Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: border_security Buying itself some time while the Congress decides if it wants to shift the US-VISIT program jointly to ICE and CBP, the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate (which currently runs US-VISIT) is planning to extend the support contract of one Rockville, MD-based vendor…
Meet the Sponsors: Teradata, a leader in data warehousing, supports GSN awards program
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Teradata Corp., one of the top companies in the data warehousing and Big Data niches, has become the latest sponsor of the 2012 Government Security News homeland security awards competition. As such, Teradata will help bestow honors on winning companies and government agencies which…
Chemical manufacturer joins IMAGE employment verification program
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Immigration and Customs Enforcement certified a Maine-based manufacturer and distributor of industrial chemicals under its employment compliance program on Sept. 20. GAC Chemical Corp. which employs more than 50 people in Searsport, ME, has was officially certified by ICE under its Mutual Agreement between…
SI Organization to guide ISYS Technologies under DHS Mentor program
Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Under the Department of Homeland Security mentor-protégé program, risk-management systems provider The SI Organization, Inc. (the SI) will mentor engineering and information technology services provider ISYS Technologies. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post on The Cyber Wars
ATF explosives detection dog program marks milestone
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: ATF detection dog Almost 1,000 explosives and accelerant detection dogs have been trained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ canine training boot camp since it began in 1994, said the agency on Sept. 12, as the 100th class of…
Washington Dulles Global Entry program reaches milestone
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security Image Caption: Washington Dulles Another of the first three airports to launch Customs and Border Protection’s expedited trusted international traveler initiative has passed a quarter of a million user sessions. User sessions for Customs and Border Protection’s pre-approved Global Entry program at Washington Dulles…
HSAC to hear public briefing on Deferred Action program for young immigrants
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Young immigrantsin Chicagoline up forDeferred Action The Homeland Security Advisory Council will meet in open and closed sessions on September 24 and 25 to receive a public briefing from the chief of staff of the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS) on…
Mexican customs officers complete rigorous ICE-sponsored training program
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: FLETC, Charleston A group of 23 Mexican customs officers completed an exacting 10-week training program modeled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Training Program aimed at to prepare them to more effectively fight crime along the southern border…
ICE agents file suit to block immigration deferred action program
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Kris Kobach Ten Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents filed a lawsuit against DHS secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE director John Morton looking to block the recently-implemented deferred action initiative for undocumented minors saying it forces them to violate federal immigration law. Homepage…
First day of immigration deferment program draws crowd
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Chicago’s Navy Pier As the United States U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting applications under its Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects some illegal alien minors from deportation, initial turnout in one location was in the thousands….