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NIH funds multilanguage portal

Innovative Decision Technologies will create the Web site to aid collaboration among researchers.

Modernization

Inspector general finds watch list leadership lacking

DHS doesn't have the resources and infrastructure to oversee consolidation of terrorist watch lists, a report says.

People

Ready to weather every storm

New weather service CIO Paul Chan buffeted but unfazed.

People

EDS to upgrade USCIS records

Sytel hired EDS as a subcontractor to help modernize USCIS records management.

People

AAI gets $160M contract

The Defense Department will pay the company for operation and maintenance of biological detection systems.

People

Labor uses Web for project reports

Project managers and others there have been using xpdoffice to record daily activities and tasks.

People

Bill would magnify cybersecurity in DHS

A companion piece of legislation aims to enhance science and technology.

People

DHS issues $80M in grants

About $49 million goes for port security, $21 million for highways, and $9.9 million for bus security.

People

9-11 bill signals sweeping security reforms

First responders say they need interoperable communications ? now

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Law enforcement given a visual notebook

Analysis software lets officials map cases

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DHS to push counterterror info

The proposed National Counterterrorism Center will use a push system to get threat information to intelligence analysts.

People

HSARPA seeks cyberdefense R&D

The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency released a broad agency announcement for technologies to protect critical cyberinfrastructure.

People

Responders sound off

Nationwide interoperable communications need sustained funding and attention, first responders tell Congress.

Cybersecurity

State on track for biometrics

But GAO says federal officials haven't provided comprehensive guidelines for the Biometric Visa Program.

People

Better border security needed, Turner says

The top Democrat on the House Select Homeland Security Committee says the southern border is porous.

People

Senate bill follows 9-11 advice

The proposed legislation would adopt many of the 9-11 Commission's recommendations.

Cybersecurity

IT on the beat

Security technologies deployed in force at convention venues

Acquisition

Md. firm wins $111 million FDA job

ITSolutions will provide desktop support, network administration, network engineering and architecture, and telecom services.

Acquisition

NOAA to bid out $500M in IT work

The 10-year performance-based contract will provide life cycle support for the Marine Observation Network and Data Assembly Center.

People

DHS beams over SEVIS

The student-tracking system works, officials say.