People

DHS' umbrella insurance plan

Agency offers four companies liability protection for anti-terrorism technology

Modernization

Taking cover

Under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002, products, equipment, services, devices and information technologies can qualify for liability protection.

People

Standardizing health records

The administration's health IT coordinator says feds will help develop interoperability standards for the healthcare industry.

People

NCS boss to leave

Brenton Greene will resign effective July 2.

People

HSIN pilot adds Dallas

The city joins Seattle, Indianapolis and Atlanta in testing the Homeland Security Information Network.

People

Legislators push for transit security funding

Public ground transportation systems get far less federal funding for security than aviation.

Digital Government

Experts: U.S. needs e-health record standard

National standard needed for interoperable e-health records.

People

Eight questions for Sam Nunn

Former senator now focuses on homeland security issues

People

House passes DHS funding bill

The House Friday passed the Homeland Security Department's spending bill; the Senate version is moving through that body.

People

Developing leaders at home

New program aids transformation

People

DHS gets green light for NOAA warnings

The Homeland Security Department can develop an alert and warning message that can be delivered through NOAA's All-Hazards Network.

People

Lawmakers push for reforms of border tech, immigration

McCain says border control is insufficient.

People

Biometric reprieve granted

The House approved a one-year deadline extension for visa-waiver countries to have machine-readable, tamper-resistant passports with embedded biometric identifiers.

People

SUNY-Albany think tank suggests IT policy

The Center for Technology in Government analyzed interviews with 29 people involved with recovery efforts after 9/11.

People

Turner proposes database checks for visa-waiver visitors

The Democratic congressman says nonvisa travelers should be checked against terrorist databases before coming the United States.

People

Customs tests money tracker

Officials will spend three months putting the Automated Commercial Environment through its paces.

People

House panel seeks homeland spending boost

House Appropriations Committee proposes $2.8 billion more than fiscal 2004

People

Feinstein opposes passport delay

The Democratic senator said visa-waiver countries shouldn't get extensions on biometric passports.

Acquisition

GSA gauges service value

Feds have no way to measure the value of services even though they make up 60 percent of acquisitions.

People

E-gov fellowship open for applications

The Council for Excellence in Government is taking applications for its fellowships.