WHSers joined us for a wonderful Holiday Tea with a true inspiration to our community -- Beverly Good, Port Director for the El Paso Port of Entry. Â Beverly is AMAZING and she talked with us about her role in ACTUALLY securing our borders. Â After a...
WHS is pleased to announce that WHS 5th Anniversary Steering Committee member Linda Jacksta, Executive Director, Mission Assurance at Customs & Border Protection at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will join us for lunch on March 25. Ms. Jacksta will discuss her role at CBP,...
Mark your calendars! Â Join us in April to have lunch with Leslie Hope, Chief of the Biometrics Division at US Customs & Immigration Service and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Â Given the recent Executive Order, Ms. Hope will discuss the biometric component of immigration...
DHS OIG: Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security The DHS Office of the Inspector General issued its latest look at the Department's management challenges last month. While the document did not hold any surprises it reinforced the numerous department-wide and operational challenges faced by...
In the years after 9/11, officials scrambled to rethink security at the border and in the air-while privacy groups and foreign governments did their best to stop and then roll back security measures. As a result, we have only partially closed gaping security holes. Worse,...
Lunch with Tiffany Hixson, Executive Director, SBI Acquisition Office, CBP SBInet is Cancelled: Now What? 11:30am - 1:00pm Location TBD:Â Can you host? Join us for lunch to hear Tiffany Hixson discuss next steps for the SBI Acquisition Office at CBP. Tiffany T. Hixson is the Executive...