Early warning
A useful little feature of eBay online auctions has turned out to be exactly what the Pentagon ordered, at least when it comes to giving a heads-up to Air Force personnel in times of emergency.
TSA releases guidance on biometrics for access control
The Transportation Security Administration has issued a guidance document on the basic criteria and standards the agency believes biometric technology should meet in order to qualify for airport access control systems.
CIO Parkes retires from Energy Department
Rosita Parkes, CIO of the Energy Department, announced her retirement this morning after more than three decades of government service.
NASA hires SecureInfo for IT security compliance assistance
NASA has awarded a contract to SecureInfo Corp. for software to run on the agency's risk management system used for compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act.
New center to help intelligence community exploit public information
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has created a new Open Source Center designed to enhance the intelligence community's use of publicly available information.
Committee blasts NASA's financial management
Despite significant investments in new systems and an overhaul of NASA's financial organization, the space agency is still struggling to get its books in order.
Making a case for computer forensics
A commitment to establishing a computer forensics operation is an expensive proposition, and it's not a one-time purchase decision.
Basic training
The reason the Secret Service puts so much emphasis on computer forensics is fairly simple: Computers are where the clues are.
Special Report: Digital investigations: difficult, expensive'and necessary
The bank robber Willie Sutton famously said in the 1930s that he robbed banks 'because that's where the money is. So no one should be surprised today at the extent of crime in cyberspace'from credit card fraud to identity theft to 'Nigerian bank' scams.
Special Report: State Department's computer crime investigations go global
In 2003, in a former Soviet republic, several people were tried and convicted of terrorism, and two of them received the death penalty.
NGA calls on Boeing for global geospatial security data work
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded about $24 million in new contracts to Boeing Co. under the Global Geospatial Initiative contracting program.
Army sets new policy for redacted documents
Six months after the Defense Department inadvertently exposed classified data in an Adobe Portable Document Format memo, a senior Army official said an investigation has concluded that human error was to blame for the slip-up.
Executive order bolsters information-sharing among agencies
President Bush has restructured information-sharing responsibilities among U.S. anti-terrorism agencies and increased the authority of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Document security flap at U.N. causes uproar
A 'technical fault' in a U.N. report on the assassination of the prime minister of Lebanon that was posted to the Internet has led to a crisis at the world body and heightened tensions in the international community.
CIA leak special counsel unveils Web site
The office of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, the special counsel appointed to investigate the leak of a CIA covert agent's identity to members of the press, has created a Web site.
Computer forensics: On the cutting edge
A few miles outside Hamilton, N.J., in a sparkling facility that still smells of fresh paint and sawn wood, Larry Depew flips a switch and a blue light starts flashing overhead.
Fighting cybercrime on a shoestring budget
In cramped, dingy offices near New York's East River, a couple dozen detectives and analysts hunch over computers, plowing their way through hundreds of criminal cases.
DHS, flush with 2006 funds, maps out major procurements
The Homeland Security Department's technology procurement is losing its baby teeth. The department is moving forward with border technology, a financial management project and two umbrella procurements, on the heels of the passage of its fiscal 2006 appropriations.
Defense agency awards contract for terrorist watch list
The Defense Intelligence Agency's Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism has awarded a one-year contract to a Fairfax, Va., company for intelligence analysis.
Fly-by-night training
Flying a fighter jet over Afghanistan at night is dangerous enough. Add the disorientation that night vision goggles can induce, and a simple pilot error can turn lethal.
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