Voting is Now Open for the 2026 FedScoop 50 Awards

Vote Now!

Tech

CBP CTO Wolf Tombe on lowering the cost of government with IT

September 2, 2014

Wolf Tombe, chief technology officer for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, discusses how his agency is using IT to lower the cost of operations.

More Scoops

Department of Homeland Security officers are seen outside of a federal immigration office after a man was fatally shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, on July 14, 2026 in Scarborough, Maine. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

Homeland Security’s updated AI inventory raises more questions than it answers

Months past the deadline, the agency has generally filled in its risk management sections for high-impact use cases, but it also walked back some deployment statuses and…

By Lindsey Wilkinson

A close-up of GDIT’s AI-powered autonomous surveillance towers that are expected to be deployed across the southern border. (Photo courtesy of GDIT)

New AI-powered surveillance towers are coming to the southern border

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Surveillance towers stand between new sections of the primary and secondary steel bollard-style border wall along the US-Mexico border on May 10, 2021 in San Diego County, California. US-Mexico frontier. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

DHS moves forward on autonomous surveillance towers at the border

By Lindsey Wilkinson

DHS-built surveillance apparatus to surge in year ahead, documents show

By Lindsey Wilkinson

CBP ramps up surveillance tech without much-needed IT personnel, GAO says

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Acting ICE director denies existence of database tracking US citizens

By Lindsey Wilkinson

ICE drives AI use case growth within Homeland Security

By Lindsey Wilkinson Madison Alder

CBP CTO Wolf Tombe on lowering the cost of government with IT

More Like This

One year in, America’s counter-drone task force still has ‘a ton of work to do’

DOGE alum, Treasury CIO Corcos adds three GSA jobs to his portfolio

House Democrats urge DHS’s Mullin to scrap ICE plans for shock gloves

Top Stories

Democrats stump for labor representation on Fed’s AI task force

IT hiring at GAO lags watchdog’s own timeframes, OIG finds

Enabling AI faster should be the federal government’s focus

Revised GSA AI clause hasn’t fully calmed industry concerns, comments show

VA-Oracle EHRM contract ceiling raises to nearly $27 billion

More Scoops

Homeland Security’s updated AI inventory raises more questions than it answers

New AI-powered surveillance towers are coming to the southern border

DHS moves forward on autonomous surveillance towers at the border

DHS-built surveillance apparatus to surge in year ahead, documents show

CBP ramps up surveillance tech without much-needed IT personnel, GAO says

Acting ICE director denies existence of database tracking US citizens

ICE drives AI use case growth within Homeland Security

Latest Podcasts

Federal agencies warn of AI-fueled attacks that pose an ‘active threat’ to water and other sectors

The Navy makes its CIO official

‘Don’t let your AI strategy outpace your network strategy,’ say tech experts

A new CIO is headed to FEMA

Tech

Defense

Cyber

FedScoop TV