Defense
Report: Improve measures to assess building security centers
The Federal Protective Service should find better ways to evaluate dispatch centers, such as tracking the time to respond to alarms, GAO says.
Defense
Drop in immigration arrests might nix need for more jail beds
DHS agency steps up immigration-related investigations of businesses.
Defense
Most countries meet e-passport deadline
New passports with biometric chips will help DHS officials detect fraudulent documents.
Defense
TSA faces staffing disparities at airports
Initial administrative staffing plans "lacked coherency," leading to inconsistencies across airports, inspector general says.
Defense
Intelligence, homeland security agencies sharpen surveillance methods
Techniques under development include gait recognition and keystroke analyses of typing rhythms.
Defense
Arizona has tough fight ahead against illegal immigration
Arrests decreased slightly in fiscal 2006, but officials cite greater violence.
Defense
Report cites delays in clearance appeals process at State
Inspectors find no evidence to support allegations that the department revoked clearances for nonsecurity reasons, however.
Defense
Airlines rap DHS proposal on passenger lists
Requirement to submit passenger manifests an hour, rather than 15 minutes, before departure is unreasonable, they say.
Defense
Quick-scan passport cards proposed for some hemisphere travel
RFID cards would be readable from a distance, speeding up traffic at congested ports and borders, officials say.
Defense
Immigration, customs agency may be headed for hiring spree
Manager at the cash-strapped Federal Protective Service encourages employees to look into the new openings.
Defense
Report: DHS needs to better monitor IT security
Department must report crimes involving information systems to authorities, inspector general says.
Defense
Bush, lawmakers at odds over qualifications for FEMA chief
Bush says he may not abide by appropriations measure's requirement that emergency management chief have at least five years of related experience.
Defense
Park Service deputy chief resigns
Donald Murphy is central figure in case of fired Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers.
Defense
Privacy groups rap DHS plan to limit access to clearance information
Proposal could make half of data gathered during background investigations off-limits to applicants, one opponent says.
Defense
TSA advised to strengthen emergency operations plan
Inspector general also calls on FEMA to beef up oversight of agencies’ contingency preparations.
Defense
Appropriators probe Federal Protective Service budget 'crisis'
Conference report language says shifting money away from other homeland security priorities is not a workable solution.
Defense
Judge rejects request to dismiss ex-Park Police chief’s suit
Privacy Act suit seeks performance evaluation that attorneys argue is central to the potential reinstatement of Teresa Chambers.
Defense
Congress moves to raise FEMA’s profile
Agency chief would assume an advisory role with the White House under language in an appropriations bill passed late Friday.
Defense
DHS updates purchase card requirements
Investigators called upon DHS to make changes over summer, in response to reports of fraudulent use of cards after Hurricane Katrina.
Defense
Auditors: ICE financial management a work in progress
Bureau’s chief financial officer helping to set a positive tone and actively track progress, reviewers find.
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