Customs and Border Protection

CBP: RFID doesn't work if you're in the wrong line

IT can accomplish only so much, Customs and Border Protection finds as it focuses on the human factor.

  • By Mark Rockwell

IG, Border Protection debate consolidation's benefits

Should the CBP use the Coast Guard's aviation logistics system or buy its own? The agency and DHS's IG disagree.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Border patrol drone program plagued with problems

Customs and Border Protection's drone surveillance program lacks a consistent budget and isn't well planned, audit finds.

  • By Amber Corrin

Customs and Border Protection not taking privacy seriously, audit says

Customs and Border Protection collects millions of pieces of information on travelers each year, but has only a part-time privacy officer.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Border Patrol relies on data analysis in new strategic plan

The Border Patrol describes a "whole-of-government" approach, reduces need for fences and agents.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Technology plays smaller role in new border patrol strategy

The Border Patrol, following the failure of SBINet, reduces its reliance on technology in new strategy.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

CBP snafu exposes proprietary information

Customs and Border Protection took down documents included in a solicitation for the "virtual border fence" project that may have included proprietary contractor information.

  • By FCW Staff

Federal 100: Phillip A. Landfried

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  • By Alice Lipowicz

Border Patrol and ICE data systems not working together, IG says

Stovepiped data systems are contributing to tensions in the operational relationship between the Border Patrol and ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DHS demands turnkey-ready border system

The Homeland Security Department is giving a strong warning to vendors about its needs for the next phase of border surveillance technology strategy.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Border Protection Commissioner resigns

Customs and Border Protection Commission Alan Bersin, never confirmed by the Senate, is resiging Dec. 30.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DHS changes approach to border technology

The Homeland Security Department is developing 'capability-based' purchasing framework.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

SBInet redux? GAO criticizes gaps in planning for next border technologies

With the echoes of SBInet less than a year old, the Homeland Security Department is embarking on another $1.5 billion border technology strategy without sufficient planning, according to an audit.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

4 steps to take before buying cloud services

When moving to the cloud, agencies need to know the right questions to ask their vendor, says CBP's Wolf Tombe.

  • By Rutrell Yasin
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Union response: Cuts will cost federal jobs

The president of the largest federal employee union says OMB's cuts mean more job destruction.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Good news, for a change

Sick of the debt ceiling? Tired of fed bashing? Ready for a break? Well, we’ve dug through the news and picked some stories aimed at lowering your blood pressure. Read on…

  • By Phil Piemonte

How DHS will track down 757,000 aliens

The Homeland Security Department is collaborating with the intelligence community to prioritize investigations of more than 700,000 foreign visitors who have overstayed their visas, based on the national security threat they pose.

  • By Michael Protos

Some corrupt employees have very sticky fingers, CBP head says

U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees have been smuggling drugs or illegal aliens, laundering money and swindling people, CBP commissioner testifies.

  • By FCW Staff

A new twist on disaster response

Federal 100 award winner George Bressler headed up a disaster drill that demonstrated how government could harness social media in an emergency.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Federal 100: Charles R. Armstrong

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  • By Brian Robinson

DHS buying SBInet-like system for border despite uncertainties, GAO says

The Homeland Security Department canceled the SBInet border surveillance system two months ago, but SBInet-like capabilities will live on in the new system proposed for some parts of the border, a GAO official says.

  • By Alice Lipowicz