DHS moves forward on autonomous surveillance towers at the border
The agency has had four vendors pass an “autonomy test,” Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said during a budget hearing Thursday.
The agency has had four vendors pass an “autonomy test,” Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said during a budget hearing Thursday.
A new report from the congressional watchdog found that agencies are not “systematically collecting lessons learned from AI acquisitions.”
A former operational expert at multiple federal law enforcement agencies details how identity-based attacks are forcing change.
DHS and DOJ are among the agencies lagging behind those that have publicly posted updated AI inventories, per OMB requirements, and outlined changes to FedScoop.
And, the war in Iran is quickly becoming defined by the use of drones.
The Department of Homeland Security unit increased its annual target of arrests of individuals with criminal history or pending charges after more than doubling its 2025 goal.
And, GSA sticks with plan to use agencies’ leftover money to fund TMF in 2027.
The proposed fiscal year 2027 spending package would trim funding of the key oversight unit at a time when calls for accountability and transparency at DHS are mounting.
The spending request, which excludes the Pentagon’s massive IT budget, is up from the $67.9 billion the Office of Management and Budget earmarked for tech in the current fiscal year.
The Department of Homeland Security awards unmanned aircraft systems contracts, while the Federal Communications Commission seeks UAS licensing and spectrum info.