Homeland Security
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Concerned With Limitations In CBP’s Passenger Vehicle Scanners
New non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is beginning to deploy at land ports of entry to scan passenger vehicles as they are entering the U.S. […]
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Homeland SecurityGAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane
A new report by independent government auditors found the Coast Guard’s policy choices including design and construction concurrency, and the effects of a 2018 hurricane, have contributed to 40 percent […]
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CyberCISA Directs Federal Agencies To Remove Web Interfaces To Network Management Systems
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week directed federal civilian agencies to eliminate any public-facing interfaces to network management systems and devices to prevent access to these systems […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Panel Approves DHS Bills
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved several authorization bills for the Department of Homeland Security, including a measure directing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to […]
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CongressSenators Introduce Bill To Boost Screening Of Outbound Vehicles On Southern Border
Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Monday introduced a bill authorizing Customs and Border Protection to increase the number of vehicles being screened as they leave the […]
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CongressSenators Reintroduce Bill To Increase NII Scanning At Ports Of Entry
A bipartisan pair of senators on Tuesday reintroduced their bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to increase the percentages of passenger and cargo vehicles being screened by electronic […]
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CyberTSA To Add Tabletop Exercises As A Requirement In Cybersecurity Directives
As cybersecurity directives expire for covered infrastructures, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to reissue new directives with the added requirement that affected entities perform tabletop exercises to test their […]
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Homeland Security
IT Modernization Not Necessarily A Cost Saver, GAO Official Warns
Modernization of federal information technology (IT) system won’t necessarily result in cost savings for agencies, but new systems are more efficient, offer greater functionality and stronger security, a government audit […]
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Homeland SecuritySatellite Imagery Could Aid Border Patrol In Security With Situational Awareness, Official Says
ST. LOUIS–Earth observation data would be useful to the Border Patrol and its agents in the field to improve situational awareness around things like washed out trails and changing tactics […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Add $2 Billion For Border Wall; Fund Commercial Icebreaker
A House Appropriations panel on Thursday approved a $62.8 billion funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that provides $2.1 billion to restart the building of a security wall […]