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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…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

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