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InternetNews June 18, 2004 Roy Mark	House Approves $10B Accenture Deal One last effort to kill a potential $10 billion deal between Accenture and the Department of Homeland Security failed Friday on a largely partisan 221-182 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
InternetNews June 16, 2004 Roy Mark	House Republicans Move to Protect Accenture Contract Procedural maneuvers likely to keep $10 billion DHS deal in hands of Bermuda-based computer services firm.
InternetNews June 9, 2004 Roy Mark	House Moves to Block $10B Accenture Deal An Appropriations Committee votes to bar DHS contracts to subsidiaries of foreign corporations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004	DHS to Begin Biometric Exit Pilot as Part of US-VISIT Program Digital finger scans and digital photographs are the biometric technology currently in use under the US-VISIT program. Any foreign visitor with a visa who leaves the U.S. through one of the pilot locations is required to comply with the exit procedure.
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson	Renewed Push to Collect Exit Data at Airports, Land Crossings The United States has never required foreigners to present their travel documents before leaving so authorities can't be certain who is or isn't overstaying a visa, a flaw that Congress has mandated that the executive branch remedy.
CIO September 1, 2005 Allan Holmes	Cheap, Fast or Secure--Pick Two Four years after 9/11, the United States has a biometrics screening system for foreign visitors called US-Visit. The program came in on time and within budget, but proper programming procedures were not followed due to the tight deadline.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Briefs TSA Begins Second Phase of Rail-Security Experiment... Hand-Held Guide to "Most Wanted Terrorists" Revised... DHS Awards of US-VISIT Prime Contract to Accenture LLP... etc.
National Defense March 2005 Joe Pappalardo	U.S.-Canadian Border Crossings to Tighten Security The bridges and border control stations on the U.S.-Canada border are undergoing strategic overhauls, not only to increase security but also to ensure rapid throughput of commercial traffic, leaders from both nations recently announced.
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy	Biometric Check on U.S. Visitors Drawing Criticism A controversial effort by the Department of Homeland security to create a biometric computer system to keep tabs on all foreigners entering and leaving the country is drawing increasing flak at home and abroad.
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson	DHS Pressing On With Troubled Technology Programs Whether it is program delays, public uproars over its policies, court challenges or accusations of mismanagement, nothing ever seems to go smoothly for DHS. Many of these controversial programs involve the development of new technologies.
National Defense November 2009 Wright & Magnuson	US-VISIT Examines Latest Attempt to Keep Exit Records The Department of Homeland Security expects to release a report by the end of the year detailing the results of its latest effort to scan fingerprints and snap photos of foreign nationals as they exit the country.
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy	Spending Climbs Into Billions, But Skepticism Grows Fueled by worries about terrorism, illegal immigration and drug smuggling, U.S. spending for border security is skyrocketing, but critics complain that much of the money is being wasted.
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Magnusson & McNamee	Welcome To Security Nation Nearly three years after September 11, the feds are massively funding new anti-terror tools under development by America's technology wizards.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Airlines Collecting Exit Data from Travelers Still Possible, DHS Official Says A controversial plan to have airlines collect biometric data from foreign passengers leaving the United States is still a possibility, a Department of Homeland Security official said.
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson	Johnson Latest DHS Secretary to Waive 100 Percent Cargo Screening Mandate Despite a long string of secretaries and Customs and Border Protection commissioners speaking out against the practicality of the law, some members of Congress are still pushing DHS to fulfill the mandate.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Roy Mark	Biometric Passports: Not Ready for Prime Time Department of Homeland Security and State Department seek two-year extension of deadline for machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers.
National Defense February 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Leaders Inherit Litany of Procurement Woes There is a new administration and a new Congress. But will it be a new day for the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires technology?
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 John McHale	Homeland Security Budget and Market Show Steady Growth Nearly half a decade old, the U.S. DHS is showing moderate growth in its budget request, while funding for research and development focuses on more solutions for today than for programs 20 years in the future.
National Defense November 2006 Stew Magnuson	Fear of Terror Weapons Drives Tech Funding With the nation in the throes of the so-called "long war," it is no surprise that the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security's research dollars is going toward technologies designed to prevent terrorist attacks.
InternetNews October 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Security is in the Vicinity The feds have a deal for you: a new passport card that some security experts are already criticizing.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Lockheed Martin to Build $16 Million Border Enforcement Solutions Center for SBInet Initiative Lockheed Martin Corp. is investing $16 million over two years to build a Border Enforcement Solutions Center (BESC) in support of SBInet, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) multiyear plan to secure America's borders.
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Robert N. Charette	Napolitano Cancels the US $1 Billion SBInet Virtual Fence Project SBInet II said to cost US $750 million, assembled from proven off-the-shelf technology
National Defense May 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	DHS Struggles to Find Effective Measures for Border Security Since 2010, the Department of Homeland Security has been working on its Border Condition Index. The index -- which is meant to evaluate the state of border security -- will examine data and trends, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
National Defense December 2010 Eric Beidel	With SBInet In Limbo, Border Technology Is Anyone's Game The Department of Homeland Security's program to deploy a network of cutting-edge cameras, sensors and communication technologies along the southwest border has hit its share of snags and more recently a wall.
