Rebecca Gambler

It’s a small but important detail: Are foreign contractor employees legit?

In the endless quest for talent, federal contractors sometimes use foreign employees. A long-running program called E-verify lets employers confirm such…

Agency Oversight

(Photo by Glenn Fawcett)

As part of CBP’s one-to-one biometric facial recognition testing on inbound, international flights, a traveler has his photo taken and compared against his passport photo to confirm his identity at Dulles Airport. Photo by Glenn Fawcett

Customs and Border Protection expands use of facial recognition

Technology

GAO

Virtual immigration hearings during COVID could have gone better, GAO says

Agency Oversight

Poor communication, planning led to massively underused border facility

Agency Oversight

Despite hiring improvements, CBP still understaffed

Federal Drive

Executive Briefing Series: Facial Recognition

Analysis

Rebecca Gambler: USCIS needs to plug holes in SAVE program

Federal Drive

Rebecca Gambler: CBP needs to assess its use of aerial surveillance

Federal Drive

Rebecca Gambler: Despite progress, DHS still on GAO’s high-risk list

Federal Drive

Variety of management issues on DHS’ plate for 2017

Management

Rebecca Gambler: Border Patrol screening system needs work

Federal Drive

Rebecca Gambler: Using biometric IDs to track foreign visitors

The Homeland Security Department can’t get this one over the line. How to collect biometric IDs from foreigners leaving the United States. DHS captures…

Federal Drive

Rebecca Gambler: Asylum backlog stands at more than 100,000

Backlogs seem to be the bane of the government’s existence. Now a new backlog has emerged; applications for asylum in the United States. Applications have…

Federal Drive

Rebecca Gambler, Homeland Security & Justice Issues Director, GAO

The drone fleet at Customs and Border Protection isn’t big, but the law states that very strict oversight from the Homeland Security Department and CBP is important. Rebecca Gambler is director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she said Congress mandated a look at CBP’s drone program.