The Coast Guard needs more funding to protect the homeland, particularly in intercepting drug smugglers at sea, Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) said on Tuesday, and he expressed his disappointment that the Department of Homeland Security’s budget request for fiscal year 2021 excludes construction ...

By 2023 the U.S. government will significantly expand the percentages of commercial and passenger vehicles entering the U.S. through land parts of entry on the southwest border as the Department of Homeland Security ramps up purchases of scanning equipment, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s external advisory council has been tasked with four new assignments, including a review of its approach to biometric identity management, risks associated with information and communication technology (ICT), and how the department can help secure the nation’ ...

As the use of 3D printing increases and becomes more widespread and less costly, it presents a range of potential threats and benefits to the nation’s security, according to a new report. Potential threats include untraceable weapons and parts, explosives, sabotaging critical parts, concealing ...

Threats to public safety and security from drones will continue to grow in the coming years yet the federal bureaucracy is moving too slow to take advantage of its authorities to test and deploy technologies to combat these concerns, according to a final report from an advisory panel to the ...

The Coast Guard has initiated a “Tech Revolution” to modernize its information technology systems and plans to strengthen its outreach to the technology community, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said on Thursday. The technology revolution is a “whole of service effort to empower our ...