Academy urges IT research to counter terror

The National Academy of Sciences today released a report outlining IT research needed to counteract terrorism.

Outdated IT, turf issues loom for Homeland Security

Although lawmakers widely support the administration's proposal for a new Homeland Security Department, House and Senate leaders last week remained undecided on many of the details, including how to integrate the many systems it will absorb.

Homeland Security could have new work rules

The civil service and union bargaining rights of federal workers in the proposed Homeland Security Department, including IT professionals, could change under the administration's plans released this week. Tom Ridge, director of the Office of Homeland Security, told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday that the secretary of the new department "would need great latitude in redeploying resources, both human and financial."

PTO selects five vendors to market e-filing services for patents

The Patent and Trademark Office last week signed contracts with five companies to sell electronic-filing services to patent applicants.

PTO drops telework pilot for patent examiners over spat with union

The Patent and Trademark Office's telecommuting efforts have hit a snag.

PTO: No one should trust our systems

If disaster struck the Patent and Trademark Office's data center today, the agency would be without access to its records for nearly four years and would have to spend $550 million to regenerate them from tape backups.

By the numbers

Construction of the universe was done in-house, but building the Ark was outsourced.

State uses cross-agency pilot to draw on federal expertise

The State Department is trying to expand the federal brain trust that will use the global knowledge management network it's building.

PTO awards electronic-filing contracts

The Patent and Trademark Office today negotiated zero-dollar contracts with five companies to sell electronic-filing services for patent applications.

Patent Office calls itself 'not credible'

The Patent and Trademark Office is vulnerable to widespread systems disasters, said the office's own 21st Century Strategic plan. The June 3 document said, 'Neither external nor external customers can trust the USPTO's automated systems' and that grave flaws in its information security and disaster recovery operations have rendered the office 'not credible' to internal and external users.

Can INS handle alien entry plan?

The Justice Department's plan to fingerprint and photograph aliens of national security concern, in attorney general John Ashcroft's words, has raised doubts about the ability of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to handle the job.

Congress juggles homeland security bills

House and Senate leaders have devised different schemes to move Homeland Security Department legislation through their chambers. Although the administration's proposal for the new department has garnered wide support, lawmakers said legislation might not be passed by Sept. 11. Homeland security adviser Tom Ridge also said he is unlikely to head the new department.

PTO to start from scratch on e-filing

The Patent and Trademark Office has set its sights on building new and expanded systems for processing patents and trademarks electronically.

Challenge No. 2:Set an overarching systems agenda

Federal IT executives are awaiting direction from the White House and Congress on how they would merge the systems of the agencies slated to comprise the proposed Homeland Security Department.

Panel OKs terror data sharing bill

The House Judiciary Committee this morning approved by voice vote a bill that would let the FBI and the CIA share classified information about terrorist threats with state and local police.

Significa

International travelers can use the Global Positioning System and technological assistance from smart-road programs. Meanwhile, NASA is paving the way for direction-finding by travelers on other planets.

Mine safety's built on data

The United States stands as the country with the largest, safest, most diverse and most productive array of mines in the world.

House puts terrorism information sharing bill on fast track

The Bush administration and leaders of both parties in the House are working with the Judiciary Committee to rush through a bill, sponsored by <b>Rep. Saxby Chambliss</b> (R-Ga.) and Rep. Jane Harman, (D-Calif.) that would require the CIA, the FBI and other federal intelligence agencies to share information with state and local police.

Homeland Security Department plan is unveiled

The White House today took the wraps off its plan to create a new cabinet-level agency to combine existing homeland defense activities of other agencies. Creating the Homeland Security Department will require legislation by Congress, which Homeland Security Office director Tom Ridge will shepherd through the lawmaking process.

Plan to control alien entry raises concerns

The Justice Department plan announced today to fingerprint and photograph aliens of 'national security' concern, in Attorney General John Ashcroft's words, has prompted concerns about the ability of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to handle the job.

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