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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 wants a better info-sharing plan
It looks like DHS secretary Janet Napolitano is running a 24/7 shop. In her latest announcement, she and Attorney General Eric Holder released a report by the Presidential Interagency Task Force on... Read more...
Scramble to keep breached TSA documents offline
The headaches continue for the Transportation Security Administration over the breach of a sensitive airport screening manual that was published on the Internet by a government worker. Three... Read more...
DHS turns to IT to hire 65,700 workers
It's not your father's federal government anymore. And it's not his HR department either. Jeffrey Neal, the personnel chief for the Department of Homeland Security, has a major challenge on his desk:... Read more...
TSA workers disciplined after massive breach
The Department of Homeland Security has taken unspecified action against a number of Transportation Security Administration employees following the leak of a massive document that revealed airport... Read more...
Lawmakers seek biometric exit system for immigrants
The U.S. government is turning to information technology to modernize just about everything and deploy it for critical law enforcement efforts, including tracking immigrants leaving the United... Read more...
DHS to hire 1,000 cybersecurity experts
The floodgates are opening slowly at the Department of Homeland Security, where up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts will be hired in the next next three years. Homeland Security Secretary Janet... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: DHS secretary fights for PASS ID
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is hard at work making PASS ID, a new law to replace REAL ID, which would give states more flexibility and federal funding. She has taken... Read more...
DHS seeks synergy with DoD, private sector
The federal government's cybersecurity apparatus remains uncoordinated, fragmented, and full of turf battles and unresolved sensitive issues. The Department of Homeland Security, for example, has... Read more...
DHS takes on YouTube
The Department of Homeland Security is definitely ‘with it.' Not content to issue information on paper or online, it has launched its new YouTube channel to enhance its "web presence, increase... Read more...
