Cybersecurity
DHS OIG slams USCIS on immigration IT
DHS Inspector General John Roth took a hard line on USCIS's lagging immigration benefits processing system in an audit that covered an 11-year cycle of IT shortcomings and agency resistance to independent examinations.
Cybersecurity
How USCIS consolidates immigration data
The agency in charge of processing immigrant visa and naturalization petitions, asylum and refugee applications has a data query service that rounds up data from across DHS.
People
Immigration agency widens tech exec search
The agency responsible for processing green cards, citizenship applications and a host of other immigration paperwork is looking for candidates with technical and DevOps experience to fill two deputy CIO slots.
Cybersecurity
DHS plans expanded social media checks on Syrian refugees
Members of Congress are looking to DHS for a more complete regime of social media background checks on Syrian refugees looking to enter the U.S.
Cybersecurity
Immigration agency adds new deputy CIO job
The U.S. Customs and Immigration Services created new deputy CIO slot to help balance everyday IT operations and burgeoning DevOps, agile and cloud activities.
Cybersecurity
IG: Human traffickers exploit data gaps at DHS
Ineffective data gathering and sharing between ICE and USCIS aid human traffickers, an IG report says.
Cybersecurity
'Agile' means different things across DHS
As the Department of Homeland Security moves to more nimble technology acquisition efforts, its various components sometimes have different ideas of what that can mean.
Cybersecurity
Obama on Facebook, DHS form woes and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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