Cybersecurity
Immigration and Customs looking at performance-based software development
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering using performance-based contracts for software development to modernize its IT systems.
Cybersecurity
Outsourcing some services could be risky
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to outsource disaster recovery planning, raising security questions.
Cybersecurity
Immigration agency to outsource disaster recovery plans
The Office of the CIO for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for a contractor that can take over disaster recovery planning and management.
Cybersecurity
Report: ICE needs better database to track detainees
The DHS agency needs better information systems and database to track its 32,000 detainees and ensure good management, a report recommends.
Cybersecurity
DHS sets new policy on computer searches at border
DHS issued two new directives that deal with searches of laptop computers and other devices at U.S. borders.
Modernization
DHS starts social network about Southwestern border
The Homeland Security Department is using a site called Ning.com to host a new social network that focuses on topics related to the Southwest border.
Cybersecurity
IG fears risks to DHS stimulus money
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general has said DHS should work to mitigate risks that may affect its capability to prudently spend, manage and report on $2.8 billion it got in stimulus money, including hundreds of millions for technology.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Luke McCormack
As chief information officer, McCormack directed a comprehensive IT modernization strategy for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and partnered with other Homeland Security Department components and state and local law enforcement to develop the Law Enforcement Information-Sharing Program ahead of schedule.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Steve Ressler
Ressler, an IT specialist at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, launched the networking Web site GovLoop.com to better connect people involved in government.
Modernization
Ressler: Virtual community organizer
Steve Ressler, an IT specialist at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, created a social-networking site called GovLoop that serves as an online meeting place for government employees worldwide.
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.
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