By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2022
News Release: The annual Feds Feed Families campaign is officially underway! This year’s campaign will run from June 27 to Sept. 30, 2022. Thanks to the remarkable generosity of federal employees, the Feds Feed Families food drive has collected over 100 million pounds of food across the country since 2009. In 2021, federal employees donated more than 7 million pounds of food to those in need.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2022
Release: LYNCHBURG, Va.-- A man from Alabama, was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight yesterday (July 21), at Lynchburg Regional Airport. The 9mm handgun was loaded with 17 bullets.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2022
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Harrisburg International Airport yesterday (July 21). The woman, a resident of Mechanicsburg, Pa., was found with a.380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets among her carry-on items.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed David Pekoske, the nominee to serve as the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on the measures he is taking to ensure the safety of air travel in the United States after he admitted that TSA knowingly allows individuals on the terrorist watch list to fly commercially.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Commonwealth of Kentucky and FEMA have approved $1,589,191 to reimburse utility cooperative Big Rivers Electric Corporation for expenses resulting from the mid-December 2021 tornadoes, which damaged power lines and conductors affecting 56.7 miles of transmission line.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released a report he requested from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the effectiveness of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) oversight of purchases of radiological materials.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program (CETAP): Expansion of a Portable Cybersecurity Education Teacher-Focused Model grant opened on July 21.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security Committee on July 20.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON—On June 17, Acting Assistant Secretary Gary Rasicot of the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for a series of meetings with state and local leaders on the Ohio BioWatch Program, and yesterday, CWMD’s Associate ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
Release: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a local man from carrying his loaded handgun onto a flight at Westchester County Airport on Wednesday, July 20. The.38 caliber revolver was loaded with five bullets.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 22.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the revision and reissuance of its Security Directive regarding oil and natural gas pipeline cybersecurity. This revised directive will continue the effort to build cybersecurity resiliency for the nations critical pipelines.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill to improve screening of vehicles and cargo entering the United States by increasing the use of non-intrusive inspection systems,...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
News Release: New podcast dives deep into the stories of S&T’s groundbreaking research and development and the people who make it all possible.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 20.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), and Joe Manchin (D-WV), introduced two bipartisan proposals which include legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 to ensure that the electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote for President.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after an announcement today from the United States Postal Service (USPS) saying they intend to expand their electric vehicle purchase order by at least fifty percent...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed administration officials on their efforts to safeguard the homeland from biological threats at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine weapons of mass destruction, or WMDs, and health security threats posed to our nation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing with senior government officials on the risks posed by chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological weapons, as well as on how the Department of Homeland Security’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-On June 17, Acting Assistant Secretary Gary Rasicot of the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for a series of meetings with state and local leaders on the Ohio BioWatch Program, and yesterday, CWMD’s Associate...
