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Web Extra: Marines' virtual training offers varying trade-offs

Full-room simulated environments provide alternative learning opportunities.

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Cybersecurity's new world order

Government officials around the world encounter legal and diplomatic challenges in confronting cyberthreats.

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Homeland security's cyber eyes

Security experts roll out new techniques to try to keep up with today’s stealthy, transnational cyberattacks.

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Government 2.0 presents global opportunity

At IRMCO, information managers from around the world described their experiences with Web 2.0.

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Letter: Vendor turmoil is not unique to U.S.

A reader points out that Canada is dealing with its own contracting issues.

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The Lectern: Talking government-vendor partnerships

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DHS works to expand, enhance visa waiver programs

The department signs visa waiver program memorandums of understanding with Slovakia, Hungary and Lithuania.

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Letter: Outsourcing is not always better or cheaper

It is a fallacy to think if you throw in 100 cheap(er) workers who have no subject-matter expertise against a new or legacy redeployed business application, they will be remotely successful in its creation.

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United States, Germany will share biometric data

Officials signed an agreement today that will let the countries search each other's criminal fingerprint databases.

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Cyber Storm II gets started

Although DHS' weeklong cyber war game focuses on response, one official says the relationships formed will also benefit prevention and preparedness efforts.

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Canada border security measures for commerce

The goal is to better align Canada's trade partnership program with the DHS' Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, which offers preferential treatment to companies that agree to expanded federal oversight of their supply chains.

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Border security in north to rely on tech, Chertoff says

Efforts to secure the U.S. border with Canada will differ from efforts in the south, DHS secretary said.

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Cyber Storm II stirring

DHS is preparing to lead federal agencies, states, foreign governments and industry in a weeklong cybersecurity exercise next month.

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Coast Guard tests waters with new patrol programs

The Coast Guard is working to interdict coastal smugglers and illegal cross-border traffickers in Canada and using biometrics to catch human traffickers near Puerto Rico.

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Letter: NSPS misinterpreted

Some organizations in Europe have jumped on the NSPS bandwagon, only to change their minds later, one reader reports.

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Chertoff: DHS likely to accept Project 28 within days

DHS' secretary told lawmakers that after months of delays the department would likely accept the first task order of the department's multiyear, multibillion-dollar SBInet program to secure the U.S. southern border.

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Letter: Vigilance is the key to stopping espionage

One reader expresses concerns about foreign nationals working at government agencies and says feds should have ongoing training in all aspects of security.