Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Creation of the Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) and visible upgrades to the trusted traveler's program show DHS' dedication to IT modernization.
April 10, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to explain why he decided to nix an idea to have the Postal Service work with the Census Bureau.
March 06, 2018 -
When it comes to adopting new technology and revamping online services to the public, federal agencies don't always need to reinvent the wheel.
March 05, 2018 -
Bill McElhaney will return to the Homeland Security Department after spending the last seven years in industry.
February 23, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report for the Government Accountability Office critiqued the Homeland Security Department's implementation of the Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act.
February 08, 2018 -
For the first time in U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services history, employees will all be under one roof — in about three years.
October 31, 2017 -
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and the Federal Communications Commission are further along with using dev/ops to modernize applications in the cloud.
August 04, 2017 -
Eric Jeanmaire, the branch chief for the Verification IT Portfolio Modernization at USCIS in the Homeland Security Department, said moving to an agile approach to development delivered capabilities more quickly and more successfully.
June 30, 2017 -
Former federal CIO Tony Scott and former SSA CIO Rob Klopp are both launched new companies while Mark Schwartz, the outgoing CIO at USCIS, announced he’s heading to Amazon Web Services.
June 26, 2017 -
Mark Schwartz, the chief information officer at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in the Homeland Security Department, is the second high-profile CIO who announces plans to leave government in the coming month.
June 09, 2017 -
Passport Services also plans on rolling out push notifications for application renewals, as part of its efforts to reduce the burden on customer service phone lines.
May 03, 2017 -
Amid a growing emphasis on efficiency from the Trump administration, some agencies are beginning to find new savings by retooling cumbersome customer service processes and modernizing legacy systems.
March 30, 2017 -
Advocating data center consolidation and optimization as a priority could be a tough sell to the Donald Trump administration, but the federal IT community has courted the White House by framing the issue within the narrative of the president's soon-to-emerge cybersecurity executive order.
March 23, 2017 -
The Homeland Security Department's Office of Inspector General issued a management warning to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, telling Director Leon Rodriquez not to restart its use of Electronic Immigration System because of unsolved technical and security issues.
January 23, 2017 -
Multiple industry sources confirmed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not to take part in the pilot test that was expected to begin in 2017. That decision comes as GSA’s 18F awards Equifax a contract for identity proofing and fraud detection.
January 09, 2017