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DHS' umbrella insurance plan
Agency offers four companies liability protection for anti-terrorism technology
Modernization
Taking cover
Under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002, products, equipment, services, devices and information technologies can qualify for liability protection.
People
Standardizing health records
The administration's health IT coordinator says feds will help develop interoperability standards for the healthcare industry.
People
HSIN pilot adds Dallas
The city joins Seattle, Indianapolis and Atlanta in testing the Homeland Security Information Network.
People
Legislators push for transit security funding
Public ground transportation systems get far less federal funding for security than aviation.
Digital Government
Experts: U.S. needs e-health record standard
National standard needed for interoperable e-health records.
People
House passes DHS funding bill
The House Friday passed the Homeland Security Department's spending bill; the Senate version is moving through that body.
People
DHS gets green light for NOAA warnings
The Homeland Security Department can develop an alert and warning message that can be delivered through NOAA's All-Hazards Network.
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Lawmakers push for reforms of border tech, immigration
McCain says border control is insufficient.
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Biometric reprieve granted
The House approved a one-year deadline extension for visa-waiver countries to have machine-readable, tamper-resistant passports with embedded biometric identifiers.
People
SUNY-Albany think tank suggests IT policy
The Center for Technology in Government analyzed interviews with 29 people involved with recovery efforts after 9/11.
People
Turner proposes database checks for visa-waiver visitors
The Democratic congressman says nonvisa travelers should be checked against terrorist databases before coming the United States.
People
Customs tests money tracker
Officials will spend three months putting the Automated Commercial Environment through its paces.
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House panel seeks homeland spending boost
House Appropriations Committee proposes $2.8 billion more than fiscal 2004
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Feinstein opposes passport delay
The Democratic senator said visa-waiver countries shouldn't get extensions on biometric passports.
Acquisition
GSA gauges service value
Feds have no way to measure the value of services even though they make up 60 percent of acquisitions.
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