DOT IG Finds Lower Incident Rates at Contractor Towers
Auditors at the Transportation Department found lower rates of safety incidents occurred at contract towers compared to towers run by the Federal Aviation Administration, Fierce Government reports. The department’s office of the inspector general compared 240 contract towers and 92 similar FAA towers for its report. Pilots, flight instructors, airport officials and other aviation stakeholders [...]
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency wants to acquire 17,676 Apple iPhone devices for its staff, officially replacing Blackberry phones after eight years, Information Week reports. J. Nicholas Hoover writes ICE is among several agencies that are switching to Apple iOS devices from Blackberry, including the Federal Air Marshall Service, Coast Guard, Transportation Security [...]
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants a contractor to develop new tools for analyzing security vulnerabilities on the military’s Android applications, Nextgov reports. According to Dawn Lim’s story, ground troops could use the apps to collect and post data on bomb threats, observations and incidents. Soldiers could also upload intelligence onto maps for [...]
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The Labor Department is seeking a contractor to move its email and collaboration tools to a cloud computing infrastructure, Nextgov reports. Citing a Wednesday request for proposals, Joseph Marks reports the department wants the single email system to combine separate legacy systems from the department’s nine major divisions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics would have [...]
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The Transportation Department wants to research technologies that support automation, decision making tools and human-machine interfaces, according to a May 15 request for information. DOT’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center wants organizations to help develop human-vehicle systems, manned and unmanned vehicles and workstations. Respondents can submit ideas for testing resilience of air and ground [...]
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced in February that it will partner with the state of Maryland to establish a cybersecurity center near NIST’s Gathersburg, Md. headquarters. NIST said the center will handle cases for interoperable cybersecurity templates related to health information technology, cloud computing, mobility and cryptography. The Commerce Department has now announced the center [...]
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