Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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The Customs and Border Protection directorate wants to weed out agents who "go bad" years into their careers, using more lie detector tests. Background checks at the Transportation Security Administration have kept more than 5,000 potentially bad actors from joining the TSA workforce. At Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leaders emphasize the importance of employee outreach and education to prevent corruption.
May 29, 2012 -
The Justice Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI have teamed up to take 150 websites that are alleged to have sold counterfeit products.
November 28, 2011 -
Under the $40 million deal, ICE wants a modernized system that gives investigators access to more than 100 disparate databases.
November 15, 2011 -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement received a score of 95 on its FISMA report card in 2011. Jeff Eisensmith, the ICE CISO, said the agency is implementing continuous monitoring and increasing the training of its employees.
October 19, 2011 -
The Homeland Security Department proposed a rule that would prohibit employees in certain DHS components from participating in certain outside jobs and activities. By drafting the proposals, DHS leaders are trying to prevent perceptions of conflicts of interest.
October 13, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) brought forth a new plan, the Maritime Operations Coordination (MOC), that will improve cross-coordination efforts between the Coast Guard (USCG), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
July 07, 2011 -
A coalition of government agencies will target counterfeit parts posing a danger to the armed services and the public.
June 21, 2011 -
A day after the Department of Homeland Security cancelled its $450 million contract to modernize and unify its backoffice IT systems, the department\'s acting CFO told Congress DHS will focus first on modernizing the infrastructure of the department\'s components that are severely out of date. A new strategy for an integrated, departmentwide system has yet to be determined, she said.
May 16, 2011 -
Another county in the D.C. region is getting ready to up the ante on illegal immigration.
April 20, 2011 -
More than 130 \"criminal aliens\" are behind bars after a three-day round up across Northern Virginia, but the arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement with help from local police and the U.S. Marshal Service have not stopped the criticism of immigration enforcement or policy.
March 24, 2011 -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said two special agents assigned to the office in Mexico City were shot in the line of duty. The agents were driving between Mexico Cty and Monterrey, Mexico, according to the…
February 15, 2011 -
New members of Congress signal a new oversight structure for DHS - but broad changes aren\'t likely, says former Asst. Secretary of DHS.
November 16, 2010 -
Correa has spent 28 years working in the procurement area. She now moves to a broader role.
November 05, 2010 -
Agencies are testing an assortment of smartphones and tablet computers to improve how their workforces meet their missions. But there still are questions about the security of these devices.
October 14, 2010 -
Counterproliferation experts say Iranian agents\' smuggling operations include parties who aren\'t aware they are doing anything illegal.
June 17, 2010