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Guidance for fusion centers to be released
The guidance is meant to help state and local intelligence fusion centers meet baseline operational capabilities.
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Data tools outstrip laws, policies
Report proposes a framework for evaluating info-based counterterrorism programs.
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Report: U.S. not prepared for EMP attacks
The government is largely ignoring the threat of a major electromagnetic pulse attack that could shut down large portions of country's economy by disabling computer systems, power grids and communications, a new report says.
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Homeland Security IG reports security gaps in portable storage devices
Auditors find unauthorized connections to the department's computer networks.
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Concerns swirl around transparency of Navy network contract
Officials gather comments on plan to break services into eight segments, but critics say time is short.
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Feds are more mobile, but dissatisfied with agencies' wireless support
Survey says latest technology could boost employees' productivity outside the office.
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FEMA deploys e-signature solution for disaster victims
Computer application is designed to quicken the pace of processing release forms for disaster relief funding and loans.
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SEC plans to modernize how it discloses financial data
The agency wants to move to a more interactive process and replace the current forms-based system.
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DISA issues RFI for Net-Centric Enterprise Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks to develop a collaboration system that works on classified and unclassified networks.
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IG: GSA must improve information security
Audit says agency must improve contractor oversight and encrypt all mobile devices.
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Report: DOD needs to require more RFID tags
An inspector general's report finds about 10 percent of contracts lack the required RFID clause.
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New manager takes on troubled border security program
Air Force Col. Mark Borkowski said he will determine if SBInet has the right management structure, authorities and personnel, and will review whether Boeing is the right contractor for the program.
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GSA’s consolidation 2.0 project
Agency looks to a shared services model to eliminate costly redundancies in the procurement system.
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Army struggles to make FCS perform for Hill
The Army, which restructured its high-tech Future Combat System this summer, faces an August 2009 deadline to show Congress that it should continue funding the multibillion-dollar program.
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Letter: TWIC troubles are greater than at first glance
Implementation of Transportation Workers Identification Credential standard at port is not a smooth process, as one reader notes that being enrolled and having a card are two different things.
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Ike recovery keeps VA technology staff busy
A team will head out to recover computers from a medical clinic demolished in the storm.
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Goddard Center official seeks to transform IT
The NASA facility's chief information officer plans to improve information technology security.
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Industry officials give tips on transition to next-generation Internet
Most agencies have the equipment they need; using it regularly is the hard part.
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Panel bemoans transportation worker ID program delays
"DHS has a history of mismanaging large programs," House Homeland Security Committee chairman says; department pushes back program's effective date from Sept. 25 to April 15.
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