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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
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. |
CIO
September 1, 2005
Allan Holmes |
Cheap, Fast or Secure--Pick Two Four years after 9/11, the United States has a biometrics screening system for foreign visitors called US-Visit. The program came in on time and within budget, but proper programming procedures were not followed due to the tight deadline. |
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
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
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. |
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 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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
January 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Government Reports Depict Alternate Realities Federal agency reports can be notoriously oblivious to facts. |
U.S. Banker
December 2001
Mark Bruno |
Biometrics' Day Has Come Demand for biometrics security technology appears to be rising as a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. If production actually does pick up, prices could decline and banks could become major buyers... |
National Defense
May 2004
Kennedy & Tiron |
Securitybeat U.S. Beefs Up Security On Railway Systems... Budget Amendment Good News for DHS... Air Force Adopts Biometrics Security Systems... etc. |
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Citizens Invited to Participate in DHS Major Review The Department of Homeland Security wants to harness the "wisdom of crowds" into a major strategic review that is due to Congress in December. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Joshua J. Romero |
Fast Start for World's Biggest Biometrics ID Project In India, a few million people have been registered for a biometric database so far - only a billion left to go. |
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. |
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
Myra S. Gray |
Defense Dept. 'Institutionalizing' Use of Biometrics Biometrics use crosses all services. The Army is using biometrics to assist in identifying detainees in war zones |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Put the 'H.S.' Back in DHS, Says Leading Department Critic The Department of Homeland Security is still learning the ropes years after its creation because so much of what it does has nothing to do with homeland security and counterterrorism. |
National Defense
August 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Former staffer becomes leading DHS critic Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin has emerged in recent months as one of the department's leading critics, and one with some credibility. |
Inc.
May 2005
Brian L. Clark |
Targeting the DHS The Department of Homeland Security has $40 billion to spend. Here's how to get a piece of it. |
National Defense
April 2009 |
Border Security The U.S. has limited ability to prevent dangerous materials from reaching the shores. |
