Customs and Border Protection
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In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court rules against an employee appealing his removal when he failed a drug test, after he says he accidentally ate a pot brownie.
February 06, 2019 -
Agencies impacted and not impacted by the partial government shutdown released up to eight times more RFPs, RFIs and awards on FedBizOpps.gov last week as compared to the same weeks in previous years.
February 04, 2019 -
With a partial government shutdown now entering its third week nearly 400,000 furloughed federal employees remain unsure how to fill their vacant days, but are finding ways to stay busy.
January 08, 2019 -
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan says Congress needs to fund improvements to the agency's holding facilities.
December 27, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 11 agencies improved their grades, and for the first time no agency received an F on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act or FITARA scorecard.
December 12, 2018 -
Customs and Border Protection has told Accenture Federal Services to stop some work on the $297 million contract it signed late last year to help the agency more quickly hire border patrol agents and officers.
December 11, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection issues Accenture a partial stop work order to pause its nearly 300 million dollar contract to hire more border patrol agents.
December 11, 2018 -
Now higher on the intellectual property theft food chain are industrial products and integrated circuits, which can weaken national security.
December 05, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA received eighth consecutive clean financial audit opinion for fiscal year 2018.
November 22, 2018 -
The Pentagon's second-ranking officials says the number of U.S. active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has "pretty much peaked" at the current total of 5,800
November 15, 2018 -
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' top priority is making the military more "lethal" _ but nothing about its new mission at the U.S.-Mexico border advances that goal.
November 02, 2018 -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to train dogs at its National Detector Dog Training Center to safeguard American agriculture.
October 24, 2018 -
A current collaboration on facial recognition technology between the Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection will eventually scale to all domestic air travel.
October 17, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, James Wolfe, who was the head of the security for the Senate Intelligence Committee for almost 30 years, has plead guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his interactions with a news organization.
October 16, 2018 -
CPB hasn't rested on its laurels with Global Entry and trying to speed up Customs declarations and passport control.
October 11, 2018