Posted in Immigration, tagged DHS, FBI, Fusion Centers, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, information-sharing on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) announced plans to create a new database to consolidate several smaller ones that would allow them identify possible terrorists or suspected criminals seeking access into the country. Information-sharing is en vogue. This story comes on the heels of a bevy of recent stories about [...]
Posted in DoJ, FBI, homeland security, tagged BAE Systems, DHS, DoJ, FBI, GAO, House Homeland Security Committee, information-sharing, Oracle buyout, Paul Schneider on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DHS and governmental contracting watchdogs Spencer Hsu and Robert O’Harrow at the Washington Post, released a stinging article today about the replacement of the department’s information-sharing network, according to an October 27, 2007 memo by DHS Undersecretary for Management Paul A. Schneider.
The Homeland Security Information Network is a network of 100 or so web [...]
Posted in RFID, tagged CBP, Center for Democracy and Technology, Department of Agriculture, DHS, DoD on January 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The hits keep on comin’. Yesterday, both the Federal Times and Government Executive, a pair of publications made for civil service and national security information technocrats, respectively published stories relating to the RFID embedded passport cards and the basic shortcomings of the technology’s use in government. While the Federal Times story hits on [...]
Posted in RFID, borders, tagged DHS, DoD, FBI, Fusion Centers, RFID, SBInet, State Department on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As was reported last week, the State Department intends to issue new passport cards embedded with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips. This is but the latest in a long string of technologies being implemented at our nation’s borders and seaports. Fusion Centers, virtual fences (through a program called SBInet) and 10-point-finger scans (through [...]
Posted in Airlines, tagged Airlines, American Airlines, BEA Systems, DHS on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The “Security Fee” for airline tickets that is currently around $5 per ticket could start to get a whole lot more expensive. USA Today is running an A1 today about “Passenger jets get anti-missile devices.” It seems that a Department of Homeland Security pilot project (pardon the pun) has equipped three AA Boeing [...]
