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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Mitt Romney (R-UT), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) to ensure government agencies are properly using and recycling batteries from...


Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations; Correction discussed on Sept. 14 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Readout of DHS Participation at Interpol Conference on Border Security in the Americas

News Release: WASHINGTON – On Sept. 14, 2022, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) John K. Tien and senior officials from U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) participated in the “High-Level International Conference on Border Security in the Americas,” a virtual event hosted by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at the second panel of a Committee hearing examining social media’s impact on homeland security.


News Release: The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Ferguson (St. Louis County) will be closed for one day on Saturday, September 17. It is closing due to a previously scheduled event.


Homeland Security Department discusses Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations on Sept. 14

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is monitoring a broad area of low pressure located about 800 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Although conditions are only marginally conductive, some additional development of this system is possible and a tropical depression could form during the next couple of days.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to help protect pets and other animals during and in the aftermath of natural disasters and emergencies has...


News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Eastern Kentucky homeowners and renters who suffered damage to their property from the severe July floods still have two weeks left to apply for federal disaster assistance.


TSA Ohio Field Office recognizes dozens of heroic Ohioans at Patriot Award Ceremony

Release: COLUMBUS -- The Transportation Security Administrations Ohio Field Office recognized more than 30 people at its annual TSA Ohio Patriot Award Ceremony, held Friday, Sept. 9 at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Training Academy in Columbus.


FEMA Awards Vermont Nearly $1.9 Million For Relocating VSH Patients After Irene

News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $1.9 million to the State of Vermont to reimburse the costs of relocating patients at the former Vermont State Hospital after it flooded during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.


The US Homeland Security Department published a four page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bills addressed by Homeland Security Committee on Sept. 14

There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security Committee on Sept. 14.


FEMA Updates Flood Maps in San Luis Obispo County

News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered preliminary flood maps for San Luis Obispo County. The maps identify revised flood hazards along San Luis Obispo Creek, Huerhuero Creek, Meadow Creek and the Salinas River. These new maps will help building officials, contractors and homeowners make effective mitigation decisions, thereby contributing to safer and more disaster resilient communities.


The Road to Recovery Continues: Strengthening Public Housing in the U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands -- In September 2017, the strong winds and heavy rains of hurricanes Irma and Maria shattered windows, damaged roofs and displaced many families from public housing complexes on St. Thomas and St. Croix.


News Release: In Third Year of Program, Department Focuses 11 Awards to Organizations Working with Underserved Populations and with Small and Mid-sized Communities


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, in response to questioning from Ranking Member Rob Portman (R-OH) at the second panel of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing examining social media’s impact on homeland security, Chris Cox, the Chief Product Officer at Meta, refused to commit to revise Meta’s policies that result in higher rates of child sexual abuse material on the platform.


Release: WASHINGTON Earlier today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm David Pekoske for a second term as the Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) seventh Administrator.


CISA, FBI, NSA, Treasury, Cyber Command, and International Partners Release Advisory on Malicious Cyber Actors Affiliated with Iranian Government Agency

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), ...