DHS Plan for 'Virtual' Border Fence Still Has Gaps
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A Bush administration plan to build a "virtual" fence along the Mexico border will cost $7.6 billion and be completed by 2011, but the government lacks clear benchmarks for success, according to a report to Congress by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Veterans' personal data and health information remain at risk of identity theft because the Veterans Affairs Department has yet to implement several safety measures, government investigators say.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2004  - SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The Department of Homeland Security is actively planning several new pilot projects that officials hope will help solve one of the most pressing cybersecurity
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 11--U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is pushing a bill that would prod the federal government to find alternatives to building a 700-mile border fence across major public land preserves.
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Along the expansive Canadian border, a lack of agents and antiquated motion sensors can make it difficult to distinguish between a would-be terrorist and a wayward moose, officials say.
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The Department of Homeland Security remains hampered by personality conflicts, bureaucratic bottlenecks and an atmosphere of demoralization, according to officials and independent experts.
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House Republicans have inserted language into legislation revamping the U.S. intelligence system that would allow  the Homeland Security  secretary to waive any federal law interfering with construction of a 14-mile anti-immigration fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Department of Homeland Security   on Thursday said it hired Boeing Co. BA.N to build a   projected $2 billion "virtual fence" equipped with sensors and   cameras along the U.S. border with Mexico and Canada to help   control illegal immigration.
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Defying Congress, the Department of Homeland Security is pushing to tighten identification requirements at U.S. land borders starting Jan. 31, when it no longer will allow Americans or Canadians to enter the country by presenting a driver's license or declaring their citizenship.
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House leaders are holding up action on a defense policy bill unless unrelated measures on immigration and court security are attached.
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Plans for a screening facility at one of the nation's busiest land-border crossings were abandoned because of a disagreement over fingerprinting travelers, an outcome that has angered business groups in the United States and Canada.
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The Senate Wednesday took up a bill to erect a fence along one-third of the U.S.-Mexico border as GOP leaders conceded that efforts to enact a comprehensive immigration reform law are dead for the year.
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Local leaders in South Texas are puzzled and alarmed over the implications of a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN Down to Earth  Something's been largely missing in the debate over building a massive fence along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants: the potentially devastating impacts on wildlife.
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Chertoff to Boeing: 'You don't own this border' The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has accepted into service its first section of SBInet virtual border fence, but it clearly isn't very happy with the state of the new technology.â¦
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A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns.
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A cybersecurity standard proposed for the U.S. would leave critical gaps in system safety, and one congressman warned Wednesday that if issues are not addressed in short order, "the future isn't going to be pretty" for the nation's infrastructure.