DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a federal agency responsible for national security, border control, disaster response, and cybersecurity within the United States.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its leadership changes, significant investments in new technologies like biosurveillance, and controversial programs like predictive policing.

Latest on DHS

• The revolving door for tech officials at Trump’s DHS
• Former DHS CIO lands back at Anduril
• DHS plans ‘large investments’ in biosurveillance as it ramps up capabilities
• DHS’s predictive policing is unconstitutional, un-American and should be stopped
• DHS finds a technology partner in the Energy Department
• DHS plans $440M governmentwide investment in biometric capture devices
• federal risk management for AI is built on self-reported data from teams that are still figuring out what they actually deployed

Connections

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