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CIO May 12, 2011 Grant Gross	Is Your Domain Safe from Seizures for Copyright Infringement? A group questions the government's process for shutdowns, but corporate sites are likely protected under safe-harbor provisions.
Food Engineering September 1, 2008	Beware: The 'ICE' Men Cometh The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has stepped up worksite enforcement in target-rich environments like the food and beverage industries.
Information Today May 22, 2014	TRAC Co-Directors File Complaint Against ICE The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University announced that its co-directors filed a suit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Fast Company October 2008	Big Business in Counterfeit Goods The U.S. government made more than 13,000 seizures of counterfeit goods in 2007, 1,000 less than in 2006. But the value of those products totaled $196 million, a 27% increase from 2006.
InternetNews December 14, 2010	White House Goes to War on Fake Online Drugs Obama administration officials announce nonprofit organization devoted to combating the trafficking of fake online goods, which they say pose both health hazards and economic threats.
InternetNews October 4, 2004 Roy Mark	U.S. Launches New Anti-Piracy Campaign U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says Internet and sophisticated duplication technology have taken piracy to unprecedented levels.
InternetNews February 22, 2008	EU, U.S. Vow Crackdown on Computer Counterfeits EU and U.S. senior officials said on Friday they would crack down on counterfeiting of computer components.
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National Defense June 2005 Harold Kennedy	U.S. Targets BANNED Weapon Exports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--an arm of the Department of Homeland Security that is known as ICE--is cracking down on the illegal exportation of military arms and other sensitive technology.
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CFO June 1, 2008 Randy Myers	Counter Attack As phony goods flood the market, companies fight to protect their brands. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency blames counterfeit merchandise for the loss of more than 750,000 American jobs.
IndustryWeek August 17, 2011	Making Sure the Price is Right Many manufacturers find themselves at a technology disadvantage when it comes to keeping tabs on the prices of their products. A new service monitors online pricing and helps spot counterfeiting.
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National Defense May 2011 Dawn M. Lurie	DHS Expands Monitoring of Federal Contractors This initiative includes a sharp focus on employer compliance along with higher fines for those hiring undocumented workers.
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 23, 2010	IP Czar: Piracy Threatens Economy, Security Often regarded as an inevitable and unfortunate part of doing business, the U.S.'s new intellectual property enforcer Victoria Espinel says government, private sector must do more to stamp out piracy.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Supply Chain Management: Foiling Fakes Counterfeit products are depriving manufacturers of revenue, harming brand integrity and in some cases, compromising safety. Manufacturers are fighting to keep phony goods out of their supply chains.
National Defense March 2014 Stew Magnuson	Program to Modernize Immigration Info-Tech System Mired in Delays A joint CBP and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement program to modernize the system, which determines the admissibility of some 900,000 visitors and 465,000 vehicles daily is on its eighth year of development with little to show for it, and Congress is taking note.
National Defense June 2014 Clark Silcox	New Strategies to Combat Counterfeit Parts Counterfeiting in the electrical sector has become a growing global problem with multiple dimensions including intellectual property theft, loss of tax revenue to governments, consumer deception, and more.
Chemistry World July 25, 2012	Drugs Top EU Counterfeit Imports In 2011, EU customs officers stopped 115 million products suspected of violating intellectual property rights. Medicines top the list, accounting for 24% of those items.
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Feds Seize $87M in Counterfeit Software Sting Biggest-ever haul includes phonied Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec products.
National Defense April 2009 Rusling et al.	Border Patrol Meets Hiring Goals, Looks to Add More Officers U.S. Customs and Border Protection now employs more than 18,000 border personnel, and aims to increase the number to 20,000 by September.
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.
National Defense April 2006 Stew Magnuson	Drones Patrolling the Border The Border Patrol will fly a second unmanned aerial vehicle over the Arizona desert beginning this June. The first Predator B flight assisted in nabbing more than 1,000 illegal immigrants and 400 pounds of narcotics.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	DHS Seeks Enhanced Imaging Technology for Non-Intrusive Inspection of Shipping Containers The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested proposals for non-intrusive inspection technologies to enable Customs and Border Protection agents to inspect cargo containers without opening them.
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.
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	New Tunnel Detection Test Site in the Works The Defense and Homeland Security Departments are expected to break ground during the coming year on a joint clandestine tunnel detection test site at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.
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 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.
PC World February 2006 Spring & McLaughlin	Fakes! Counterfeit hardware is making its way to online merchants and to stores near you. And poor performance isn't the only risk: Bogus parts can be hazardous to your health.
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National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Contentious Debate Over Border Fences Won't End Soon Dormant as a national issue until late 2005, securing the southern border suddenly became an intensely debated subject and a political hot potato.
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson	Former staffer becomes leading DHS critic Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin has emerged in recent months as one of the department's leading critics, and one with some credibility.
U.S. CPSC May 9, 2007	May Is National Electrical Safety Month: CPSC Warns of Dangerous Counterfeit Electrical Products Unlike a fake purse or watch, counterfeit electrical products could pose the risk of injury or death.
InternetNews March 31, 2006 David Needle	U.S. A.G.: Limits to Data it Can Collect U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez gave a big high five to the enforcement of intellectual property laws.
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National Defense November 2009 Wright & Magnuson	Government Ignores Cargo Scanning Law, Port Operator Says The Department of Homeland Security is ignoring a law that calls on it to monitor, by 2012, every container that enters a U.S. port, an executive at one of the world's leading port-operating companies charged.
National Defense February 2014 Stew Magnuson	Personnel, Leadership Issues Continue to Plague DHS Government shutdowns and freezes in pay have taken their toll on the morale of federal workers -- particularly those at the Department of Homeland Security, according to a recent survey.
Home Theater May 15, 2006 Darryl Wilkinson	McGruff, the DVD-Sniffing, Anti-Piracy Crime Dog FedEx and HM Revenue & Customs partnered in the UK to run the first major live test of using DVD-sniffing dogs to identify counterfeit DVDs concealed amongst other goods.
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