Transportation Department Addresses Information Security Funding Needs

The Transportation Department is working with the Bush administration to ensure that information security is not left behind as increasing amounts of money go to strengthen the other forms of security throughout the department, top information technology officials said Jan. 14.. . . The Transportation Department is working with the Bush administration to ensure that information security is not left behind as increasing amounts of money go to strengthen the other forms of security throughout the department, top information technology officials said Jan. 14.

DOT, and particularly the Federal Aviation Administration, received a good portion of the emergency supplemental funding made available by Congress to address homeland security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But despite numerous requests, none of that money has gone to information security needs, said Eugene Taylor, DOT's deputy chief information officer, at the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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