Industry coalition plans interoperability program
(Government Computer News, Mar 04, 2010)
By William Jackson
SAN FRANCISCO — The Initiative for Open Authentication, an industry coalition promoting the use of open standards for interoperable strong authentication, used its annual meeting at this week’s RSA Security Conference to discuss plans for an interoperability certification program. The group, usually called OATH, considers interoperability one of its key focuses, said Don Malloy, the institute's marketing chief and director of business development for Nagra ID Security SA.
Association to judge fusion centers
(Government Computer News, Mar 04, 2010)
By Ben Bain
A non-profit association plans to assess state and local intelligence fusion centers that use information technology to share homeland security-related information.
New way pushed to verify workers' legal status
(Arizona Republic, Mar 05, 2010)
By Daniel González
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords is pushing for a new federal system to verify who is legally allowed to work in this country.
Be careful while preparing population register: Chidambaram tells officials
(Times of India, Mar 05, 2010)
NEW DELHI: With the gigantic Census exercise set to begin on April 1, the government on Thursday asked bordering districts (mainly along the Indo-Bangla border) to guard against people from across the border who may try to enroll their names in the National Population Register (NPR) -- a first ever attempt to create a comprehensive identity database in the country.
Homeland Security Committee Schedule - Week of March 8-12
(House Committee on Homeland Security, Mar 05, 2010)
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2pm
311 Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism Hearing
“Visa Security and Passenger Pre-Screening Efforts in the Wake of Flight 253”
Please follow the link for details.
