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DHS ends SBINet virtual fence
The controversial project to build an electronic fence along the country's southern border is being terminated.
Tags: DHS , CBP , SBINet , technology , immigration , terrorism , Bennie Thompson , Joe Lieberman , security , virtual fence , Peter King
Package ignites at D.C. postal facility
A package that ignited at a D.C. postal facility on Friday is similar to two incendiary devices that were opened in Maryland, an FBI spokesperson says.
Tags: packages , D.C. police , postal facility , Brentwood Post Office , Lindsay Godwin , FBI , U.S. Postal Service , Joanne Veto , Cathy Lanier , Department of Homeland Security ,
DHS counts increasing cybersecurity among highlights
DHS secretary Janet Napolitano included cybersecurity advancements among the department's 2010 accomplishments
Tags: Federal Drive , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , DHS ,
DHS, GSA want feds to 'say something'
The Federal Protective Service is putting posters in 9,000 federal buildings this week, along with a special toll-free hotline, urging federal workers to report suspicious activity.
Tags: management , Martha Johnson , Patterson , DHS, GSA, FPS , federal buildings , building security , Jared Serbu
TSA uproar highlights national security balancing act
The public anger over the TSA safety measures show how difficult it is for the Obama administration to balance national security and individuals' privacy.
Tags: TSA , screening , security , privacy , Robert Gibbs , Washington Post , Politico , John Gage , AFGE , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider
DHS expands E-verify employment checks
The E-Verify program is expanding to include U.S. passports and passport cards for employment verification.
Tags: Alejandro Mayorkas , USCIS , E-verify , technology , immigration , employment verification , Jolie Lee , management
Obama administration's Veterans Day plans
The Washington Post reports on what the administration's top officials are doing to mark Veterans Day.
Tags: Barack Obama , Michelle Obama , Robert Gates , Veterans Day , VA , Washington Post , Ed O'Keefe , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider
King would increase DHS oversight if named chairman
In the next few weeks, House Republicans will select new committee chairmen, and Congressman Peter King is the presumptive chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. He wants to take the panel back to its original purpose of overseeing the Department of Homeland Security and the war on terrorism.
Tags: management , House Homeland Security Committee , Peter King , DHS , Clark Stevens , John Brennan , SBINet , Max Cacas
NSA, DHS Trade Players for Net Defense
By order of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, NSA and DHS will exchange personnel, Wired reports.
Tags: DoD Report , DoD , NSA , DHS , technology , Dorobek Insider , Robert Gates ,
Officials warn of smaller, faster terror plots
The nation's top homeland security and counter-terrorism officials were on Capitol Hill talking yesterday about new terrorism trends. "Recent events in intelligence show a trend toward smaller faster developing plots rather than larger longer term plots like 9-11," said DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said homegrown plots disrupted in New York, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alaska, Texas and Illinois in the past year demonstrate the urgency of the problem.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Michael Leiter
