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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…

5 days ago 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

DHS, Department of Homeland Security, CISA, RSA 2019 — (Scoop News Group photo)

AI Corps leader leaves Homeland Security for US Digital Response

Michael Boyce discusses tech talent, his time at DHS and his new job in an interview with FedScoop.

Jun 16, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

ICE wants more blockchain analytics tech

Agencies are trying to track illicit transactions facilitated with crypto.

Jun 12, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

Customs and Border Protection taps ‘chatCBP’ to assist workforce

The new generative AI chatbot is aimed at tasks like “summarization” and “multi-file analysis,” adding to the department’s existing DHS Chat.

May 30, 2025 By Madison Alder

A CBP Border Patrol vehicle drives past recently installed concertina wire on a section of border wall fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana in San Diego on April 24, 2025. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate border technology bill would empower CBP innovation team

The bipartisan Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act follows a bill of the same name that passed the House in March.

May 23, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Homeland Security cuts off access to ChatGPT and other commercial AI

DHS leadership wants employees to use an internal tool called DHSChat, a memo obtained by FedScoop shows.

May 22, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

The White House is reviewing the nation’s biometrics operation

The review comes amid ongoing debate at DHS's Office of Biometric Identity Management.

May 20, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

A sign points passengers to the mobile passport control window set up for international travelers arriving at Miami International Airport on March 4, 2015. Miami-Dade Aviation Department and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unveiled a mobile app for expedited passport and customs screening. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Customs and Border Protection says AI model cards are ‘law enforcement privileged’

Model cards are supposed to say what AI systems do and what they’re used for, but CBP says these cards are too sensitive to be completely revealed.

May 16, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil