Cybersecurity
IG: Dulles IT security needs more work
The Homeland Security Department has made progress on IT security at Dulles International Airport, but gaps remain, says a new report.
Cybersecurity
Bill aims to speed frequent fliers through security
The TSA reauthorization legislation passed by the House has a provision that would strengthen the Registered Traveler program, a business group says.
Modernization
Two biometric systems being tested
The Homeland Security Department has started testing two ways in which government officials, not airlines, could collect biometrics from non-U.S. air travelers as they leave the country.
Cybersecurity
Audit: TSA has weak IT security controls
The agency took some corrective action in fiscal 2008 but still fell short in critical areas, according to a recent audit.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Secure Flight improved IT security
The Secure Flight passenger screening program has improved IT security and privacy controls in the last five months, auditors say.
Cybersecurity
Drapeau: Web 2.0 best practices already surface
Agencies are starting to learn smart ways to use emerging technologies for communicating with citizens and each other.
Cybersecurity
Web tools can help agencies collect innovative ideas
Web-based applications for soliciting ideas from workers and the public are only as useful and successful as you make them.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard softens TWIC rules at ports
The service allows interim measures until May 13.
Modernization
TSA launches Secure Flight for passengers
After five years, TSA's Secure Flight prescreening system for airline passengers is operational.
Cybersecurity
IG: TSA database behind schedule
The Transportation Security Administration has fallen behind schedule and had higher costs because of technical problems in developing its Known Shipper Management System database, according to a new report.
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.
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.
Modernization
TSA checks out systems for waiting time data
The agency wants information on systems to collect hourly data on waiting times for passenger security checkpoints at airports.
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
House again passes traveler redress bill
The House has again passed a measure that would require enhanced redress processes for passengers misidentified by databases or terrorist watch lists.
Cybersecurity
Deadlines loom for ITIP contract
Bidders prepare to fight for TSA infrastructure contract.
Cybersecurity
Letter: Airport employees are not beyond temptation
A reader writes to say that it took 13 years after the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the 2001 terrorist attacks to address airport security.
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