Charles Armstrong has departed the role of chief information officer for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Fedscoop reported Friday. Greg Otto writes Armstrong aided the CBP in its effort to transition its applications to
MoreThe Texas Department of Public Safety has kicked off search for small surveillance balloons intended to help detect drug trafficking and smuggling on the border, Valley Central reported Friday. Dave Hendricks writes
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has begun the performance tests for the General Atomics-built Predator B unmanned aircraft system at a demonstration set to take place at a civilian airport in Texas.
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin the initial deployment of facial comparison technology at John F. Kennedy International Airport to verify the identity of some travelers entering the U.S. CBP said
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security has issued a job announcement for available positions under the Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative across 45 locations in the U.S. DHS said in a notice
MoreThe U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to test a biometric technology at the Otay Mesa crossing as part of an effort to bolster the identification process for non-U.S. citizens that enter
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Mark Borkowski has served as the assistant commissioner and component acquisition executive of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection‘s Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition since 2010. He is responsible for the execution of technology
MoreFrost & Sullivan reports that cybersecurity and border security vendors may see potential contracting opportunities with the Department of Homeland Security following the department’s request for $51.95 billion in discretionary funds for 2016. The
MoreThe House Appropriations Committee’s proposed fiscal year 2016 budget for the Department of Homeland Security includes $39.3 billion for discretionary spending and would block the funding of activities related to President Barack Obama’s
MoreSome federal agency and industry officials are pushing for a streamlined federal acquisition process to encourage and keep up with technology innovation, Fedscoop reported. Dan Verton writes that Wolf Tombe, chief technology officer
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