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Cyber

HSPD-12 Implementation Lacking At DHS, IG Finds

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Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not made it a priority to implement a White House mandated standards-based credentialing and access control program for federal employees and contractors and will not meet an extended deadline for when its employees and contractors were supposed to be issued and using new credentials, the department's Inspector General (IG) says in a report released this week. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12, which created a policy for common identification credentials…

Congress

HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW

House defense authorizers added a measure to their version of the next defense policy bill that would expand the list of weapons platforms eligible for multi-year contracts, to include the […]

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]