Artificial Intelligence
AI can enhance border security but won’t close workforce gap, lawmakers say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is facing a “major shortfall” of about 5,000 personnel, according to Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif.
Digital Government
House Democrats say they’re still concerned with CBP One
The app is part of the administration’s push to encourage migrants to use legal pathways to enter the U.S.
Digital Government
Tech questions at the border
Critics say the Customs and Border Protection app CBP One is glitchy and unfair to migrants.
Emerging Tech
Autonomous tech featured in Senate border and foreign aid bill
The Senate’s proposed $118 billion immigration and foreign aid package includes more than $260 million to deploy emerging technologies to secure the border.
Artificial Intelligence
Priming the workforce is key to future AI efforts, federal IT leaders say
One agency tech leader is urging IT workers inside government and out to "get into the shallow end of the AI swimming pool" and experiment with the new tools.
Artificial Intelligence
What are agencies doing with AI? A bipartisan Senate duo wants to know.
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, sent letters to three federal agencies probing into their use of artificial intelligence systems.
Digital Government
CBP: RFID doesn't work if you're in the wrong line
IT can accomplish only so much, Customs and Border Protection finds as it focuses on the human factor.
Digital Government
IG, Border Protection debate consolidation's benefits
Should the CBP use the Coast Guard's aviation logistics system or buy its own? The agency and DHS's IG disagree.
Modernization
Border patrol drone program plagued with problems
Customs and Border Protection's drone surveillance program lacks a consistent budget and isn't well planned, audit finds.
Cybersecurity
Customs and Border Protection not taking privacy seriously, audit says
Customs and Border Protection collects millions of pieces of information on travelers each year, but has only a part-time privacy officer.
Cybersecurity
Border Patrol relies on data analysis in new strategic plan
The Border Patrol describes a "whole-of-government" approach, reduces need for fences and agents.
Cybersecurity
Technology plays smaller role in new border patrol strategy
The Border Patrol, following the failure of SBINet, reduces its reliance on technology in new strategy.
Cybersecurity
CBP snafu exposes proprietary information
Customs and Border Protection took down documents included in a solicitation for the "virtual border fence" project that may have included proprietary contractor information.
Cybersecurity
Border Patrol and ICE data systems not working together, IG says
Stovepiped data systems are contributing to tensions in the operational relationship between the Border Patrol and ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit.
Cybersecurity
DHS demands turnkey-ready border system
The Homeland Security Department is giving a strong warning to vendors about its needs for the next phase of border surveillance technology strategy.
Cybersecurity
Border Protection Commissioner resigns
Customs and Border Protection Commission Alan Bersin, never confirmed by the Senate, is resiging Dec. 30.
Cybersecurity
DHS changes approach to border technology
The Homeland Security Department is developing 'capability-based' purchasing framework.
Cybersecurity
SBInet redux? GAO criticizes gaps in planning for next border technologies
With the echoes of SBInet less than a year old, the Homeland Security Department is embarking on another $1.5 billion border technology strategy without sufficient planning, according to an audit.
Modernization
4 steps to take before buying cloud services
When moving to the cloud, agencies need to know the right questions to ask their vendor, says CBP's Wolf Tombe.
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