National Defense December 2006 Robert H. Williams	Homeland Security Selects Nuke Detectors Next generation spectroscopic portal monitors fashioned by Thermo Electron Corp. will be installed in ports and border entry points to detect and halt the introduction into the United States of nuclear weapons and radiological materials.
Reason August 2003 Matt Welch	Reporters Sans Entree Now that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken over America's ports of entry, the INS may have gained an unlikely new fan base: French technology journalists.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Asa Hutchinson Watchful of the Diplomacy of Security The border between Mexico and the United States is more than a massive stretch of arid land. It's also the 2,000-mile long nexus of homeland security and international diplomacy.
National Defense February 2013 Stew Magnuson	DHS Pushes Back REAL ID Deadline Again to Accomodate Cash-Strapped States The Department of Homeland Security moved the goal posts back in December again when it granted a third extension for 37 states to comply with the REAL ID Act of 2005.
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Citizens Invited to Participate in DHS Major Review The Department of Homeland Security wants to harness the "wisdom of crowds" into a major strategic review that is due to Congress in December.
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson	Port Worker ID Card Criticized as Wasteful and Ineffective The Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard in October began enrolling port workers in a long delayed identity card program even though the technology to read the cards may be years away.
National Defense September 2011 Eric Beidel	Homeland Security Market 'Vibrant' Despite Budget Concerns The abundance of small, medium and large firms vying for DHS contracts is creating healthy competition.
National Defense March 2009 Matthew Rusling	Study Blasts Container Scanning Process A new study adds fuel to an ongoing dispute between Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. The issue: screening U.S.-bound shipping containers.
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Cost of New Border Fencing Could Reach $47 Billion A series of cameras and sensors linked to Border Patrol vehicles and a command and control center south of Tucson, Ariz., was meant to serve as a test bed for a so-called virtual fence.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Plan to Protect U.S. Ports Homes In on Contraband The challenge facing the DHS, importers and the shipping industry is to prevent weapons of mass destruction, would-be illegal immigrants and contraband from entering U.S. ports -- including overland traffic from Canada and Mexico -- without disrupting the flow of goods.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 John McHale	DHS turns to high tech to control borders Border agents cannot possibly check every car or every traveler. So U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials are relying on new technologies -- such as those noted here -- to tighten the country's borders.
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson	Sociologist's Book Documents DHS' Virtual Border Wall Failures Robert Lee Maril has written, "The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration along the U.S.-Mexico Border," an investigation of Customs and Border Protection's controversial Secure Border Initiative program, and its efforts to construct a so-called "virtual" wall in Arizona.
National Defense January 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	Debate Over Next-Generation Radiation Portals Continues In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Department of Homeland Security and the Government Accountability Office were still trading barbs over the effectiveness of the next generation of radiation portals to be deployed at ports.
National Defense May 2011 Stew Magnuson	As DHS Embarks on Virtual Fence Part III, Global Border Technology Business Grows The year-long hold on Customs and Border Protection's controversial Secure Border Initiative will do little to dampen the market for technologies that can monitor international lines of demarcation, said an analyst who predicts growing global sales in the sector.
National Defense April 2009 Rusling, Erwin & Magnuson	Letting Local Police Check Detainees' Immigration Status Causes Concern The Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a new initiative to allow local police to check the immigration status of those persons it takes under custody. The plan has sparked protest by at least one human rights group.
InternetNews September 25, 2009	DHS Privacy Report Downplays Laptop Searches The Department of Homeland Security brushes off criticism from civil liberties groups in 99-page report to Congress.
National Defense October 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat Chemical Plant Protection Legislation on the Way... DHS, State Department Wage Visa War... Document Requirements Waived for Hurricane Victims... U.S. Court Blocks Enforcement of Personnel Rules... etc.
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Technology Continues to Flow to Southwest Border While the Department of Homeland Security conducts a program review of its troubled border fence program, Customs and Border Protection has not stopped deploying new sensors in the Southwest.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005	Homeland Security Briefs DHS begins second phase of Arizona border effort... Northrop Grumman lays keel for National Security Cutter... DHS announces support for rail hazmat placards...
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Despite Virtual Border Fence's Demise, DHS Spending Big on New Sensor Systems DHS has not soured on technology to monitor the borders, though. Plans call for more than $800 million to be spent in the near term on sensor systems and unmanned aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Briefs T.F. Green Airport testing explosive trace- detection technology for pilot program... DHS UAVs operating in Arizona support border security... DHS launches Office of Inter-operability and Compatibility... etc.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	Blueprint For Homeland Security The Defense Department is working on a comprehensive homeland defense strategy that will detail the Pentagon's emerging role in protecting the United States from terrorist attack
National Defense April 2010 Stew Magnuson	Face, Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics Good Enough for Now, Says White House Staffer Federal agencies that collect biometric data to screen individuals should concentrate their efforts on fingerprints, faces and irises, and perfect the collection of those technologies first.
National Defense April 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat The biggest challenge facing the maritime transportation industry is ensuring that legitimate cargo is not needlessly delayed as new security measures are implemented.
National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Homeland Security The U.S. Department of Homeland Security proposed a 2006 budget that includes increased spending on technology.
InternetNews June 22, 2005 Roy Mark	E-Passport Progress Still Stymied? Lawmakers lashed out today at Bush administration officials for their latest delay in implementing biometric passports.