The Department of Homeland Security has opened new slots in its Loaned Executive Program for private sector executives to hold government positions in travel and tourism programs. Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS deputy secretary, said
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The Department of Homeland Security is updating its computing and communication infrastructures as part of the agency’s efforts to bolster cybersecurity, Information Week reported Friday. Henry Kenyon writes that DHS and the
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McKinsey & Company projects that freeing up data from seven sectors could generate up to $3 trillion in revenue for companies who rely on government open data to run their business, Nextgov reported
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President Barack Obama has asked federal agencies that handle export-import operations to centralize those process and work to remove redundant paperwork requests, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jack Moore writes Obama signed an
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W. Ralph Basham formerly served as commissioner of the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection, the agency tasked with monitoring and securing U.S. borders. Basham most recently served as director of both
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Luke McCormack, a former chief information officer for the Department of Homeland Security‘s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, has been nominated to return to DHS as its CIO. He held the CIO role
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Customs and Border Protection has started sending furlough notices to all of its 60,000 employees as the agency aims to make $754 million in cuts required under sequestration, GovExec reports. Furloughs will
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DHS’ Customs and Border Protection is expanding its cloud services technology with modernized IT infrastructure, according to a Federal News Radio article. “We have a number of infrastructure components at the server level,
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Some agency budgets were dealt cuts while others received increases in the fiscal year 2012 spending deal struck last week. In the mix of ups and downs, contractors came away with more certainty.
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Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin has announced his resignation after nearly two years at the CBP. “My service as commissioner has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my
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