Countermeasures
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reallocating Southwest border resources as a means of addressing human smuggling operations and immigration law exploitation.
ICE is using personnel to investigate the use of fraudulent documents to create fake families seeking to exploit immigration... Read More »
A joint research project between American and Japanese interests has yielded a new technology that could ease development of H3N2 flu vaccines, by attacking one of their most common causes of concern: mutation during the development process.
Such mutations cause mismatches between the seasonal... Read More »
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently purchased mobile biometric fingerprint sensors from Integrated Biometrics.
CBP purchased Kojak Light Emitting Sensor technology 10-fingerprint scanners to use at more than 5,000 workstations at the United States Ports of Entry.
The scanners... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Edward Markey (D-MA) and John Thune (R-SD) are urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to publish a proposed rule for remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also called drones.
Remote identification would allow the public, the FAA, law enforcement, and... Read More »
The North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) has recognized Armament Systems & Procedures (ASP) for its Transport Kit via the Public Safety Product Innovation Award.
The Transport Kit, which received the recognition during the recent NAUMD convention held... Read More »
A landmark study maintains while 2016 global malaria spending totaled $4.3 billion, it fell short of the World Health Organization's target goal of $6.6 billion.
The University of Washington School of Medicine Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) analysis, published in The Lancet... Read More »
Mount Sinai researchers have found detected sizeable delays in the reporting of cases of West Nile virus in the United States, which could actively harm efforts to track and predict the disease.
Their findings, published in the JAMA Network Open, uncovered reporting delays of anywhere between... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently held a tabletop exercise in collaboration with the Secure Community Network (SCN), a Department of Homeland Security Initiative for the American Jewish community.
The purpose of the exercise was to examine how federal and state... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to construct new bollard walls within the U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma and El Paso sectors in Arizona and Texas.
The projects call for approximately 53 miles of new bollard wall -- which is a wall made up of steel slats -- in place of... Read More »
As a means of aiding personnel in locating battlefield adversaries, Marine Corps officials said the branch is incorporating new technologies into existing handheld GPS targeting systems.
The Common Laser Range Finder-Integrated Capability (CLRF-IC), which officials said was fielded two years... Read More »
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have selected Felix Chavez to serve as Chief Patrol Agent within the Laredo Sector.
Border Patrol Chief Carla L. Provost recently announced the selection, noting Chavez entered on duty with the Border Patrol in July 1985 as a member of Academy Class... Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week that the number of measles cases in the United States have reached levels unseen since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000 and poses a real threat of a country-wide endemic.
In all, 695 cases have spread across 22... Read More »
The University of Virginia won the Alamo Cup at the 2019 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) April 23-25 in Orlando.
The University of Central Florida won second place and the Rochester Institute of Technology won third place.
More than 235 colleges and universities... Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the contracting processes of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster recovery efforts.
The report, entitled “Actions Needed to Improve the Use of Post-Disaster Contracts to... Read More »
In accordance with the Border Patrol comprehensive recruitment and retention strategy, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently unveiled a new retention incentive for GS-12 and GS-13 Border Patrol agents.
“Investing in the men and women of the United States Border Patrol continues to be... Read More »
The anti-malaria drug primaquine is the focus of an upcoming, mass treatment routine in Thailand and Myanmar in an effort to prevent relapses of the disease.
A grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) makes that possible. Researchers from the University of South Florida will receive... Read More »
U.S. senators from Mississippi praised the announcement on Tuesday that Pascagoula, Miss.-based shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. was awarded a major contract to build the next generation of U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreakers.
A United States presence in the polar regions is vital given the... Read More »
Medical examiners used Rapid DNA technology to identify the 85 people killed in last year’s Camp Fire wildfire in Paradise, Calif.
The technology is funded in part by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). It was developed to quickly analyze DNA to... Read More »
A former employee of the U.S. Department of State pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Federal officials charged Candace Marie Claiborne with lying to law enforcement and background investigators and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of... Read More »
The Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is adding a program that detects gunshots for its new Automated People Mover Facility, interfacing it with the facility’s video, access control, notification, and critical emergency management systems.
The program is part of a joint effort by Shooter Detection... Read More »
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) is praising the collaboration of Grand Sky and the Harris Corporation, resulting in a new Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Super Corridor in the Red River Valley.
The endeavor will enable small and large unmanned aircraft to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of their... Read More »
Alabama state officials are espousing the benefits of Bell's plan to assemble the Navy's 407GXi aircraft in Ozark if it wins a competition for the branch's contract.
“Bell could have not selected a more ideal location to conduct final assembly of the Navy’s new advanced helicopter trainer... Read More »
Raytheon, as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Friend or Foe program, is developing a portable biosurveillance device capable of evaluating bacteria and whether or not they could be harmful to people.
It is an area the company has identified as currently underdeveloped.... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration is reminding residents of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania that they will need REAL ID cards to board airline flights beginning Oct. 1, 2020.
REAL ID driver’s licenses and identification cards have a small gold star in the upper right corner.... Read More »
Interpol is sending a team to Sri Lanka to help national authorities investigate the Easter bomb attacks that left nearly 300 dead and approximately 500 injured.
Interpol will deploy its Incident Response Team (IRT), which includes specialists with expertise in crime scene examination,... Read More »
Lockheed Martin recently secured a $20 million Navy contract to provide what officials are deeming the next generation electronic warfare system.
Engineering and technical services work will be performed at the Electronic Warfare Center of Excellence in Syracuse, New York, and Manassas,... Read More »
A new report has re-examined the role transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) play in Central American human smuggling.
The report was undertaken by the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) analysis, operated by the RAND Corporation on behalf of the Department of Homeland... Read More »
Malawi recently launched the world’s first malaria vaccine in a pivotal pilot program.
The country is the first of three African nations in which the vaccine will be made available to children up to two years old. Ghana and Kenya will introduce the vaccine in the coming weeks.
The vaccine,... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently launched a research and development project for a Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure (SRMNI).
DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) are seeking innovative... Read More »
A bill to address the wrongful detentions of U.S. citizens and diplomatic staff by the Government of Turkey was introduced in the U.S. Senate this week.
The Defending United States Citizens and Diplomatic Staff from Political Prosecutions Act of 2019 (S. 1075) was co-sponsored by Sens. Thom... Read More »
Two Battelle employees are being recognized by the company for stellar service, garnering Inventor of the Year and CEO Awards, respectively.
Senior Research scientist Wesley Pirkle was named Inventor of the Year for significant contributions to several crucial security programs. Ron Townsend,... Read More »
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan recently offered an assessment of his McAllen, Texas, trip to gain insight regarding challenges faced at the U.S. Southern Border.
The effort involved observing the potential strategic and operational obstacles encountered by law enforcement... Read More »
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York last week gathered prosecutors’ offices and law enforcement agencies together to promote greater cooperation in cybercrime cases at the first Cyber Crime Symposium.
HSI would like the event to mark the first of an annual series. They are trying... Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted last week its final approval of Narcan, a medication designed to stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Narcan, developed by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray.
“In the wake of the... Read More »
As the U.S. government seeks to build its National Biodefense Strategy, more than 200 heavy hitters from federal, state and local agencies, national stakeholder organizations, academia and the private sector informed its future implementation during the April 17 Biodefense Summit held in... Read More »
