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DHS Seeks Automatically Activated Body Cams

Responses are due on December 24.

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has released a request for information on body cameras that can be automatically activated when triggered by surrounding events. Credit: Lutsenko_Oleksandr/Shutterstock

DHS Appoints Ferraro as Deputy Chief Procurement Officer

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has appointed Nina Ferraro as the DHS deputy chief procurement officer.

Air Force Adds FirstNet to 15 Bases

The service selects the public safety network for base emergency communications.

The U.S. Air Force is adding first responder network capability to 15 of its bases, which will help public safety personnel communicate during operations or emergencies, such as weather-related disasters, like Tyndall faced in 2018 with Hurricane Michael. Credit: Staff Sgt. Alexander Henniger

DHS and NIST Offer Guidance on Quantum Security Risks

Quantum computers could easily break current encryption.

Quantum computing advances in the coming years are expected to offer benefits while also posting a threat to national security. Guidance offered by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards and Technology is designed to mitigate that threat. Credit: graphicINmotion/Shutterstock

Coast Guard Embarks on Cyber Offense

The service blends its traditional maritime roles with expanded digital strengths to thwart adversaries.

The addition of cyber offense capabilities by the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command marks another step in the service’s growing cyber versatility, says the leader of the command, Rear Adm. Michael Ryan, USCG (l), speaking to Coast Guardsmen in the command’s Cyber Operations Center in Washington, D.C. Credit: USCG Cyber Command

DHS Testing Shows Masks Complicate Racial Picture on Facial Recognition

The best facial recognition systems work very well but showed increased racial disparities in performance when the volunteer subjects wore face masks.

A facial recognition tablet takes a photo of a passenger boarding an international flight during the Sept 2018 launch of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection biometric exit pilot at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. U.S. CBP Photo by Glenn Fawcett

Meeting Homeland Security Needs with Industry Expertise

Homeland security success depends on preparing for the unexpected, preventing the unthinkable and recovering from the unimaginable.

Introducing the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

The Department of Homeland Security’s CISA forms new cyber defense organization.

U.S. Cyber Command cyber warriors and a French cyber professional collaborate during a July 21 training exercise, Cyber Fort III, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The Command, along with federal agencies such as the FBI, NSA, DOD and the Department of Justice, will be collaborating with the new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to broaden U.S. cyber defenses. Credit: U.S. Cyber Command/Josef Cole

Flat Budgets Don’t Deter Sea Services Advances

Technology will play a role during ongoing transitions.

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter and a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer patrol the Hawaiian Island operational area. All three sea services are modernizing amid budget constraints. Credit: MC2 Christian M. Huntington, USN

Lack of Separate OCO Funds Present a Problem

The services are left to figure out how to pay for unexpected contingency operations.

Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy ships sail in formation during the Pacific Vanguard 2020 exercise. The DoD’s FY 2022 budget request does not include separate funding for contingency operations. The services now have to balance the possible need to come up with such funds from their base budgets, which may impact funding for exercises, training or other operational needs, leaders say. Credit: U.S. Navy/Lt. Mark Langford

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DHS Seeks Automatically Activated Body Cams

DHS Appoints Ferraro as Deputy Chief Procurement Officer

Air Force Adds FirstNet to 15 Bases

DHS and NIST Offer Guidance on Quantum Security Risks

Coast Guard Embarks on Cyber Offense

DHS Testing Shows Masks Complicate Racial Picture on Facial Recognition

Meeting Homeland Security Needs with Industry Expertise

Introducing the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

Flat Budgets Don’t Deter Sea Services Advances

Lack of Separate OCO Funds Present a Problem