Mexican border
battle heating up
Considering deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, President Barack Obama anticipates having a strategy in place within months to address border-related matters of...
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Buyers, suppliers to connect
May 13-14 at BSE in Phoenix
Procurers and suppliers of technologies, products and services for the multibillion-dollar border security arena will connect May 13-14 at the third annual Border Security Expo, being held in...
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Technology, cooperation key
to securing Arizona border
Securing Arizona’s Mexican border and combating a host of related criminal activities requires a coordinated approach by numerous federal, state and local agencies, armed with the latest...
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Weapon seizures
indicate alertness
Recent weapons busts in Arizona and Texas demonstrate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s heightened alertness in tracking and intercepting illegal guns and ammunition.
The enhanced...
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Border truck plan
spending gets axed
With approvals by House and Senate of H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, the embattled U.S. cross-border trucking program with Mexico has been lost its funding.
The bill,...
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Bill seeks to take
FEMA out of DHS
The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., has introduced a bill calling for removal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
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DOJ budget sees
3.5 percent gain
The Obama administration’s fiscal 2010 budget calls for $26.5 billion in funding for the U.S. Department of Justice, up 3.5 percent from the DOJ budget for fiscal 2009.
The budget, released...
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TWIC enrollment
reaches 1 million
As the April 15 nationwide compliance date for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program nears, enrollment in the federal effort has surpassed 1 million workers who require...
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USCG facility
needs builder
The General Services Administration has issued a presolicitation notice in conjunction with design and construction of a new, $300 million to $400 million headquarters facility for the U.S. Coast...
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Support sought
for SBI program
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking to acquire a full spectrum of program management support services for the Secure Border Initiative program management office in Crystal City, Va....
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Screening center
designer wanted
The General Services Administration seeking proposals from potential designers of a new 800-square-foot security screening center in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, just west of the...
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CBP to bring on
Quebecois trainer
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is looking to contract with a provider capable of supplying dialect training in Quebecois, also known as French Canadian, to be offered in the vicinity of...
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Vendor opportunities
posted daily by DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security regularly updates postings of opportunities for vendors, with the latest opportunities viewable at...
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DHS names firms
to run new centers
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has announced the formation of two new federally funded research and development centers: The Homeland Security...
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CCA inks deal
for ICE facility
Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corp. of America has signed an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Hall County, Ga., to operate a facility to house 500 federal...
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L-1 gets contract
for HIIDE units
Stamford, Conn.-based L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. has received an $8.3 million order for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE 4.0) biometric enrollment and recognition...
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Morton nominated
for top post at ICE
President Obama has nominated career U.S. Department of Justice official John Morton as assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement....
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Olsen to spearhead
Guantanamo task
Matthew Olsen, most recently acting assistant attorney general for national security at the U.S. Department of Justice, has been named to head a task force assigned with reviewing the...
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Kayyem appointed
to position at DHS
Juliette N. Kayyem, who in January 2007 was appointed as Massachusetts’ first undersecretary for homeland security, has been appointed to serve as assistant secretary for intergovernmental...
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