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News Release: WHITE SANDS, NM -From April 24 - 29, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted JamX 22, an exercise to counter electronic jamming at White Sands Missile Range with federal, state, local...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on securing and ensuring order on the southwest border, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of HSGAC, pressed Biden administration officials on their plan to address the catastrophic surge of unlawful...


Release: ARLINGTON, Va. An Alexandria, Va., man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers unloaded a stash of 23 prohibited items from the mans carry-on bag at one of the security checkpoints at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) yesterday, Wednesday, May 4. Twenty-three items were knives including scalpels and martial arts throwing knives.


DHS-DHS grant application closes on June 16

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) Program - Region 6 grant opened on May 5.


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 federal officials to examine the resources necessary to secure the Southern Border and how the Administration is preparing to manage anticipated changes...


Special Local Regulations; Annual Events in Captain of the Port Delaware Bay Zone discussed on May 4 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a four page rule on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



DHS-DHS offers new grant application process starting May 5

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) Program - Region 10 grant opened on May 5.


DHS-DHS grant application closes on June 18

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) Program - Region 1 grant opened on May 5.


DHS-DHS offers new grant application process starting May 5

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) Program - Region 8 grant opened on May 5.


Release: MADISON, Wis. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Thursday May 5-Friday, May, 6 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Dane County Regional Airport (MSN).


DHS-DHS grant application closes on June 16

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) Program - Region 2 grant opened on May 5.


There was activity on four bills related to the Homeland Security Committee on May 3.


Peters Convenes Hearing with Secretary Mayorkas to Examine Resources Needed by DHS to Address Threats and Challenges Facing Americans

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 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas to examine what resources and authorities DHS needs to fulfill its mission of protecting...


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks traveled to New Mexico to connect with state and tribal leaders and discuss agency partnerships on preparedness, mitigation and response efforts as the region experiences continued increases in major wildfires.


77 notices published in April by Homeland Security Department

There were 77 notices published by the Homeland Security Department in April, according to the Federal Register.


News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that $23,800,232.83 in federal funding has been made available to the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of April 4, 2020.


FEMA Provides Funds for Eisenhower Junior High Repairs

News Release: DENVER - FEMA has approved more than $630,000 in funding to the Granite School District for work completed at Eisenhower Junior High to repair damages that occurred during the Magna Earthquake, and to mitigate against future damage. The assistance was made available as part of the major disaster declaration made by President Trump in July 2020 to support Utah’s recovery.


How politicians on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee dealt with bills on May 3

There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 3.


Portman: Losing Title 42 Will Turn This Border Crisis into a Catastrophe

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered an opening statement at a hearing with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, to examine the resources and authorities...