Ridge endorses upgraded public warning system
The Homeland Security secretary today pledged support for efforts to improve emergency warning methods and promoted the idea of a warning system that would reach cell phones, pagers and other mobile communications systems.<br>
EPA clean-water systems project is off course, IG says
An Environmental Protection Agency project to upgrade the Clean Water Act Permit Compliance System is over budget and behind schedule, the agency's inspector general reported.<br>
Commerce, Homeland departments ink cooperation pact
The Homeland Security and Commerce departments have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve how some offices will work together on technology issues.<br>
Information sharing on terrorism lags, House told
The Homeland Security Department still is not receiving full access to the intelligence community's terrorist information, according to a department document revealed at a House hearing this month. The department also lacks a computerized system to track hard copies of intelligence reports, and is instead logging them manually, according to the document.
John out, Lowery is named acting FBI CIO
FBI director Robert S. Mueller III appointed executive assistant director W. Wilson Lowery to the job of acting CIO while the bureau conducts a nationwide search to replace CIO Darwin A. John, who retired May 16.
IT in terrorism exercise gets mixed reviews
The Topoff2 simulated terrorist attacks on Chicago and Seattle generated mixed results in the after-action analysis of emergency responders' IT readiness in the case of biological and chemical attacks.
HSD aiming to save on software
In a move that could significantly reduce how much it spends on software, the Homeland Security Department plans to negotiate with some three dozen vendors to forge enterprise agreements that will cover all sales to the department, sources said.
Lawmakers press HSD on technology, cybersecurity
Members of a subcommittee of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security quizzed the department's undersecretary for science and technology on how they could channel vendor requests to the department.<br>
EPA chief Whitman resigns
EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman, who pushed a sophisticated IT agenda, is stepping down.<br>
IT used in terror exercise had mixed results
The post-action analysis of emergency responders' IT readiness generated mixed results in the recent Topoff2 simulated terrorist attacks on Chicago and Seattle, officials said.<br>
Significa
As deadly tornadoes raged across the country's midsection earlier this month, residents, local government agencies and TV forecasters turned to the National Weather Service for predictions and warnings.
Sharing terror threat information still lags
The Homeland Security Department still is not receiving full access to intelligence community terror threat information, according to a department document revealed today at a House hearing.<br>
Immigration officials do the tighten up
The Homeland Security Department is forming an office that will monitor compliance with visa violations detected by the new U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology system.<br>
Lawmakers spar with Cooper over HSD efforts
Lawmakers took aim at the Homeland Security Department's efforts at information sharing during a House Government Reform Committee hearing this month.
Seattle cybergame preceded last week's drill and simulated reality
State, local and federal officials ran a simulated cyberattack on Seattle-area government systems on May 6 and 7 as a warmup for last week's Topoff2 exercise.
For terrorism response drill, portal provides central hub
Interoperability in large measure was the name of the game during last week's Topoff2 terrorist-response exercise in Chicago, Seattle and Washington.
Lowery named acting FBI CIO
The FBI today announced the appointment of executive assistant director W. Wilson Lowery to the job of acting CIO while the bureau conducts a nationwide search to replace CIO Darwin A. John, who is retiring. <br>
TSA readies second phase of airport IT rollout
The Transportation Security Administration is awaiting the kickoff of the second stage of its airport security IT plan, according to CIO Pat Schambach.
Reviewing three decades of change
Sue Rachlin this month retired as deputy CIO of the Interior Department, a post she has held since December 2000.
Several NOAA Web sites get a major overhaul with additional features
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration turned a new face to the Web late last month, after treating two sites to cosmetic surgery.
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