Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Archives

The government’s embrace of Palantir is years in the making

Civilian federal agency interest in the company’s technology has grown, but current and former officials have some worries, including cost.

Sep 30, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

The Daily Scoop Podcast

DHS watchdog finds mismanagement in cyber talent program; Pentagon CIO working to break down disparate IT networks

CISA was paying employees without mission-critical cybersecurity backgrounds as part of a program for retaining cyber talent.

Sep 15, 2025 By FedScoop Staff

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign is displayed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

DHS watchdog finds mismanagement in critical cyber talent program

CISA was paying employees without mission-critical cybersecurity backgrounds as part of a program for retaining cyber talent.

Sep 12, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

How DHS has tried to improve election security matters

Chris Kraft is now acting Secret Service chief information officer

The Department of Homeland Security component’s new CIO has been focused on AI and emerging tech.

Sep 11, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent checks an automobile for contraband in the line to enter the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Oct. 2, 2019 in San Ysidro, California. (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

CBP releases further details on biometrics for vehicle crossings

Several new privacy documents regarding the agency’s Traveler Verification Service were released by the agency Wednesday.

Sep 4, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

Homeland Security centralizes control over the government’s largest biometrics database

Antoine McCord, the agency’s chief information officer, will now oversee plans to modernize the system.

Aug 14, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen at the ICE Cyber Crimes Center expanded facilities in Fairfax, Va., on July 22, 2015. (Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images)

DHS scraps $10B small business IT and software contract

The agency said the decision was made to comply with executive orders and avoid redundancies.

Jun 30, 2025 By Matt Bracken

The Daily Scoop Podcast

ICE seeks proprietary data, tech to monitor up to a million people; GSA plans to ‘flip’ the role of tech resellers with OneGov strategy

The DHS component published an RFI seeking the services of a company to scour data sources and help identify “potentially criminal and fraudulent behavior before crime and…

Jun 23, 2025 By FedScoop Staff

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Black Hawk helicopter is pictured on Sept. 28, 2024 in San Diego. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Powerful scanners to spot drugs, weapons at the border are stuck in storage or inoperable, watchdog says

Only a third of the scanners are fully deployed and installed.

Jun 18, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

A law enforcement officer walks past an ICE logo ahead of a press conference on May 11, 2017, at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

ICE seeks proprietary data and tech to monitor up to a million people

The DHS component published an RFI seeking the services of a company to scour data sources and help identify “potentially criminal and fraudulent behavior before crime and…

Jun 18, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil