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As the police force of DHS the Federal Protective Service is responsible for protecting Federal Facilities, their occupants, and visitors, ensuring a safe environment in which federal agencies can conduct their business. FPS does this by conducting facility security assessments; responding to calls for service for crimes in progress and other incidents to protect life and property; and detecting, investigating, and mitigating threats posed against over 9,000 federal facilities nationwide.
Critical Infrastructure

FPS helps agencies reduce Security Compliance concerns with Key Tool

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IrisAccess® is the world’s leading deployed iris recognition platform and in thousands of locations authenticating the identities of millions of persons world-wide.
Access Control & Identification

Iris ID Looks to Grow Federal Gov’t Use of Iris Biometrics...

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the heightened threat environment across the U.S., and builds on Bulletins issued in January and May by the DHS*, and provides more information about the threat landscape we face for the coming months.
Crisis Responders

DHS Issues New National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) helps the nation prepare for and respond to critical incidents, such as active shooters and terrorist attacks, by improving capabilities during all stages of response. The Forensic Video Exploitation and Analysis (FOVEA) tool helps first responders quickly analyze video to identify potential suspects by allowing users to tag a person to a left-behind item and reconstruct that individual’s path across multiple camera views.
Access Control & Identification

DHS S&T Forensic Video Exploitation & Analysis Tool Competes in ‘ASTORS’

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Tony Coulson, director of CSUSB testified that the nation is in a crisis situation of a 500,000 person shortage in the cyber workforce. “That’s an absurd number,” Coulson told members of the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation. “If this was doctors and nurses, there would be a national outcry.”
Communications

U.S. in Crisis with Massive Shortfall of 500,000 Cyber Workforce Jobs

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“While NG9-1-1 technologies will enhance the current capabilities of today’s 911 systems by enabling multimedia sharing and connectivity, we must ensure these critical emergency response networks remain resilient and reliably operational,”explained Kathryn Coulter Mitchell, DHS Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology. 
Campus Security

DHS Awards SecureLogix $1M to Secure NG9-1-1 Multimedia Content

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Crisis Responders

ICE Launches New Victims Engagement and Services Line (VESL)

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Some DHS operations are using blockchain and distributed technologies to issue and verify credentials using open standards. These systems use credentials that may be issued by DHS and held in a digital wallet. DHS is looking for a UI design that supports best practices for visual consistency, ensures security and privacy, is interoperable, and can be integrated with existing back-end processes.
Access Control & Identification

DHS S&T Launches Prize Challenge for Digital Wallet User Interfaces

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The new automated Federal Protective Service Threat Assessment Report (TAR), developed in conjunction between Argonne National Laboratory and the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service (FPS), is a revolutionary, human-in-the-loop, machine learning (ML) based threat assessment process that significantly enhances understanding of vulnerability and threat assessments, as well as the optimization of countermeasure recommendations.
Access Control & Identification

Federal Protective Service Recognized in 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

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Large numbers of alien families are entering illegally across the southern border, hoping that they will be released into the interior rather than detained during their removal proceedings. Promulgating this rule and seeking termination of the FSA are important steps towards an immigration system that is humane and operates consistently with the intent of Congress. (Courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Border

New Rule on Unaccompanied Children & the Crisis at the Border...

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