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Homeland Security

TSA Issues RFP for CAT/BPSS

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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Credential Authentication Technology-Boarding Pass Scanner System (CAT/BPSS), which will allow a user to identify fraudulent identifications and boarding passes. Most legitimate forms of identification issued today, including such IDs as passports and driver's licenses, include some form of encoded data that is written into the article by the issuing authority in one or more widely accepted formats. The most common formats include one and two dimensional…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]