People
NOAA opens coastal portal
Officials say nowCOAST collects weather and water-related conditions in their communities.
People
XML deal inked for responders
DHS and the Emergency Interoperability Consortium formally agreed to jointly develop XML standards for emergency response.
People
Washington overhauls Medicaid system
State health officials hired a Rockville, Md.-based company to modernize Washington's '70s-era Medicaid system.
People
Terror response research to get center
DHS wants to establish a university center to study event preparedness and response.
Modernization
HUD org charts go online
TimeVision's software will create Web-based organizational charts for HUD.
Cybersecurity
DHS, DOJ plan cybercrime survey
Officials plan to ask 36,000 businesses about computer security incidents.
People
Expect electronic cargo seals
A customs and border official is cautiously optimistic that containers with tamper-evident electronic seals will be deployed in 2005.
Digital Government
Battelle predicts $312B in 2005 R&D
It would be a 3.6 percent increase from the 2004 estimate for U.S. research and development funding.
People
M/A-COM to build Va. comm system
The company will install an 800 MHz digital system for the Rockingham-Harrisonburg Emergency Communications Center.
People
UMD gets DHS grant
The University of Maryland will receive $12 million from the Homeland Security Department to study terrorism.
Cybersecurity
Mind your own business
The best way to safeguard personal information? Don't collect it.
Cybersecurity
GAO calls for security strategy
Officials say the committee in charge of coordinating protection of fed facilities needs a strategic plan.
People
Johnson plans DHS departure
Jack Johnson Jr., the Homeland Security Department's chief security officer, announced he will resign effective Feb. 19.
People
DHS offers stadium tool
As the NFL playoffs begin, security managers can use an online app to find vulnerabilities at public venues.
People
National Response Plan debuts
It will provide a standardized federal response coordinated with state, local and tribal jurisdictions to any man-made or natural disaster or incident.
Acquisition
American Indian company grows in the public sector
The small company is one of many competing for the government's information technology business.
People
DHS puts its money on standards
Homeland Security Department officials join an industry standards group that has developed a facial recognition standard.
Cybersecurity
DHS buys information assurance
Homeland Security Department officials have awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman and Q1 Labs for software that analyzes and mitigates cyberthreats.
Modernization
Sandia upgrades digital media management
Planning for the lab's Web-based system started about 18 months ago because the current client-server system had become archaic, Sandia's database administrator says.
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