Cybersecurity
E-Verify would get three-year extension in spending bill
The House and Senate have both approved a three-year extension for the E-Verify employment verification system in the Homeland Security Department's spending legislation.
Cybersecurity
Exit system for foreign travelers stands at a crossroads
The Obama administration is poised to decide whether to proceed with a program to use biometrics to keep track of foreign visitors' departures.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers press for automated exit system
Some lawmakers are looking for the Obama administration to deploy an automated system that would use biometrics to verify the departure of noncitizens from the United States.
Cybersecurity
Senate passes biil that would increase DHS' IT funding
The Senate has passed legislation to fund the Homeland Security Department that would increase spending for major information technology programs. The House also approved the measure.
Cybersecurity
Federal student aid data isn't secure, IG says
The Education Department's student aid program risks unauthorized data loss or access problems if the department doesn't improve its information security, a new report says.
Cybersecurity
Wireless medical records system comes to Indianapolis
Emergency medical workers in Indianapolis and its suburbs now have access to electronic health records.
Cybersecurity
Bill would make fraud-detection available for TARP
Technology the credit card industry uses to detect fraud could be applied to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to an expert who helped draft a House bill that calls for the use of such technology.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano asks public's help with cybersecurity
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano said today cybersecurity is a shared responsibility and urged private persons to get involved.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service plans IT reboot
The Secret Service seeks information from companies as it prepares to modernize its information technology infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
SSA needs more planning for data systems upgrades, GAO says
The SSA is exchanging data more than one billion times a year and needs to do more to prepare for an increasing data exchange caseload, the GAO says.
Cybersecurity
Army cooks up new technology in AKO lab
A new test lab for the Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO) Web portal gives service officials a safe and efficient way to test new applications and technologies for the site.
Cybersecurity
What you can do on AKO
Here are some of the features on the Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO) Web portals.
Cybersecurity
Finding common cause
The global terrorist threat, brought to U.S. soil on 9/11, has not gone away. And it now includes the ever looming war in cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
Spam-borne malware surged in September
Spam messages that contained malicious attachments hit a high of 4.5 percent last month, a ninefold increase over the amount sent in August.
Cybersecurity
GSA preps technology integration program for new DHS headquarters
The General Services Administration is encouraging vendors on the Alliant contract to bid for the IT-related work that is part of the $3.4 billion project at DHS' new headquarters.
Cybersecurity