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Cyber progress fueled by agency brass recognition
Six years after the Veterans Affairs data breach, civilian agency networks and computers are more secure. Current and former federal officials and cyber experts say from secretaries on down, the threat of a cyber attack and the impact on mission is well understood.
Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Rising , Dan Chenok , IBM , Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board , Karen Evans , U.S. Cyber Challenge , Alan Paller , SANS Institute , Jeff Eisensmith , DHS , OMB , cybersecurity , Paul Nicholas , Microsoft , TIC , Federal Desktop Core Configuration , FISMA , continuous monitoring , cyber workforce , Jason Miller
5 convicted in khat smuggling case face sentencing
Tags: Yonis M. Ishak , khat , John Torres
ICE hires Raytheon to develop new case management system
Under the $40 million deal, ICE wants a modernized system that gives investigators access to more than 100 disparate databases.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , DHS , Raytheon , Case management system , Jason Miller
ICE not sitting on cyber laurels
Immigration and Customs Enforcement received a score of 95 on its FISMA report card in 2011. Jeff Eisensmith, the ICE CISO, said the agency is implementing continuous monitoring and increasing the training of its employees.
Tags: technology , Jeff Eisensmith , DHS , cybersecurity , continuous monitoring , insider threat , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Prince William lawmaker: Feds to blame for crash
The Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors is furious with the federal government after learning that Carlos Montano - the man responsible for a car accident that killed one nun and injured two others Sunday morning - was an illegal immigrant in the early stages of being deported.
Tags: Corey Stewart , immigration , Prince William County Board of Supervisors , Carlos Montano , car accident , Congress , Prince William County Police
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told Congress DHS will focus first on modernizing the infrastructure of the department's components that are severely out of date.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 , Coast Guard , FEMA , Jared Serb
'Document mill' creating fake IDs for illegal immigrants uncovered in Loudoun County
A 'document mill' that produced hundreds or even thousands of fake IDs to illegal immigrants has been shut down by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
Tags: illegal immigrants , document mill , Loudoun County Sheriff's office , Santos Felipe Abrego-Archila , Jose Alfredo Abrego-Archila , Jesus Orellana-Mena , fake IDs ,
Study: PW policy cut number of illegal immigrants
A new study finds Prince William County's immigration policy has cut the number of illegal immigrants. And the authors say the rates of some crime have fallen since the policy was implemented.
Tags: immigration , illegal immigration , University of Virginia , racial profiling , John Steinbach , Mexicans Without Borders , ICE , Hank Silverberg , Corey Stewart
Arlington can't opt out of federal immigration program
In Arlington County -- where 25 percent of residents are immigrants -- officials are worried the federal Secure Communities program is having a chilling effect on community policing.
Tags: ICE , Barbara Donnellan , Arlington County , The Washington Post , Arlington County Board , immigration , Hank Silverberg , Gary Emerling
McDonnell discusses immigration laws at luncheon
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says his reasoning for asking state police to work with federal agencies is to ultimately help enforce immigration laws.
Tags: Bob McDonnell , immigration law , Hispanic Chamber of Commerce , Department of Homeland Security , Andrew Mollenbeck
