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Big Data

DHS S&T working on data solutions for cybersecurity, privacy, AI
Sponsored by Neo4j

Alexandria Phounsavath, director of DHS S&T’s Data Analytics Technology Center, is exploring new approaches to solving some of the biggest challenges in data.

Facilities/Construction

Homeland Security returns money to a state hosting a spiffy new lab

Management

How Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate is dealing with its telework-induced high-vacancy offices

IT Modernization

DHS digital identity tests come as Biden administration looks to tamp down on online fraud

Automation

DHS scientists see group face-matching as viable use case for ports of entry after tests

Ask the CIO

Looking at the path toward zero trust from the lens of 4 agencies

Cybersecurity

CISA, DHS eye open source software use in critical infrastructure

Department of Homeland Security

Technology

DHS offers guide to develop industry partners for collaboration

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Technology

For commercialization success, this Homeland Security unit wins a prize

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal is seen during a news conference in Washington. An official at the Department of Homeland Security says he was pressured by agency leaders to suppress details in his intelligence reports that President Donald Trump might find objectionable, including intelligence on Russian interference in the election and the threat posed by white supremacists. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Technology

How Homeland Security plans to put boots on science and get it out the door

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami. The damned-if-you-pay-damned-if-you-don’t dilemma on ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond. While the Biden administration “strongly discourages” paying, it recognizes that failing to pay would be suicidal for some victims. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Workforce

DHS asks for help on maintaining wellness of its operational employees

Aerial view of Lake Houston in Huffman, Texas, on May 10, 2021. The Luce Bayou which feeds into the lake often is the source of flooding problems in neighboring subdivisions when extreme weather strikes. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)

Technology

Homeland Security seeks ideas from the public for greater community disaster resilience

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami. The damned-if-you-pay-damned-if-you-don’t dilemma on ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond. While the Biden administration “strongly discourages” paying, it recognizes that failing to pay would be suicidal for some victims. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Technology

DHS to continue 'Startup Studio' following first event with federal lab-fueled startups

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Technology

Centers of Excellence help DHS combat bio threats, domestic terrorism

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo, a New York City police officer sits in a cruiser at a checkpoint surrounding Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations in New York. The vast majority of complaints about New York City police officers' mistreatment of youths stemmed from encounters with black and Hispanic children, according to a new study by the city’s police watchdog agency. Nearly two-thirds of youth complaints to the Civilian Complaint Review Board involved children of color, the report says, including some “stopped for seemingly innocuous activities such as playing, high-fiving, running, carrying backpacks, and jaywalking." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Technology

DHS Science and Tech directorate studying ways to reduce on-duty police crashes

Peter DeFazio

Federal Newscast

Legislators hope to secure higher COLA for federal retirees

Federal Report

How to deal with rising employee loneliness

Bill Bryan, head of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Workforce

The future of telework at Homeland Security

Greg Simmons, deputy director of the Office of Test and Evaluation Preparedness Programs

Technology

Getting the findings from federal research out into the market

FILE - In this June 5, 2015, file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. The Department of Homeland Security and FBI warned states earlier this year that Russia could look to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections by covertly advising political candidates and campaigns. That's according to a law enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Fed Access

Virtual training for first responders

Multiple fire trucks from surrounding communities arrive Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in Lawrence, Mass., responding to a series of gas explosions and fires triggered by a problem with a gas line that feeds homes in several communities north of Boston. (AP Photo/Phil Marcelo)

Federal Drive

New app aims to help first responder vehicles find best navigation routes

OMB, DHS

Reporter's Notebook

OMB’s Morrison, DHS’s Maughan heading to new roles in government

HHS, building, exterior, data, cybersecurity, Health and Human Services

Reporter's Notebook

Increasing threats against mobile devices force HHS, others to rethink protections