Online extra: Contractors assemble U.S. Visit teams
The U.S. Visit program as a whole has a fiscal 2004 budget of $364 million.<br>
U.S.-Mexican pact will strengthen border IT, DHS officials say
The Homeland Security Department and Mexican authorities have agreed on border safety and security measures that will expand the role of systems in processing travelers and goods between the U.S. and Mexico.<br>
New law will curb offshoring of federal IT work
Federal workers who face private competition from OMB Circular A-76 have one less worry: losing their jobs to foreign workers. A provision in the fiscal 2004 omnibus budget bill that President Bush signed last month bars companies that win federal jobs through A-76 competitions from shifting the work to other countries.
DHS unveils its top eight 2004 IT priorities
The Homeland Security Department's IT team earlier this month identified eight priorities for their 2004 to-do list. DHS chief technology officer Lee Holcomb said'at a meeting sponsored by the Washington Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association'that department brass must still bless the list but he expects few changes.
Davis: Use Ed. rules to spot bogus degrees
Rep. Tom Davis thinks the government should consider using the Education Department's criteria for determining a school's eligibility for federal financial aid to spot employees using degrees from unaccredited educational schools.
DHS cybersecurity czar sees some progress in preparing for attacks
Three new federal organizations and the launch of new cybersecurity alert services are giving the Homeland Security Department's cybersecurity program some traction, DHS' security chief says.
Wireless exits possible for U.S. Visit
The Homeland Security Department is considering wireless technology for the exit phase of the U.S. Visit traveler screening program.<br>
DHS sets up critical infrastructure databases
The Homeland Security Department is building secure databases to hold critical infrastructure information submitted voluntarily by the private sector.<br>
Significa
As winter's icy blasts throttle much of the country, it's comforting to think that spring flowers soon will bloom. The horticulturists, gardeners and research scientists at the Agriculture Department's National Arboretum are on top of this issue. They have helpfully posted the average blooming dates of flowers and plants in their large collection on the Web at <a href= "http://www.usna.usda.gov">www.usna.usda.gov</a>.
Homeland Security unveils top systems priorities
The Homeland Security Department's IT team today identified eight priorities for their 2004 to-do list.
Homeland Security auditors to probe IT projects
The inspector general of the Homeland Security Department will review several large DHS systems projects this year.
DHS to pare state security requests
The Homeland Security Department likely won't grant states all the money requested in security plans they recently submitted.<br>
Energy Department IG urges tighter security at labs
The Energy Department's inspector general has recommended that Energy's national laboratories tighten security over classified projects, including advanced computer research, in the wake of an audit that found gaps in security controls.
Rep. Davis asks Education about aid eligibility standards
Rep. Tom Davis has asked the Education Department to detail how it determines a school's eligibility for federal financial aid and whether the government could apply those standards in some way to spot employee use of degrees from unaccredited schools.<br>
DHS launches trio of IT security groups
Homeland Security has three new organizations whose aim is to strengthen federal IT defenses and coordinate responses to systems threats.
CSC unveils U.S. Visit bid lineup
Computer Sciences Corp. today took the wraps off its 50-company bidding team for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator System integration contract.<br>
How major IT projects made out, by agency
Agriculture Department'USDA would get $46 million for increased testing and surveillance and development of an animal identification system to protect the food supply from mad cow disease. The system will include radio frequency ID tags for animals and databases for animal and facilities identification.
GAO finishing up degrees audit
The General Accounting Office within weeks will reveal what Capitol Hill insiders suggest are damning findings from an investigation into federal employees' use of bogus degrees.
DHS seeks vendor for secure network
The Homeland Security Department is soliciting vendors on the General Services Administration's Millennia contract to build and run the Homeland Secure Data Network, a secret network for intra-agency communication.
DHS systems set to get spending raise
'When you are preparing a budget, nothing helps more than getting a raise,' Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge says. While President Bush's fiscal 2005 budget proposal calls for flat or nearly flat spending on IT, the Homeland Security Department is one of the few agencies tapped to receive major bumps for IT projects.
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