Modernization
Customs agency ponders acquisition storefront
Officials want to use a “storefront” e-procurement Web site to streamline the purchase of preapproved products and track orders.
Cybersecurity
DHS launches YouTube channel
The Homeland Security Department has a new YouTube channel with links to YouTube videos by FEMA, the Coast Guard and other agencies.
Cybersecurity
Witnesses: E-Verify system can't detect ID theft
Former agency officials told a Senate subcommittee that the E-Verify system for employment verification cannot detect identity theft.
Cybersecurity
IG: SBInet has too many contractors
SBInet's heavy reliance on contractors increases the risk of losing control of that program.
Cybersecurity
Real ID: States chase moving target
In the face of shifting deadlines and requirements, states are struggling to comply with the Real ID Act for making driver's licenses more secure.
Cybersecurity
Real ID compliance score card
Twenty-six states have enacted legislation that indicates their intentions regarding compliance with Real ID.
Cybersecurity
IG: Dulles IT security needs more work
The Homeland Security Department has made progress on IT security at Dulles International Airport, but gaps remain, says a new report.
Modernization
Two biometric systems being tested
The Homeland Security Department has started testing two ways in which government officials, not airlines, could collect biometrics from non-U.S. air travelers as they leave the country.
Cybersecurity
DHS expands RFID use at borders today
DHS has started the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which requires displaying eligible ID documents, most with RFID tags, at land and sea borders.
Modernization
CBP to spend $100M on SBInet
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will use the money to improve its border surveillance technology and communications.
Cybersecurity
Can we trust evaluations?
The government could publish internal evaluations of contractor performance, but in many cases, they are not reliable guides.
Cybersecurity
Audit: CBP still has problems with IT controls
The Customs and Border Protection agency continues to be weak in IT security, audit states.
Modernization
Building work starts on SBInet
The construction of 17 permanent towers for the SBInet system at the border of Arizona and Mexico started May 4.
Cybersecurity
DHS opens Global Entry program to Netherlands
DHS has signed an agreement with the Netherlands to jointly recognize each other's trusted traveler programs for air passengers.
Modernization
CBP updates trade data repository
The agency has updated its Automated Commercial Environment system to take into account new document rules.
Cybersecurity
IG: CBP didn't give auditors enough info on passenger system
DHS' inspector general said he did not receive enough information to fully assess the privacy and security enhancements to Customs and Border Protection's airline passenger database.
Cybersecurity
GAO: DHS has mixed record on FOIA
Some DHS agencies are falling behind on their Freedom of Information Act requests, while others saw improvement in the past two years, GAO says.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Miguel A. Rivera
Rivera laid the groundwork that allows departmentwide information sharing through the DHS Infrastructure Transformation Program.
Digital Government
Federal 100 winner: George Bressler
Bressler successfully mobilized representatives of 150 organizations — including state, local, federal and tribal government agencies — as lead coordinator for an anti-terrorism training exercise.
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