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Gustav triggers COOP Continuity-of-operations plans went in effect after Hurricane Gustav swept across southern Louisiana last week.(Posted September 5, 2008)
Spy agencies prepare for administration changeSen. Susan Collins, who sponsored the 2004 intelligence reform law, said it represented a sea change in the structure and operation of the intelligence community.(Posted September 5, 2008)
CBP installs RFID readers on borderBorder protection agency will install RFID readers at Nogales, Ariz., as part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, officials said.(Posted September 5, 2008)
DHS studies PDAs for respondersThe Homeland Security Department is exploring how personal digital assistants that can send and receive live video and geospatial coordinates could help law enforcement and first responders share information.(Posted August 29, 2008)
More than 380,000 passport cards issuedAgencies have started distributing wallet-sized identification cards designed primarily for people living close to the land borders of the United States and for passengers on cruise ships.(Posted August 28, 2008)
Panel finds TWIC riddled with problemsA DHS advisory group has identified more than a dozen problems it says are causing the program to fail, according to a report obtained by Federal Computer Week.(Posted August 27, 2008)
DHS, D.C. demonstrate broadband technologyThe Homeland Security Department and the District of Columbia today demonstrated a new radio over wireless broadband technology for emergency response.(Posted August 27, 2008)
SBInet faces construction delaysBudget concerns and the need to test the multibillion-dollar border-surveillance system in the laboratory could stall new building for months.(Posted August 25, 2008)
Candidates talk IT — now what?Industry and political observers say McCain’s and Obama’s tech plans stick close to ideological platforms.(Posted August 25, 2008)
Lawmaker: Terrorism info database troubledA senior House Democrat has said the government's efforts to upgrade its central repository for terrorist identity data are at risk and might hamper federal information-sharing efforts.(Posted August 22, 2008)
DHS gets draft permission for SBInet TowersThe Homeland Security Department has gotten a preliminary approval to build a portion of the multibillion dollar SBInet survelliance system through a federal wildlife refuge.(Posted August 22, 2008)
Secure Flight's takeoff questionedA senior House Democrat said she is concerned about whether the Transportation Security Administration will be ready to pre-screen airline travelers by January 2009.(Posted August 21, 2008)
Carolina group backs away from new labFive states are competing for a high-tech laboratory that would identify and research the most dangerous pathogens that infect animals and plants.(Posted August 20, 2008)
Law could impede high-risk cargo screeningA law that requires 100 percent scanning of U.S.-bound ocean cargo by 2012 could have a negative effect on efforts to target high-risk cargo, a new GAO report states.(Posted August 18, 2008)
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