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InternetNews
June 1, 2004
Roy Mark |
Accenture Lands Potential $10B Federal Contract Company to employ biometrics as part of Department of Homeland Defense's virtual border program.   |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2004 |
DHS to Begin Biometric Exit Pilot as Part of US-VISIT Program Digital finger scans and digital photographs are the biometric technology currently in use under the US-VISIT program. Any foreign visitor with a visa who leaves the U.S. through one of the pilot locations is required to comply with the exit procedure. |
National Defense
March 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
U.S.-Canadian Border Crossings to Tighten Security The bridges and border control stations on the U.S.-Canada border are undergoing strategic overhauls, not only to increase security but also to ensure rapid throughput of commercial traffic, leaders from both nations recently announced. |
National Defense
November 2009
Wright & Magnuson |
US-VISIT Examines Latest Attempt to Keep Exit Records The Department of Homeland Security expects to release a report by the end of the year detailing the results of its latest effort to scan fingerprints and snap photos of foreign nationals as they exit the country. |
National Defense
January 2008
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Pressing On With Troubled Technology Programs Whether it is program delays, public uproars over its policies, court challenges or accusations of mismanagement, nothing ever seems to go smoothly for DHS. Many of these controversial programs involve the development of new technologies. |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Airlines Collecting Exit Data from Travelers Still Possible, DHS Official Says A controversial plan to have airlines collect biometric data from foreign passengers leaving the United States is still a possibility, a Department of Homeland Security official said. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Face, Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics Good Enough for Now, Says White House Staffer Federal agencies that collect biometric data to screen individuals should concentrate their efforts on fingerprints, faces and irises, and perfect the collection of those technologies first. |
National Defense
January 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Renewed Push to Collect Exit Data at Airports, Land Crossings The United States has never required foreigners to present their travel documents before leaving so authorities can't be certain who is or isn't overstaying a visa, a flaw that Congress has mandated that the executive branch remedy. |
National Defense
July 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Biometric Check on U.S. Visitors Drawing Criticism A controversial effort by the Department of Homeland security to create a biometric computer system to keep tabs on all foreigners entering and leaving the country is drawing increasing flak at home and abroad. |
InternetNews
June 18, 2004
Roy Mark |
House Approves $10B Accenture Deal One last effort to kill a potential $10 billion deal between Accenture and the Department of Homeland Security failed Friday on a largely partisan 221-182 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
National Defense
November 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Fear of Terror Weapons Drives Tech Funding With the nation in the throes of the so-called "long war," it is no surprise that the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security's research dollars is going toward technologies designed to prevent terrorist attacks. |
National Defense
January 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Defense Department Under Pressure to Share Biometric Data Within minutes of knocking down the door of a suspected bomb maker in Iraq, U.S. troops can fingerprint everyone they find inside, send the scans across a satellite link, and find out if the subjects are suspected terrorists. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004 |
Briefs TSA Begins Second Phase of Rail-Security Experiment... Hand-Held Guide to "Most Wanted Terrorists" Revised... DHS Awards of US-VISIT Prime Contract to Accenture LLP... etc. |
National Defense
February 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Smart Fence, Not Stupid Fence, Says Chertoff Security Beat: Smart Fences for Border Control... DHS Scraps Flight List Plan... Coast Guard to Deploy UAV... N.J. Beefs Up Chemical Plant Security... FEMA Struggled to Track Commodities... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2007
John McHale |
Homeland Security Budget and Market Show Steady Growth Nearly half a decade old, the U.S. DHS is showing moderate growth in its budget request, while funding for research and development focuses on more solutions for today than for programs 20 years in the future. |
National Defense
April 2009
Rusling, Erwin & Magnuson |
Letting Local Police Check Detainees' Immigration Status Causes Concern The Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a new initiative to allow local police to check the immigration status of those persons it takes under custody. The plan has sparked protest by at least one human rights group. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Arbitrary Seizure of Travelers' Laptops Ending? Fourth Amendment rights could be restored at the border. |
National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson |
U.S. Government Driving The Advance of Biometric Technologies Technology companies are rapidly developing biometric devices. But privacy policies, the tech backbone to effectively connect the scanners, and a market beyond the U.S. government, are lagging. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Napolitano Urged to Act on Border Laptop Seizures Homeland security advisers press for greater oversight by privacy officials. |
CIO
October 29, 2014
Dunst & Brook |
Confidential Business Data at Risk at the Border U.S. agents can search and seize the laptops of international travelers at the border, so take precautions to protect confidential business information |
National Defense
January 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Biometrics Program Expands A Coast Guard effort to collect and analyze biometric data gathered at sea has expanded and will be made into an official program next year, said a senior technologist from the service. |
