Cybersecurity
E-Verify fails to catch half of unauthorized workers, study reveals
About 3 percent of the E-Verify caseload consists of workers who improperly gained approvals from E-Verify to work in the United States, says a report commissioned by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Digital Government
Huge size of DHS contractor workforce leaves senators 'astonished'
Sens. Lieberman and Collins say the huge size of DHS's contractor workforce is 'unacceptable, untenable and unsustainable.'
Cybersecurity
DHS plans to seek cybersecurity R&D center support
The Homeland Security Department plans to award a multi-year contract to provide a range of management and technical services for its cybersecurity research and development programs.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano explains why less (money) is more for SBInet
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano explains the Obama administration's rationale for seeking significantly less money for fiscal 2011 for a border security program that includes building a virtual fence.
Cybersecurity
DHS officials reluctant to debar, suspend contractors, IG reports
DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner is accusing department acquisition officials of being "reluctant" to initiate debarment and suspension actions against contractors.
Cybersecurity
DHS falls behind in issuing HSPD-12 ID cards, IG reports
Poor management and not enough funding have caused the Homeland Security Department to fall behind in its distribution of HSPD-12 identification cards to employees and contractors, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
SBInet's caretaker shares frustrations about delays, snafus
Mark Borkowski is in the unenviable position of overseeing SBInet, the border protection system that is as noteworthy for its ambitious scope as it is for technical glitches and schedule delays.
Cybersecurity
Cyberattack simulation highlights vulnerabilities
A simulation exercise today showed the legal and technical problems a cyberattack could cause.
Cybersecurity
DHS gets new intell chief
Caryn Wagner started today as head of the DHS office that uses information technology to share homeland security-related data with state and local authorities.
Cybersecurity
DHS debuts open government suggestion box
The Homeland Security Department has debuted an online tool for public comment on how it can be more transparent to meet open government requirements.
Cybersecurity
DHS CIO midway through IT programs review
The Homeland Security Department continues a review of its 79 major information technology programs to identify ways to help troubled programs and fix systemic weaknesses.
Cybersecurity
Commerce loses, Education gains in IT spending
Most IT budgets would change little from fiscal 2010 under the Obama administration's budget.
Cybersecurity
Virtual border fence would lose under budget
The administration wants $43.59 billion for the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2011 compared with the $42.60 billion that the department got for this year.
Cybersecurity
Obama wants nearly $80B for IT projects
The administration has proposed only a small increase for IT spending in fiscal 2011.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity regs seen as less restrictive in the U.S.
Some information technology executives in the U.S. also estimate that a major cyberattack would cost a company $6.3 million for one day of downtime.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano orders SBInet reassessment
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has ordered a re-evaluation of options for protecting the United States-Mexico border because of delays in deploying the SBInet technology system.
Cybersecurity
Candidate for TSA top job withdraws from consideration
The Transportation Security Administration is still without a leader now that White House nominee Erroll Southers has withdrawn from consideration.
Digital Government
Senior lawmaker urges diligence on aviation screening technology
After the failed attempt to detonate a bomb aboard a commercial airliner, Rep. Bennie Thompson says information sharing and aviation security technologies demand immediate attention.
Cybersecurity
SSA fails to E-Verify 19 percent of new hires, IG says
The Social Security Administration did not follow federal employment verification requirements for 19 percent of its new hires, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity