People

DHS to launch smart card pilot

DHS intends to issue a common smart card for its 180,000 employees beginning next year

People

USGS holds homeland treasure

Agency's collection includes the only maps showing the entire infrastructure of the United States

People

Weldon: Unify homeland funding control

A homeland security committee should have jurisdiction over dollars, congressman says

People

Ashcroft cajoles firms to share sensitive info

Corporate execs initially open to federal plea

People

House passes Homeland funding

Bill pumps millions into bioterrorism research and targets dollars for first responders

People

House pumps up homeland funding

Committee adds $1 billion to Bush's budget request

People

Ashcroft: Help disrupt terror nets

Attorney general pushes benefits of information sharing and insights from industry

Modernization

Bill calls for better emergency alerts

Legislator calls for latest technology to be used to alert public in the event of a disaster

People

House votes for e-filing extension

Bill would extend the deadline to April 30 for those who file and pay taxes electronically

People

DHS systems working to stop contraband

Officials say the United States is succeeding in checking for potential terrorist contraband thousands of miles away

People

House panel approves Homeland budget

House Appropriations Committee approves a DHS fiscal 2004 budget that is more than the Bush administration requested

People

Boeing to pilot cargo security system

Project will demonstrate cargo container security systems for tracking shipments from foreign ports

People

Diplomacy spotlights border systems

The U.S. is undertaking numerous technology initiatives with Canada and Mexico to improve border security

People

Gauss retires from VA

After 34 years of government work, CIO says he needs a break

Digital Government

Homeland budget clears House panel

Bill includes more money for first responders, high-threat areas and airline passenger screening

People

DHS seeking alert system

Department is making business case and looking for solutions for a public alert system

People

Gingrich blasts TSA, e-bureaucracy

Newt Gingrich says most passengers would be willing to provide biometric indicators to get through security faster

People

Callahan's credentials questioned

Laura Callahan, deputy CIO at the Homeland Security Department, was put on paid leave

People

DHS looks to combine agency biz cases

It is one of the first steps to consolidate the nearly two dozen agencies that were brought together to create the Homeland Security Department

Acquisition

Fed printing cleared for competition

GPO to build portal through which agencies can buy services from a network of approved printers