Homeland Security
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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 SecurityIT 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 […]
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Congress
Senate Homeland Panel Advances Commercial Satellite Cybersecurity Bill
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill aimed at helping commercial satellite companies, in particular small businesses, strengthen the cybersecurity of their systems […]
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Homeland SecurityCBP’s IT Office Offers Two New Contracting Opportunities
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT) last Friday announced two new enterprise contracting opportunities, including one for small businesses. The new multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreements […]
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Homeland SecurityHouse Republicans Pass Border Security Bill
House Republicans on Thursday passed their border security bill that would that would authorize at least 900 miles of a wall and related technology and infrastructure along the nation’s southwest […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Needs to Leverage Its Data, Fagan Says
The Coast Guard has decades of data it has collected but has done a poor job making use of it, the service’s commandant said on Wednesday. The Coast Guard has […]