Photo by angela n. From the Office of the Mayor: "January 9, 2021 The Honorable Chad F. Wolf Acting Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security
Governor Cuomo issued a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf asking him to require that airline travelers to the United States receive a negative COVID-19 test result before being allowed into the country.
Today, Acting DHS Secretary Chad F. Wolf signed multiple security cooperation agreements that focus on facilitating secure trade and travel with the Kingdom of Bahrain. Acting Secretary Wolf and Minister of Interior Lt. General Sheikh Rashed bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa signed the Global Entry (GE) Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) and agreements to increase cooperation on border and cargo security. “I would like to thank the Kingdom of Bahrain for its continued close collaboration and crucial partnership with the United States,” said Acting Secretary Wolf. “These agreements will continue to foster a bilateral approach to our shared security challenges.” The Global Entry MOC extends eligibility benefits to Bahrain and allows CBP to continue to work with Bahrain to finalize standard operation procedures and other technical documents required to support a full Global Entry arrangement.
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Last month, the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) published a report from its Biometrics Subcommittee with recommendations that will affect how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deals with biometric privacy and security issues going forward.
In April of 2020, Acting Secretary Wolf asked the Biometrics Subcommittee to examine how the Department approaches biometric-driven identity management, and whether the Department would benefit from a more unified approach to this data. More specifically, the Acting Secretary requested recommendations from the Subcommittee in several areas, to include how DHS can establish a multi-year biometrics strategy and implementation plan with performance metrics and oversight; best practices in creating a biometrics enterprise and governance process; how DHS can better communicate with the public, Congress and stakeholders about how it manages biometric information, to inclu