Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Donna Roy
As director of DHS' Enterprise Data Management Office, Roy worked with chief information officers and interagency working groups to get datasets to comply with the National Information Exchange Model so they could be shared across programs.
Cybersecurity
Local police want better sharing of intelligence
Law enforcement officials and civil liberties advocates today asked for improved sharing of terrorism-related information.
Digital Government
Lawmakers want more interoperability in emergency comms
House subcommittee leaders say more is needed to make emergency communications devices interoperable; they and other officials say FEMA should stay in DHS.
Modernization
Auditors: FEMA acquisition files are a mess
Private auditors could locate only eight of the 24 contracting files they requested in a recent review at the agency's headquarters.
Modernization
Officials back public/private partnerships
Government and industry officials today said ongoing partnerships between the public and private sectors are key to information sharing between them.
Modernization
DHS plans enhanced interoperability standard
DHS is preparing to release this summer an enhanced version of its standard for bridging disparate radio systems, an official said at the GovSec conference today.
Modernization
Napolitano backs fusion centers
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the centers play an important role in her department's information-sharing efforts.
Cybersecurity
Kwon: More collaboration needed
The director of US-CERT urged more collaboration today between policy-makers and those who respond to cyber incidents.
Cybersecurity
DHS appoints cybersecurity official
Philip Reitinger will be the new deputy undersecretary of DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate.
Modernization
DHS getting better at communications, state officials say
State homeland security directors say communications with the Homeland Security Department have improved, according to a new survey.
Cybersecurity
Officials urge civilian cybersecurity role
The outgoing director of DHS' National Cybersecurity Center and others say civilian agencies should play an independent and significant role in securing unclassified networks.
Modernization
SBInet system could get UAVs
DHS is considering using $100 million in stimulus funds to add unmanned aerial vehicles to the SBInet virtual fence system.
Modernization
FEMA requests comments on alert standard
The agency wants comments on the new emergency alert technical standard it has proposed as part of the Common Alerting Protocol XML standard.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security information security improves
As the component agencies that make up the Homeland Security Department integrate more fully, information security is improving.
Cybersecurity
Also in the News: National Cybersecurity Center chief steps down
Rod Beckstrom, the head of the Homeland Security Department’s National Cybersecurity Center, has resigned, according to the DorobekInsider.
Cybersecurity
DHS forms new research centers
The Homeland Security Department has hired two organizations for up to $712 million over five years to run two new DHS-sponsored research and development centers.
Cybersecurity
DHS sees upgrade for Common Operating Picture
A senior Homeland Security Department official said DHS wants to upgrade its Common Operating Picture and make it more accessible to state and local authorities.
Modernization
CBP to test trade data programs
The agency will test its collection and sharing of trade data starting in late March.
Modernization
Vermont issues IT-enhanced driver's licenses
Vermont is the third state to issue enhanced driver's licenses with RFID tags that can be used instead of passports at border crossings.
Cybersecurity