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National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Technology Continues to Flow to Southwest Border While the Department of Homeland Security conducts a program review of its troubled border fence program, Customs and Border Protection has not stopped deploying new sensors in the Southwest.
National Defense February 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Leaders Inherit Litany of Procurement Woes There is a new administration and a new Congress. But will it be a new day for the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires technology?
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson	Johnson Latest DHS Secretary to Waive 100 Percent Cargo Screening Mandate Despite a long string of secretaries and Customs and Border Protection commissioners speaking out against the practicality of the law, some members of Congress are still pushing DHS to fulfill the mandate.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005	Homeland Security Briefs DHS begins second phase of Arizona border effort... Northrop Grumman lays keel for National Security Cutter... DHS announces support for rail hazmat placards...
National Defense February 2014 Stew Magnuson	Personnel, Leadership Issues Continue to Plague DHS Government shutdowns and freezes in pay have taken their toll on the morale of federal workers -- particularly those at the Department of Homeland Security, according to a recent survey.
InternetNews March 4, 2010	DHS Chief: Security Requires Faster Response Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told security experts and media that while many great ideas have been suggested, less talk and more action is needed to safeguard government and corporate networks.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Bad News All Around for DHS Cargo Technology Programs The Department of Homeland Security's advanced radiation detection portal monitor program continues to struggle.
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson	Sociologist's Book Documents DHS' Virtual Border Wall Failures Robert Lee Maril has written, "The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration along the U.S.-Mexico Border," an investigation of Customs and Border Protection's controversial Secure Border Initiative program, and its efforts to construct a so-called "virtual" wall in Arizona.
National Defense April 2009 Rusling et al.	Border Patrol Meets Hiring Goals, Looks to Add More Officers U.S. Customs and Border Protection now employs more than 18,000 border personnel, and aims to increase the number to 20,000 by September.
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.
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 September 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Inspector General Slams Secure Border Initiative Oversight The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has faulted Customs and Border Protection for failing to properly oversee work on the Secure Border Initiative.
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Robert N. Charette	Napolitano Cancels the US $1 Billion SBInet Virtual Fence Project SBInet II said to cost US $750 million, assembled from proven off-the-shelf technology
National Defense September 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Technology Chief to Reduce Number of Programs Eight months after taking over the division, Tara O'Toole's conclusion is that there are too many technologies in the pipeline, with most of them never reaching the hands of the first responders in the field who need them.
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson	Firms That Help DHS Save Money Will Make Money, Analysts Say The days of big price tag, cutting-edge technology acquisitions at the Department of Homeland Security are over.
National Defense February 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Making 'Moderate' Gains in Acquisition Management The Department of Homeland Security in 2009 made some improvements to the way it acquires technology and services.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Briefs T.F. Green Airport testing explosive trace- detection technology for pilot program... DHS UAVs operating in Arizona support border security... DHS launches Office of Inter-operability and Compatibility... etc.
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Cost of New Border Fencing Could Reach $47 Billion A series of cameras and sensors linked to Border Patrol vehicles and a command and control center south of Tucson, Ariz., was meant to serve as a test bed for a so-called virtual fence.
InternetNews February 4, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Napolitano Urged to Act on Border Laptop Seizures Homeland security advisers press for greater oversight by privacy officials.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Napolitano Keeps DHS on the Hop With cybersecurity, information sharing and risk analysis on the agenda for next week, the new Homeland Security secretary is looking to patch holes, fast.
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson	Customs and Border Protection Revamps Acquisition Strategy The man charged with putting Customs and Border Protection's house in order when it comes to its technology acquisition programs said simply transferring Defense Department practices over to the Department of Homeland Security doesn't always work.
National Defense May 2011 Stew Magnuson	As DHS Embarks on Virtual Fence Part III, Global Border Technology Business Grows The year-long hold on Customs and Border Protection's controversial Secure Border Initiative will do little to dampen the market for technologies that can monitor international lines of demarcation, said an analyst who predicts growing global sales in the sector.
National Defense August 2011 Stew Magnuson	Where in the World Is Janet Napolitano? Since her first visit to Germany in March 2009, Department of Homeland Secretary Napolitano has been to 24 different countries, some multiple times, according to DHS press releases.
National Defense May 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	DHS Struggles to Find Effective Measures for Border Security Since 2010, the Department of Homeland Security has been working on its Border Condition Index. The index -- which is meant to evaluate the state of border security -- will examine data and trends, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
National Defense February 2007 Stew Magnuson	DHS Technology Chief to Focus on Explosives Threat The Pentagon will have some help in its ongoing effort to defeat improvised explosive devices if Jay Cohen, director of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, gets his way.
