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		<title><![CDATA[ECS selected to support DHS NOC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 8 UPI -- The U.S. Homeland Security Department has contracted Electronic Consulting Services Inc. to continue to support a strengthening of analytical capabilities. U.S. company ECS was selected to provide information technology enhancements to the Homeland Security Department's National Operations Center, Common Operational Picture. Under the $9.6...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:40:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US Cyber Defenses Full of Holes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/news-analysis/cyber-defenses-holes/21175/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to cyber attacks, the odds are against us. The head cyber protection guy at the National Security Agency, Richard Schaeffer, told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee that about 80 percent of attacks on our networks can be prevented. That is "unacceptable," Sen. Ben Cardin, subcommittee chairman, told Schaeffer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DHS takes closer look at IT spending]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More efficiency, more fixed-price contracts in store, says Elaine Duke The Homeland Security Department plans more oversight of major acquisitions, including information technology buys, as the department plans to control spending, a top DHS official said today. DHS' budget authority rose from an initial $31 billion in 2003 that year...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:44:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[H1-B Visa Beef May End Up in Supreme Court]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Programmers Guild and other litigants fighting a 2008 Department of Homeland Security decision to extend from 12 months to 29 months the amount of time mathematics, engineering, science or technology students are allowed to work after graduation under an optional practical training program amounts to little more than a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:43:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal cybersecurity efforts not on par with growing threats, Senators told]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/news-analysis/federal-cybersecurity-efforts-par-growing/20998/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite increased cooperation among agencies charged with protecting the government's information infrastructure, federal cybersecurity is failing to keep pace with the growing threat of attack from hackers, criminals and other nations, a Senate panel has been told. The Government Accountability Office has identified weaknesses in security controls in almost all...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DHS secretary: Cybersecurity is shared burden]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a live web address Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said cybersecurity is a shared responsibility among consumers, the private sector and government, but a cabinet-level position dedicated to technology and cybersecurity is not needed.During her speech, Napolitano reiterated statements made by President Obama in May, that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:21:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Court to contractors: E-verify enforcement starts Sept. 8]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/news-analysis/court-contractors-verify-enforcement-starts/10083/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal contractors must comply starting Sept. 8 The requirement to use electronic employment verification for federal contractors has cleared a potential legal hurdle, easing the way for enforcement to start Sept. 8. A district judge on Aug. 26 ruled against organizations that were attempting to stop the electronic employment verification...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:53:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DHS: Expect your computer to be seized without suspicion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews In what was presented to the public this week as a clarification of its privacy policy, the US Dept. of Homeland Security published a paper referring to new guidelines for its immigration and customs agents regarding how they may conduct border searches of travelers'...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:46:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DHS Updates Rules on Border Laptop Searches]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Homeland Security Department for access to records on laptop searches at the border, DHS released updated guidelines on how and when a border official can search or confiscate an electronic device. DHS first released more general guidelines in July 2008....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:21:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACLU Sues DHS over Laptop Searches]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday sued the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to uncover documents related to laptop searches at the border. "The ACLU believes that suspicionless searches of laptops violate the First and Fourth Amendments," the group wrote in the suit, filed in a New...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:35:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business groups don't want new E-Verify requirements]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/news-analysis/business-groups-dont-verify-requirements/7199/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TechAmerica and others ask lawmakers to deal with their worries about E-Verify Some business groups don't want Congress to put more requirements for using the electronic employment eligibility verification system, E-Verify, by federal contractors. Trade associations that include TechAmerica and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Congress should deal with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:57:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another U.S. Cybersecurity Official Resigns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mischel Kwon, director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, submitted her resignation last week. Kwon will stay on with US-CERT until September, when she joins EMC's RSA cybersecurity division as VP of public sector security solutions. Though she has a new job, the Washington Post reported that Kwon's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Genen Soo-Hoo brings finer IT to N.Y.'s finest]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 GCN RISING STAR GCN recognizes the innovators who help keep government on the front line of IT Name: Genen Soo-Hoo Age: 29 Organization: New York City Police Department Title: Certified Web developer More on Rising Stars Rising Stars 2009GCN Rising StarsDHS' information architect has helped make data-sharing plans a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:32:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US-CERT director resigns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head of DHS' operational cybersecurity arm to step down Mischel Kwon, director of the Homeland Security Department???s United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) since June 2008, has resigned. As US-CERT director, Kwon has led DHS??? operational efforts to coordinate cyber incident detection, warning and response activities for civilian agencies???...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:09:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cogent Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions.  Your first question comes from Joel Fishbein &#8211; Lazard Capital Markets. Joel Fishbein &#8211; Lazard Capital Markets  Just very quickly, can you &#8211; Ming can you give us a little bit of color around the potential size of the DoD, BOSS-U,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security to Speak on New Import Security Filing Requirements at VCF/TPMA Import Guidelines & Best Practices Workshop]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VCF and TPMA ( www.vcfww.com ), the leading organizations fostering retail-supplier trading synchronization, announced today that John Jurgutis, Chief Program Manager with the Department of Homeland Security, will speak at the organizations' first Import Guidelines and Best Practices Workshop, to be held during the VCF/TPMA Annual Conference November 9-12th, 2008....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[MetaCarta and ArdentMC Provide Situational Awareness for DHS During National Conventions and Hurricanes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GEOINT 2008 Symposium -- MetaCarta, Inc., the leading provider of  geographic search and referencing solutions  and partner  ArdentMC  have provided a location-based situational awareness solution for the Department of Homeland Security National Operation Center NOC. The solution was used during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ICF International Awarded Department of Homeland Security Contract Valued at $9.5M]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICF International to Provide PMO Support to Fraud Detection and National Security Program  FAIRFAX, Va. -- ICF Incorporated, LLC, a subsidiary of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), announced today that it was awarded a recompete contract with U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS Fraud Detection and National Security Branch FDNS. The...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vangent Appoints Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Chief Medical Information Officer to Expand Vangent&#39;s Health Solutions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and strategic business process outsourcing solutions, today announced the appointment of Dr. Gary Klein as Chief Medical Officer CMO.  Dr. Klein draws from more than 20 years of notable achievements throughout the healthcare industry, including senior positions at the U....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Universal Detection Technology Receives Purchase Order From the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universal Detection Technology ( www.udetection.com ) (OTCBB: UNDT) (FRANKFURT: PO8), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter terrorism consulting and training services, reported today that it has received a purchase order for its anthrax detection equipment from...]]></description>
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