Reporter: Business/Homeland Security
Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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Homeland SecurityAfter GAO Upholds Raytheon’s IFT Protest, CBP Reevaluating Proposals
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will reevaluate proposals it had received for a fixed surveillance tower system program after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week upheld a protest by […]
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U.S. Farnborough Delegation. The United States Government delegation at this week’s Farnborough International Air Show near London will be led by Air Force Secretary Deborah James and will include officials […]
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Business/FinancialAirbus Group Sells Majority Share In Test & Services Business
France’s Airbus Group on Thursday said it has sold a nearly 67 percent stake in its Test & Services business to a group of private equity investors in Europe, part […]
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BudgetJohnson Says ICE, CBP Will Run Out Of Money Without Emergency Supplemental
If Congress doesn’t approve by August a $3.7 billion emergency supplemental bill that deals with the recent surge of unaccompanied children at the southern border, then two Department of Homeland […]
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CongressHouse Passes Bills For Chemical and Border Security, Emergency Communications
The House Tuesday night approved with little opposition several homeland security bills dealing with chemical and border security, and emergency communications. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program Authorization and […]
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ArmyUpgraded DoD ABIS Clears One Test Hurdle, Readies For Independent Evaluation
Customer testing of the Defense Department’s upgraded biometric database was successful, clearing the way for an independent operational test of the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) this fall that would […]
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CongressSenate Intel Committee Approves Cybersecurity Information Sharing Bill
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday approved 12-3 a bill designed to promote the sharing of information between the private sector and the federal government and that also includes liability […]
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BudgetSupplemental Bill To Address Surge In Child Border Crossings Includes Air Surveillance Funds
The Obama administration on Tuesday sent Congress a $3.7 billion emergency request to address a surge in illegal child and adult migration from Central America into Texas, including funds for […]
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CyberEconomics Of Cyber Security Still Not Understood, White House Official Says
The challenges and solutions to securing cyberspace are essentially understood yet people won’t make the necessary fixes because in part the economics and human behavior of cyber security are misunderstood, […]
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Business/FinancialJacobs Engineering Acquires Verizon’s Federal Network Systems Business
Jacobs Engineering Group [JEC] on Tuesday said it has completed its acquisition of Verizon’s [VZ] Federal Network Systems (FNS) business, expanding its capabilities in the intelligence community. Terms of the […]