National Defense April 2006 Stew Magnuson	Drones Patrolling the Border The Border Patrol will fly a second unmanned aerial vehicle over the Arizona desert beginning this June. The first Predator B flight assisted in nabbing more than 1,000 illegal immigrants and 400 pounds of narcotics.
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson	DHS Considers Reviving Dormant Joint Requirements Council Nothing is more maddening to budget hawks and government watchdogs than two different agencies setting out to purchase the same technology in separate acquisition programs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006	DHS Employs GTS Command and Control System to Boost Border Patrol Efforts Executives at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Southeastern Arizona opted to bolster the border-security system with FusionCommand technology Global Technical Systems (GTS).
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Despite Virtual Border Fence's Demise, DHS Spending Big on New Sensor Systems DHS has not soured on technology to monitor the borders, though. Plans call for more than $800 million to be spent in the near term on sensor systems and unmanned aircraft.
National Defense July 2006 Stew Magnuson	Role of Unmanned Aircraft Questioned Where and when UAVs can fly in U.S. airspace remains the purview of the Federal Aviation Administration, which has taken a conservative stance on their use. The FAA may be busy in the coming months.
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy	Spending Climbs Into Billions, But Skepticism Grows Fueled by worries about terrorism, illegal immigration and drug smuggling, U.S. spending for border security is skyrocketing, but critics complain that much of the money is being wasted.
National Defense March 2009 Matthew Rusling	Study Blasts Container Scanning Process A new study adds fuel to an ongoing dispute between Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. The issue: screening U.S.-bound shipping containers.
National Defense September 2009 Tessa Gellerson	Lack of Funding Leads to Federal Building Security Failures In a covert intrusion test, General Accountability Office investigators successfully penetrated 10 government facilities revealing widespread disorganization, and fundamental security failures within the Federal Protective Service.
National Defense May 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	DHS Seeks Firms to Repair Border Fence The Department of Homeland Security is seeking contractors to repair and maintain fences along the U.S.-Mexico border.
National Defense December 2010 Eric Beidel	With SBInet In Limbo, Border Technology Is Anyone's Game The Department of Homeland Security's program to deploy a network of cutting-edge cameras, sensors and communication technologies along the southwest border has hit its share of snags and more recently a wall.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	DHS Seeks Enhanced Imaging Technology for Non-Intrusive Inspection of Shipping Containers The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested proposals for non-intrusive inspection technologies to enable Customs and Border Protection agents to inspect cargo containers without opening them.
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 August 2010 Stew Magnuson	Military Technology Considered For U.S. Border Surveillance Raven unmanned aerial vehicles, blimps with cameras that could peer into Mexico and electro-optical cameras are among the items that could be used on the border.
National Defense March 2009 Matthew Rusling	After Six Years, Still No Tamper-Proof Shipping Containers After a six-year search for a tamper-proof shipping container, no product has been fielded and one major vendor has dropped out of the race, citing a lack of progress by the Department of Homeland Security.
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson	Bill Coming Due for Last Decade's Border Buildup Congressional mandates of the 2000s designed to bolster the Southwest border are coming back to impact the federal budget in a negative way, said a former Customs and Border Protection commissioner.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Plan to Protect U.S. Ports Homes In on Contraband The challenge facing the DHS, importers and the shipping industry is to prevent weapons of mass destruction, would-be illegal immigrants and contraband from entering U.S. ports -- including overland traffic from Canada and Mexico -- without disrupting the flow of goods.
National Defense September 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Washington Insiders Question Federal Role In Homeland Security DHS' federal-centric governance is an outdated hierarchical model that is ill-suited to the post-industrial digital age, says John Fass Morton, author of a new book titled "Next-Generation Homeland Security: Network Federalism and the Course to National Preparedness."
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John McHale	Aircraft countermeasure, Coast Guard DeepWater see big budget increases The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year 2006 budget request has significant increases for commercial aircraft countermeasures technology and the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater System program.
National Defense November 2012 Stew Magnuson	DHS Reports Huge Interest in New Border Camera Program With so few new acquisition programs in the pipeline at the Defense Department, it is perhaps no surprise that all the major contractors are competing for Customs and Border Protection's latest attempt to field a $1.5 billion camera system in the Southwest.
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 December 5, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Cyber Threats Await Next Homeland Security Chief How might Obama's appointment to head the DHS turn things around for the department? Experts weigh in.
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.
National Defense November 2011 Stew Magnuson	Border Patrol to Unveil New Strategy, Doctrine The Border Patrol will release a revamped strategy by the end of the year that will reflect new realities on the ground as well as the influx of technologies it has received during the past decade.
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson	Border Patrol Chief Wary of Technology Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said he casts a wary eye on one-size-fits-all technical solutions that are designed to help agents keep tabs on the lands that separate the United States from Canada and Mexico.