Federal 100 winner: Lt. Col. John Persano
Persano helped design training for the Golden Phoenix counterterrorism training exercise held in July 2008.
Federal 100 winner: Col. Debra Rose
Rose oversaw the creation of a secure wireless network that the South Carolina National Guard can use during emergencies.
Federal 100 winner: George Bressler
Bressler successfully mobilized representatives of 150 organizations — including state, local, federal and tribal government agencies — as lead coordinator for an anti-terrorism training exercise.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Circling the wagons
To make the most of dwindling budget funds, state and local governments are collaborating on homeland security projects.
DHS' volatile funding history
The total amount of funding for state and locals grants has varied greatly in the past six fiscal years.
Groups urge broadband provisions in package
Public safety organizations urge Congress to include provisions for first responder communications programs in the economic stimulus package.
FEMA releases guideline for first responder ID cards
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is asking state and local agencies to voluntarily follow interoperability rules rather than issuing a federal mandate.
Public safety group urges $15B broadband investment
The Public Safety Spectrum Trust wants the Obama administration to fund a nationwide broadband network that commercial users and first responders would share.
DHS secretary choice has mixed record on Real ID
Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed legislation to ban the program in Arizona, but supported the driver's license aspect of Real ID.
GAO: DHS slow to upgrade border security
Auditors report that the department has implemented only 11 of 50 recommendations for upgrading border security.
IG: TSA needs better ways to catch criminals
Airline employees had smuggled guns and marijuana aboard a commercial flight.
Pilot program expands fingerprint databases
An agency is providing network links to jails in six counties so those facilities can better check fingerprints of criminal suspects against national law enforcement and immigrant databases.
Cyber threats on the rise, FBI official says
The country's commercial and national security interests are increasingly the target of of cyberattacks, an FBI assistant director said today.
National Cybersecurity Initiative R&D effort launched
The government launched the National Cyber Leap Year project to identify the most promising "game-changing" concepts as part of its Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.
Mistakes cost GSA time, money, auditor says
GSA's problems with how it handled the Alliant, Alliant SB contracts forced a do-over.
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