People

Bush gets D on security

A liberal group criticized the administration's work on homeland security

People

New rules for ground cargo

Homeland Security wants electronic manifests on truck and rail shipments

Digital Government

Threat center defends itself

The Terrorist Threat Integration Center will get data to the proper people, the group's director tells House committees.

Digital Government

Bush backs Senate on security

The White House threw its support behind the Homeland Security bill being discussed in the Senate

People

OPM to train feds to spot fake credentials

Personnel employees will learn to spot bogus academic credentials

Acquisition

BioShield gets House OK

The House approved $5.6 billion July 16 for Project BioShield to research, produce and stockpile vaccines and antidotes to bioterrorism.

People

Dell pact reflects DHS buying strategy

The Homeland Security Department plans to consolidate wherever possible and negotiate enterprise agreements with vendors

People

DHS hires fingerprint expertise

The Homeland Security Department has selected DigitalNet Government Solutions to analyze fingerprints of suspected terrorists

People

IRS's Rothwell moves to DHS

The Homeland Security Department has tapped a career Internal Revenue Service expert to become its top procurement officer.

People

DHS selects Dell for software

The Homeland Security Department has awarded a contract to Dell worth at least $110 million for a department-wide software license

People

DHS tests portal for tracking cargo

DHS has launched a Web portal that shippers will use to disclose what they are importing before they even dock at a U.S. port

People

OPM to search for bogus credentials

OPM will train personnel managers to spot bogus academic credentials.

People

Biometric-based passport in the works

The State Department is developing a passport that contains biometric technology to authenticate the identities of U.S. citizens who travel abroad

People

SAIC to build DHS architecture

DHS has tapped Science Applications International Corp. to develop its enterprise architecture

People

Senate holds up CAPPS funding

But appropriators unanimously approved a $29.3 billion spending bill for the Homeland Security Department

People

Rule limits anti-terror liability

Rule would limit the liability for companies providing anti-terrorism technologies to the federal government

People

SAIC to build DHS architecture

Massive undertaking will require integrating the IT infrastructures of 22 agencies

People

Report: Feds lack bioterror training

The government is unable to properly deal with a bioterrorism attack because workers have not been adequately trained, a new report says

People

Biodetectors sniff out deadly airborne agents

The Defense Department is deploying a new technology that sniffs out deadly airborne chemicals and biological agents

People

INS puts its customers first

Despite shift to DHS, callers still get through