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Protest of TSA IT contract sustained

GAO tells agency to fix RFP and relook at bids. Unisys and General Dynamics get another chance to make their case to win the $500 million contract.

Tags: contracting , GAO , CSC , Unisys , General Dynamics , IT services

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TSA picks CSC to run its technology infrastructure

Agency goes with new vendor instead of incumbent, Unisys. The contract is worth up to half a billion dollars.

Tags: contracting , technology , Unisys , CSC , EDS , Lockheed Martin , Northrop Grumman , General Dynamics , ITIP , Managed services

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TSA's CrewPASS passes muster

Security is getting tighter, yet lines are getting shorter. It's all about new procedures and technology.

Tags: security , technology , mngt , best practices , CrewPASS , ARINC , Air Line Pilots Association , John Prater

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What TSA can do to prevent terror incidents in the air

J. Bennet Waters of the Chertoff Group on ways the TSA can prevent a repeat of Christmas Day's failed attempt aborad Northwest 253.

Tags: technology , homeland security , J. Bennet Waters , Chertoff Group , Northwest Flight 253 , DHS ,

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TSA's IdeaFactory goes viral

TSA's Acting Administrator Gale Rossides tells Federal News Radio that the agency is gearing up to deploy a collaboration tool throughout the DHS and beyond.

Tags: technology , management , IdeaFactory , Gale Rossides , Web 2.0 , government 2.0 , DHS

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Analysis: why the dots weren't connected in airline bomb plot

The President says the government had enough information to thwart the Christmas Day attack ahead of time but that the intelligence community, though trained to do so, did not "connect those dots."

Tags: security , management , silos , intelligence community , Ralph Basham

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Company says its scanners could thwart next airline terror attempt

Peter Kant of Rapiscan Systems says his company's see-through technology could prevent the next terrorist armed with explosives from boarding an airplane.

Tags: tech , Peter Kant , Rapiscan , OSI Systems , airport security , homeland security , full-body scan , backscatter , stimulus

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Post-Southers: What's next for TSA?

The White House said Wednesday that the president had accepted Southers' withdrawal with great sadness and continued to believe he would have made an excellent TSA administrator. Work at TSA, meanwhile, continues.

Tags: mngt , Erroll Southers , Ralph Basham , Command Consulting Group , Secret Service , CBP

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America wonders: What is it you do again?

The Obama Administration has a ready-made opportunity to improve the public's perception of the federal government through improved communications, but first it must do a better job of overcoming a "crisis of complexity" that leaves a majority of Americans unclear about the nature and breadth of services federal agencies provide, according to a new poll. Alan Siegel, Founder and Chairman, Siegel & Gale, has details.

Tags: mngt , transparency , Alan Siegel , Siegel and Gale , NHTSA , CMS , FTC , FDA , EPA

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Pre-screening process changes post undie-bomber

Changes are in the works for visa security passenger pre-screening efforts in the wake of Flight 253.

Tags: Congressional Spotlight , VISA , pre-screening , State , ICE , CBP , DHS , Henry Cuellar

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