The Homeland Security Department needs better rules over its use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media services to improve privacy and legal safeguards.

People attending the opening game of the junior ice hockey team Tri-City Americans will be recorded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The U.S. government is making progress on developing a surveillance system that can pair computers with video cameras to scan crowds and automatically identify people by their faces, according to an article from the Boston Globe.

A senior executive with Intel Corp's McAfee anti-virus software division was named the top cyber official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The House of Representatives passed a $39 billion Department of Homeland Security spending bill for next fiscal year that would boost its funding by nearly $1 billion.

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered new security checks for all foreign students entering the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security is being questionned as to why it using roughly 1,000 rounds of ammunition more per person than the U.S. Army.

Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute has been involved in DHS since 2009, and has led the charge in sharing air passenger information with the European Union. 

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has been sued for sexual discrimination.

Although grant money is tight this year, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are pulling in some of the most funding.