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U.S.-Mexico ‘virtual fence’ has huge software holes

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Software problems with a 28-mile pilot project send Homeland Security officials back to the drawing board–and cause a three-year delay in plans to seal off the southwestern border of the U.S. WASHINGTON–Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border and…
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U.S.-Mexico ‘virtual fence’ has huge software holes

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Software problems with a 28-mile pilot project send Homeland Security officials back to the drawing board–and cause a three-year delay in plans to seal off the southwestern border of the U.S. WASHINGTON–Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border and…
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The legislation behind a national ID

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Federal regulations creating a uniform national ID card are looming. Read the the full text of the Real ID bill. Real ID became law not through the usual legislative process, but instead as part of a mammoth Iraq spending and Asian tsunami bill, the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act…
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SEC urged not to revive ‘terrorist’ watch list

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Business groups ask commission not to reinstate online tool pegging companies that invest in nations dubbed terrorism sponsors. Two business groups urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday not to reinstate a Web tool aimed at helping investors identify companies with investments in countries the United…
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