When Deutsche Telekom bought up VoiceStream in 2001 to bring T-Mobile USA online, the FBI and Department of Justice (DoJ) essentially forced the company to comply with regulations that would allow constant communications surveillance (presumably under the pretense of national security). Well, now that T-Mobile USA is acquiring SunCom, the merger is under renewed scrutiny

Now I'm not a big political guy, but I am a big gadget freak. Engadget has just reported on a Department of Homeland Security policy that sounds absolutely ridiculous. The government can now confiscate basically any of your digital devices or media at the US border if they even might be a threat to

The National Emergency Technology Guard (NETGuard) mobilizes a corps of volunteers with technology experience who could help out after a disaster. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon discusses the effort with NPR (audio). It is funded by the Department of Homeland Security. NET Guard teams may assist local communities in temporarily reconstituting voice, data, and other

The US Department of Homeland Security has taken another step towards a new SMS emergency alert system that will warn citizens of domestic disasters from earthquakes to terror attacks. The Department has announced it's picked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to oversee the new system of emergency alerts and act as the aggregator for the

The EFF sure has set it sights high with its latest lawsuit, with it now teaming up with the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) to sue the Department of Homeland Security over laptop and gadget searches and other alleged infringements of civil liberties at U.S. borders. Specifically, the two groups are asking for the DHS to disclose its policies on questioning travelers on First Amendment-protected activities

Cybersecurity control should be taken away from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security placed under the White House's purview, a panel of government and industry leaders are urging President-elect Barack Obama.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez wants to establish guidelines for border searches and seizures of laptops, smartphones and other electronic devices that store data. Department of Homeland Security officials maintain the Fourth Amendment does not require U.S. Customs agents to have reasonable suspicion before searching laptops and digital devices and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the feds. Re...

There's nothing like a little government contract-love to fill company coffers with some tasty greenbacks. Verizon has apparently secured a $678.5 million contract to provide network infrastructure and services to help the US Department of Homeland Security respond more quickly and reliably to emergencies. As part of the US General Services Administration's (GSA) $48 billion Networx

A $20 million, 28-mile prototype "virtual" fence built by Boeing, and developed to thwart illegal immigration along the Mexico-U.S. border hasn't met border control agents? needs, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported. However, the federal government has no plans to scrap the program as recently reported by the mainstream press, said Department of Homeland Security

Scientists at NASAs AMES research facility along with researchers from the Cell-All program, from the Department of Homeland Security, participated in an event on Tuesday which included the demonstration of prototypes which would allow mobile phones to detect chemical and biological agents. The Cell-All programs goal is to use mobile phones for ubiquitous chemical and biological