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IRS modernization too slow, pros say
Tax professionals are increasingly impatient about the IRS' progress in modernizing its computer systems, a survey found.
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DHS buys fingerprint scanners
Identix will get $27 million for biometric, live-scan booking stations and desktop systems.
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Coast Guard wants long-range ship tracking
The agency's request for information solicits ideas from vendors about ways to track ships 96 hours in advance of their arrival at a U.S. port.
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DHS takes over visas from State
Congress has mandated that the Homeland Security Department control visa policy.
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Homeland tech projects scrutinized
Congress approves spending for major initiatives with tight oversight
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DHS fishes for biological, chemical ideas
The Homeland Security Department wants ideas by Dec. 5.
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HSARPA requests bio research solicitations
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency wants ways to detect biological and chemical attacks by monitoring malls, stadiums and other areas.
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Congress demands study of CAPPS II
The passenger-profiling system is being held up for at least five months while the GAO completes a report about its potential effectiveness.
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No new HQ for you, DHS
Congress denied Bush's request for a new Homeland Security headquarters and approved less than the White House wanted for the department's CIO office.
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Congress passes DHS spending
Appropriations bill details $29.4 billion for border protection, emergency responders, transportation security and antiterrorism technologies.
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US-VISIT questioned by GAO
The Homeland Security Department's plan to track the arrival and departure of every foreigner at the U.S. border has neither the money nor the manpower to make it work, the General Accounting Office said.
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DHS bill skips air cargo screens
The Homeland Security spending bill produced by a House and Senate conference committee provides more overall money than Bush requested.
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Memo to OMB: Don't be a lame duck
Washington, D.C., observers offer advice for sustaining progress on IT management and related concerns
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DHS to spend $100M on air defense
Homeland Security officials seek protection for commercial jets against surface-to-air missiles.
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State delays high-tech passport requirement
Faced with a massive logistics problem, the State Department may postpone the deadline for requiring 26 industrialized nations to issue machine-readable passports for their citizens traveling to the United States
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ObjectVideo's border contract grows
The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection expanded its contract to buy an enterprise-wide license for ObjectVideo's video surveillance software.
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