By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a virtual Flood Map Information Open House for communities in northwest Cook County and northeast Kane County, Illinois on March 30, 2022, from 4 - 6 p.m. CT. The open house will give residents the chance to review...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - As residents continue to repair and rebuild after the Dec. 10-11 severe storms and tornadoes, FEMA has teamed with Menards in Elizabethtown and Paducah to provide free information and tips on how to make homes damaged by natural disasters stronger and safer.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico -The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced an obligation of $113.6 million to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) geared towards repairing the trunk sewers that transport raw sewage to water treatment plants throughout the island for the benefit of over 100,000 people.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, expressed his frustration with officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security on the lack of proper screening and vetting...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: The House today passed H.R. 2471, an omnibus spending bill consisting of all 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen border security and address personnel shortages at ports of entry. The Securing America’s Ports of Entry...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted a three-day cyber exercise, Cyber Storm VIII, which included more than 2,000 private sector, government, and international participants from approximately 200 organizations.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a five page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
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 a hearing to examine threats against houses of worship and public spaces. He urged the Senate to pass his bipartisan Pray Safe Act to...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. -Bart R. Johnson has been named as the 2021 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Federal Security Director of the Year for medium size airports across the country.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, an omnibus of 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly released the following statement today...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 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 to examine the threat of violent extremism and terrorism against houses of worship and other public spaces. The committee heard from senior law enforcement, national...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report revealing significant issues with the State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Office’s oversight of grant funds to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
Release: ALBANY, N.Y.-The traditional spring break travel period has arrived at Albany International Airport (ALB) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are ready for the increase in passengers. However, passengers who haven’t traveled recently are somewhat “rusty" in terms of remembering security checkpoint protocols.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
Release: BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a woman from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) on Monday, March 14.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
Release: RAPID CITY, South Dakota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) presented its Security Training Instructor of the Year award to South Dakota’s statewide instructor at the agency’s TSA Honorary Awards celebration.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, at a hearing titled “Correcting the Public Record: Reforming Federal and Presidential Records Management," expert witness Jonathon Turley, Professor of Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School, agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member...
