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Bill creates Intel IG; E-Verify fails half the time;
> Bill creates Intel IG. Article > E-Verify fails half the time. Article > DHS awards $57M contract to InfoPro. Article > Next generation data centers. Article > Applying to military... Read more...
DHS to share aviation info with Israel
In a new partnership, the Department of Homeland Security and Israel signed an agreement this week to work together to share information more quickly about civil aviation incidents. "The real-time... Read more...
DHS may scrap border control fence
The Department of Homeland Security is deciding whether to give up on a project that would install cameras, radar and ground sensors along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The project is... Read more...
DHS finally gets an intel chief
Caryn Wagner, whose confirmation was among two dozen held up in the Senate, was confirmed last week to head DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). A hold had been placed on Wagner's... Read more...
DHS uses social network for border watch
The Department of Homeland Security is using a social network to help keep an eye on the Southwest Border. The agency has launched a site called Ourborder.ning.com. The idea is to give the public a... Read more...
DHS plans cybersecurity, data center investments
The proposed federal budget released by the Obama administration last week calls for $900 billion in technology-related investment at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It includes $192.2... Read more...
Secret agency goes public with budget request
There's a new wave of transparency in government, and one super-secret agency just went public as a result. The Obama administration released its $3.8 trillion budget request for 2011 on Monday,... Read more...
U.S. gears up tech for Winter Olympics
The federal government is getting ready for the upcoming winter Olympics next month in Canada, about 50 miles from the U.S. command site. U.S. security agencies have been meeting for six years to get... Read more...
U.S. embassies fail on visa watch
In the wake of the Christmas Day terrorist bombing attempt, new attention is being focused on the visa application process at U.S. embassies. In a letter sent this week to Secretary of State Hillary... Read more...
IG: DHS gets good grades on intel
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general gave DHS some good grades for maintaining an effective information security management program for its intelligence unit. In an unclassified... Read more...
