Cybersecurity

DHS launches YouTube channel

The Homeland Security Department has a new YouTube channel with links to YouTube videos by FEMA, the Coast Guard and other agencies.

Cybersecurity

Senate bill would give DHS $97M above request

The Senate is considering a spending bill for DHS that would phase out Loran in 2010 and spend $97 million more than the White House requested.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard unit to outsource metrics management

The Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center will hire a contractor to implement its Earned Value Management program.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard seeks new IT directorate

To fully carry out its modernization plans — including a new command structure for IT — the Coast Guard must obtain additional authorization from Congress, GAO says.

Cybersecurity

Deepwater watch: Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate gets new leader

The Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate has a new rear admiral in charge — Ronald Rábago.

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Former Deepwater engineer's allegations untrue, Lockheed says

A False Claims Act lawsuit against Lockheed Martin involves a former employee's allegations that the company says it has already investigated and found without merit.

Cybersecurity

Deepwater milestone signals a step forward

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gary Blore, assistant commandant for acquisition, discusses the final acceptance of the National Security Cutter Bertholf, which is the largest asset completed so far in the service's controversial $24 billion Integrated Deepwater Systems acquisition program.

Modernization

Q & A: High-tech cutter reaches milestone

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gary Blore expects the first National Security Cutter to receive certification for classified communications in the near future.

Cybersecurity

Auditors: Coast Guard, FEMA weak on controls

The Coast Guard and FEMA still struggle with IT control problems, auditors say.

Cybersecurity

GAO urges review of ship-tracking plans

The Government Accountability Office wants the Coast Guard to make sure its plans to improve ship tracking electronically for security will add value.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard softens TWIC rules at ports

The service allows interim measures until May 13.

Cybersecurity

Bill would change Coast Guard acquisition

The Coast Guard would change some acquisition processes under new legislation.

Cybersecurity

GAO: DHS has mixed record on FOIA

Some DHS agencies are falling behind on their Freedom of Information Act requests, while others saw improvement in the past two years, GAO says.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Tom Clark

Clark, the Coast Guard’s network architect and senior network engineer, constructed the Coast Guard’s IT architecture in a way that would transition the agency to the Homeland Security Department’s common IP network, known as OneNet.

Cybersecurity

2010 budget adds to DHS immigration programs

The Obama administration has requested a 6.5 percent increase for the Homeland Security Department, which would raise the department’s discretionary budget to $42.7 billion.

Cybersecurity

DHS gets IT money in stimulus

The Homeland Security Department will get about $2.8 billion from the stimulus package; about half of that money will go for IT-related items such as scanners and surveillance systems.

Modernization

Senate to vote on Stimulus cut for IT

Sens. Nelson and Collins are promoting an amendment that would cut $83 billion from the stimulus package, including reductions in major IT items.

Cybersecurity

When complexity breeds remorse

As government tries to master big projects, the need for in-house expertise increases.

Cybersecurity

Report finds mixed outcome on cutter

The Coast Guard has had mixed results with its National Security Cutter program, according to a new report that also recommended improving the government's acquisition processes.