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Panel: Info-sharing key to counternarcotics efforts along border in Arizona
In counternarcotics efforts along the southwestern border in Arizona, successful information sharing hinges on a personal commitment from leaders, said Matthew Allen, Immigration and Customs...
CBP could require current employees to undergo polygraphs
CBP, which has undergone a rapid expansion of personnel in the past half-decade--especially in Border Patrol agents stationed along the southwestern border--has increasingly come under attention of justice and human rights watchdogs.
Schanzer: We're 'victims of our own success' on terrorist financing
Terrorists have largely opted out of formal banking thanks to Treasury Department efforts since 9/11, and they now finance their attacks underground more and aim for cheaper plots, said Jonathan Schanzer, a former Treasury official, on May 18.
TSA promises improved system for giving airport employees security badges
A new rule to overhaul the process that gives airport employees badges for unescorted access to secure areas should be available for public comment later this year.
No new metric for border security until 2013
A permanent metric to measure border security may be ready around the start of calendar year 2013, Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher told the House Homeland Security subcommittee on border and maritime security.
Langevin: CISPA is a 'good faith' effort to address cybersecurity
Speaking before a cybersecurity conference at the University of Rhode Island, Langevin said (.pdf) CISPA represents "a good-faith effort to come together in a first step towards better cybersecurity for our nation."
THIRA guidance falls short, say state and local associations
A new Federal Emergency Management Agency all-hazards risk analysis methodology the agency says it'll use to identify regional preparedness gaps and fiscal 2013 grants came under criticism from state and local officials during an April 26 House hearing.
Be afraid of the cyber threat from Tehran, advises House panel
Iran has reportedly invested "over $1 billion in developing their cyber capabilities." According to the Office of Management and Budget, federal agencies spent at least $13 billion during fiscal 2011 alone on unclassified cybersecurity efforts.
Lewis: Cybersecurity legislation must address critical infrastructure
There has been much contention around whether agencies can or should regulate critical infrastructure, but if it doesn't happen "Congress will have failed," said James Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' technology and public policy program.
Colombia prostitution scandal fallout widens
Fallout from the Colombia prostitution scandal continues to widen, with the Secret Service announcing that a total of six agents have been ousted from their jobs and another one implicated in goings on in Cartagena, Colombia.
