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Pennsylvania Department Of Transportation: Assessing Security, Mitigating Risk
White Papers AMS developed a security assessment that focused on examining security issues with respect to organizational objectives, security policies, and existing infrastructure assets. PennDOT knew that securing their constituents' sensitive information was...
[January 27, 2005, 23:00]
Online And Offline Security Merging
News US government projects to integrate physical and network security, such as the Transportation Worker's Identity Card mandated by the Transportation Security Agency and the Common Access Card used by the Department of Defense, up the lion's share...
[January 13, 2005, 13:35]
Transportation Security Administration Faces Huge Challenges
White Papers Magaw takes the reins of the new Transportation Security Administration within the federal Department of Transportation, he faces the challenge of overseeing all transportation security matters. The most pressing concern is airline security...
[November 5, 2004, 23:00]
Federal Action Could Help Transit Authorities Address Security Challenges
White Papers The GAO has addressed the high costs of transit security and recommends in this report that the Secretary of the Department of Transportation pursue legislative changes to permit federal urbanized formula funds to be used for security-related...
[January 26, 2005, 23:00]
Port Security: Better Planning Needed To Develop And Operate Maritime Worker Identification Card Program
White Papers As part of a multilayered effort to strengthen port security, the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) of 2002 calls for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue a worker identification card that uses biological metrics, such as...
[December 27, 2004, 23:00]
Coast Guard: Challenges During The Transition To The Department Of Homeland Security
White Papers This testimony before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, outlines the challenges faced by the Coast Guard during its transition to the Department...
[January 26, 2005, 23:00]
USMTMC Overhauls Small Package Shipping With SunPS
White Papers Its Freight Systems Division (FSD) is responsible for supporting the procurement of commercial freight transportation services for the Department of Defense. Army Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) provides global surface transportation...
[July 10, 2004, 0:00]
Hazardous Materials: Security Requirements For Offerors And Transporters Of Hazardous Materials; Final Rule
White Papers The Transportation Security Agency (TSA) or the proposed Department of Homeland Security would be better suited to issue transportation security-related regulations. The Research and Special Programs Administration is establishing new requirements...
[December 27, 2004, 23:00]
Security In Federal Government
White Papers It can impede the private sector's ability to deliver necessary telecommunications, energy, financial, and transportation services. Every government agency and department relies on the reliability and integrity of information systems to supply...
[November 16, 2004, 23:00]
Homeland Security Launches First Online Tool Assessing Stadium Vulnerabilities
White Papers Modeled after self-assessment tools used by the Transportation Security Administration, the online stadium tool was adapted to incorporate industry safety and security best practices for critical infrastructure to assist in establishing a security...
[June 27, 2007, 0:00]
US Government IT Spending Jumps 50 Per Cent
News Five government departments -- Homeland Security, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force and the Department of Transportation -- awarded nearly 90 percent of the contracts in the 2004 quarter, for a total of $21bn.
[July 29, 2004, 14:30]
US Budgets $1bn For Homeland Security IT
News They include the Coast Guard, the US Customs Service, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration.
[August 1, 2003, 8:50]
Google Does The Business With New Search Hardware
News It has signed on customers such as Kaiser Permanente, the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the California Department of Transportation, among others. Plus Google plans to introduce security and performance...
[September 30, 2002, 9:20]
White Paper: Supporting Internet-Based Training Requirements
White Papers AST's current clients include the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - Transportation Security Agency (TSA), the DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and the U.S.armed forces. Advanced Systems Technology, Inc.
[August 30, 2005, 0:00]
21 Steps To Improve Cyber Security Of SCADA Networks
White Papers Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks contain computers and applications that perform key functions in providing essential services and commodities (e.g.electricity, natural gas, gasoline, water, waste treatment, transportation...
[July 25, 2007, 0:00]
Start-up Sells Membrane That Powers Mobiles
News The Department of Transportation also has approved the use of certain fuel cells in airplanes, because the diluted methanol can't readily ignite. Government agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security, also are looking at fuel cells to...
[January 19, 2004, 7:45]
US Agencies Shun Windows Vista
News The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cite fear of compatibility problems as one of the reasons not to allow their tens of thousands of employees to upgrade to Microsoft's latest...
[March 14, 2007, 8:39]
Script Kiddies: The Net's Cybergangs
News Last February, that boredom led Artech to deface three pages in the US department of transportation's Web site, where he labelled himself as "America's worst screw up". The Doodoo Krew did just that when the group tagged the Spokane Police...
[July 13, 2000, 8:52]
US E-government Wins Higher Ratings
News Achieving green scores for e-government are the Transportation Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Small Business Administration. One major disappointment is the Department for Homeland Security.
[July 15, 2004, 13:20]
Weathering The Cyber Storm
News The Cyber Storm exercise included players from government at the federal, state and international level and key private sector participants to work through what would happen if there were significant cyberattacks that disrupted or impacted the...
[February 21, 2006, 14:35]
