Bush launches HSD, pledges incident system
President Bush today welcomed employees to the Homeland Security Department and announced that he will soon order 'the establishment of a unified national incident management system' to give federal agencies common procedures for emergency response. <br>
Lawmakers seek a clear role for terror threat center
Senators today peppered witnesses from the CIA, FBI and Homeland Security Department with questions about how the new Terrorism Threat Integration Center would avoid overlapping the functions of existing threat centers.<br>
INS devises second planning contract for entry-exit system
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has released a request for proposals for development efforts for its National Security Entry-Exit Registration System. <br>
Homeland CIO says architecture plan to be ready by September
The Homeland Security Department expects to craft most of an enterprise architecture for the nation's response to terrorism by Sept. 1, department CIO Stephen Cooper said last week.
IT tools aid in the Columbia investigation
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board, which is probing the Feb. 1 shuttle crash, is making use of several new systems to help it pinpoint the cause of the mishap, its leadership said. Board chairman Hal Gehman said at a press conference that 'we have launched seven different products,' which he declined to name.
Administration tunes plan for cybersecurity
The White House beefed up its demands on agencies in the final version of the cybersecurity protection strategy it released this month.
Labor launches E-Gov plan
The Labor Department's strategic plan for electronic government, released yesterday, links with the administration's management agenda and chiefly includes existing electronic government initiatives or IT management steps required by law.<br>
Markle report says antiterror effort should be decentralized
The Homeland Security Department cannot operate flexibly enough in procurement or technological innovation, the Markle Foundation of New York said in a report prepared late last year with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Brookings Institution and the University of Virginia. Procurement reforms 'permit but fail to require' a break with past practices for technology development, the report said.
Significa
In his presentation to the U.N. Security Council about Iraq's covert weapons program, secretary of State Colin Powell said, 'Our sources tell us that, in some cases, the hard drives of computers at Iraqi weapons facilities were replaced. Who took the hard drives? Where did they go? What's being hidden? Why? There's only one answer to the why: to deceive, to hide, to keep from the inspectors.'
Homeland enterprise architecture due by fall
The Homeland Security Department expects to craft most of an enterprise architecture for the nation's response to terrorism by Sept. 1, department CIO Stephen Cooper said today.<br>
Preparedness campaign hits the Web
The Homeland Security Department has launched a site, <i>Ready.gov</i>, to augment its national publicity campaign for terrorism preparedness, which secretary Tom Ridge will unveil today.<br>
New systems assist Columbia investigation
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board, which is probing the Feb. 1 shuttle crash, is making use of several new systems to help it pinpoint the cause of the mishap, its leadership said.
Terrorism threat center to meld homeland systems
The government's new nerve center for homeland security, announced in President Bush's State of the Union address last month, is intended to weave together all strands of federal, state and local information systems to bolster collaboration and help thwart attacks.
Industry will work with government on cyberspace plan
The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, released Friday, details dozens of steps for industry and government to take to fend off and recover from assaults on the nation's critical systems.<br>
Shuttle probe board will exploit IT tools, investigator says
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board has created a subgroup to handle technical and engineering analyses related to the shuttle disaster.<br>
Shuttle probe board includes IT in its plan
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board has added IT to its design for investigating the crash, chairman Hal Gehman said at a press conference this afternoon.
Terror alert ups security tempo
Federal security agencies will rev up their counterterror activities after today's boost in the terrorism threat level from yellow'elevated'to orange'high, officials said. The FBI also alerted 17,000 state and local law enforcement agencies. <br>
Auditor's report slams Hawaii's child support system
Hawaii's Child Support Enforcement Agency has failed to use the information provided by an automated child support enforcement system, according to a consulting firm hired by the state auditor.<br>
New department expects big funding boost
Spending for the new Homeland Security Department is the highest priority in President Bush's fiscal 2004 budget proposal, Office of Management and Budget director Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. said last week.
INS contract will support its move to HSD
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has issued a $2.6 million task order to PEC Solutions Inc. to assist the agency's move to the Homeland Security Department.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Help us tailor content specifically for you: