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DHS coordinates interagency security at waterways, ports
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) brought forth a new plan, the Maritime Operations Coordination (MOC), that will improve cross-coordination efforts between the Coast Guard (USCG), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Tags: maritime operations coordination , DHS , CBP , ICE , security , Jory Heckman
Coast Guard helps rescue turtle off Va.
Tags: Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center ,
Man with suspicious device towed to shore on James
The Coast Guard says a James River boater who had a suspicious device chained to his body has been towed to shore.
Tags: John Bull , Virginia Marine Police , James River , Virginia State Police , Mike Hvozda
Critical needs first in DHS IT modernization
A day after the Department of Homeland Security cancelled its $450 million contract to modernize and unify its backoffice IT systems, the department's acting CFO told Congress DHS will focus first on modernizing the infrastructure of the department's components that are severely out of date. A new strategy for an integrated, departmentwide system has yet to be determined, she said.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , DHS , GAO , financial management , TASC , bid protest , Congress , Peggy Sherry , FEMA , Immigration and Customs Enforcement , Jared Serb
1 dead, 1 missing in Va. boat capsizing
A sailboat carrying 10 people affiliated with NASA's Langley Research Center capsized during a late night cruise on the James River in Virginia, leaving one man dead and another missing while the other eight survived after clinging for hours to floating debris in frigid waters.
Tags: John Bull , Virginia Marine Resources Commission , Mike Patterson , James River , Pagan River , Tyler Lorenzi
DHS's lack of financial clarity a huge liability
The Homeland Security Department's chief management officer said Tuesday that the lack of a departmentwide financial management system is a huge deficiency. Fixing that, he said, is among the department's primary management priorities.
Tags: Congress , DHS , management , technology , GAO , High Risk list , Rafael Borras , Joe Lieberman , CACI , TASC , OMB , financial management , industry , Jared Serbu
Coast Guard launches wiki to revamp IT acquisition strategy
The Coast Guard's Capt. Dan Taylor and Christopher Lagan explain how social media is changing the way the Coast Guard is handling its IT acquisition strategy.
Tags: Christopher Lagan , Dan Taylor , contracting , acquisition , wiki , technology , social media , collaborative tools , Dorobek Insider
Communications lessons learned from Gulf oil spill
The Gulf Coast oil spill is prompting many agencies to take a second -- and often a third -- look at how they handle communications in a crisis.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , management , technology , Gulf oil spill , James Cash , NOAA , Michele Jacobi , EPA , Jeffrey Levy
Navy on course to meeting energy conservation on ships
The service has reached an important first milestone in its effort to achieve a key energy conservation goal with last week's test of the first experimental ship to operate using algae-based bio-diesel fuel.
Tags: technology , DoD , Navy , Air Force , Ray Mabus , Phillip Collum , biofuel , biodiesel , Max Cacas
DorobekINSIDER moderates AFFIRM meeting on Gulf Coast spill response
The DorobekINSIDER moderates AFFIRM meeting on Gulf Coast spill response.
Tags: AFFIRM , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , oil spill , EPA , NOAA , best practices , management
