland Secure Data Network.
CIA's In-Q-Tel funds linguistics software maker
In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm, has invested in Basis Technology Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., which sells software for multilingual linguistic analysis, text mining and information retrieval.
State, DHS seek more time on biometric entry
The Homeland Security and State departments have asked Congress to extend an October deadline for economically developed countries to provide biometric passports to citizens travelling to the United States.
TSA will begin traveler registry pilot in June
The Transportation Security Administration earlier this month announced a registered traveler pilot to begin at selected airports in June.
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Wild horses and burros may be a low-tech community, but they need the help of sophisticated federal computer systems, too.Under the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971, the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management runs an adoption program for animals removed from public lands. BLM thins the herds because they lack natural predators and reproduce at a rate of 18 percent annually'risking overgrazing and starvation.
DHS gains online reference service
The Library of Congress' Federal Library and Information Center Committee has sponsored a new online reference service for Homeland Security Department employees.<br>
DHS wants system to help identify suspicious activity
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to spend $5 million on two projects for automated scene understanding.<br>
DHS awards $350m contract for classified network
Homeland Security has awarded a $350 million contract to Northrop Grumman to build the Homeland Secure Data Network.
FBI switches contractors for Trilogy control center
The FBI has chosen DigitalNet Inc. to run an enterprise operations center for the bureau's Trilogy network.<br>
CIA pumps capital into linguistics software
In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm, has invested in Basis Technology Corp., which sells multilingual linguistic analysis, text mining and information retrieval software.<br>
TSA will test registered traveler pilot
The Transportation Security Administration today announced a registered traveler pilot to begin at selected airports in June.
DHS, State want to extend biometric passport deadline
The Bush administration is asking Congress to extend an October deadline for economically developed countries to provide biometric passports to citizens travelling to the United States.
Security agencies face many data-sharing obstacles
Government officials agree that sharing homeland security information among federal, state and local agencies will greatly improve their ability to protect the country from terrorism, but working out the details on how to do it has proven a formidable barrier.
A few steps forward at DHS, a few steps back
As the government's homeland security operations mature, its IT functions appear less like a helpless newborn and more like an energetic if fumbling toddler.
Online Extra: IG defines DHS' systems troubles
The DHS inspector general highlighted problems so serious that auditors omitted details about them in a report for fear of compromising security.<br>
Laura Callahan resigns from DHS
Laura Callahan, former senior director in the Homeland Security Department's CIO office, resigned from the department late last month.Callahan had been on administrative leave with pay since last June, after a PostNewsweek Tech Media investigation revealed that she had three questionable degrees from a diploma mill in Wyoming.
Appeals court ruling lets Interior sites back online
Nine Interior Department agencies are back online following a legal do-si-do between the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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