Customs and Border Protection
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Border Patrol agents face unique and difficult situations in their daily work. Whether it's arresting dangerous criminals, or rescuing those in peril, that kind of trauma can start to weigh on a person's mental health. To help lift morale and put a friendly face on its community engagement efforts, Border Patrol has launched its Support Canine Program.
March 31, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A Massachusetts senator calls for a glitchy asylum app to be shut down at the border. The GAO reports that the VA is failing to follow protocol when hiring drug felons. And a video-game-like simulator helps train Latin American military personnel at a Texas Air Force base.
February 24, 2023 -
The Automated Commercial Environment is an old system operated by Customs and Border Protection. It supports the movement and fees collection of ship cargo moving in and out of the United States.
January 31, 2023 -
Don't waste too much time looking back at a weird 2022. Too much is possible in 2023.
December 30, 2022 -
The Homeland Security Advisory Council's latest report suggest better staffing models, improved technology and other actions could improve CX at several DHS components.
December 09, 2022 -
Customs and Border Protection has a diversity goal. The agency wants 30% of its workforce to be women by 2030.
December 01, 2022 -
Certain migrants to the United States are allowed to stay pending immigration court proceedings. That means Homeland Security must keep track of their family status and where they end up. This process needs a technology update.
October 31, 2022 -
At Customs and Border Protection, new technologies streamline customer service.
October 27, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Customs and Border Protection pledges to boost hiring of women to 30% by 2030. The Census Bureau count of cyberattacks against the Census Bureau, numbers in the trillions. And FEMA's efforts to combat workplace discrimination and harassment not quite firing on all cylinders.
October 21, 2022 -
TSA is looking to scale up a pilot program that uses CBP's "Traveler Verification Service" to check the identity of travelers at airports.
October 11, 2022 -
The Homeland Security Department's headquarters project might be one of the longest running construction programs in government history. Planning started more than 17 years ago. And the latest estimates pegged the completion date now at 2027.
September 14, 2022 -
No fewer than six agencies over the last six weeks promoted or hired new executives to focus on cybersecurity challenges, demonstrating the continued demand for these skillsets.
September 06, 2022 -
One sign that the world is sort of back to normal, more people than ever are signing up for the various Trusted Traveler programs.
August 11, 2022 -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks to strengthen enforcement against what it calls environmental bad actors and to foster a greener worldwide supply chain.
August 09, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Marine Mammal Commission has its ethics called into question, and GAO is concerned the Navy is trying to impede Congressional oversight.
August 09, 2022