By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) posted the annual release of the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA), an open invitation to the scientific and technical communities to propose novel ideas that address DHS Components' highest priority...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be staffing a recruitment table at Buffalo Niagara International Airport every Friday throughout February to provide information about what it is like to work as a TSA officer and to explain the hiring process. The table will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 11, 18 and 25 on the baggage claim level of the terminal near the escalators.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: Dear Mr. Ferriero:. We write to seek your commitment that you will not certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. During a recent virtual press conference sponsored by the ERA Coalition on Jan. 27, 2022, leaders of several advocacy groups, as well as two...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Aligned with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) civil immigration enforcement priorities, ICE removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive and public safety threat Feb. 3.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be hosting recruitment events in February and March at Syracuse Hancock International Airport to let job seekers know more about the job of a TSA officer and to assist with the application process.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory outlining the growing international threat posed by ransomware over the past year.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 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 experts from the cybersecurity industry and research community to examine the recently discovered vulnerability in Log4j - one of the most serious and widespread...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last night on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted bipartisan legislation he has introduced with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to name the Avondale Cincinnati Post Office for two...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: FARGO, N.D. - An eastern North Dakota man was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his conspiratorial role in a string of violent robberies.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted the Howard Bend Tabletop Exercise (TTX) alongside St. Louis public utility stakeholders, private sector partners, local first responders, and state and federal partners today. The multi-agency event focused on incident information sharing procedures, and emergency response and recovery operations at the Howard Bend Water Plant facility near St. Louis in Chesterfield, MO.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) applauded an announcement from the Federal Emergency and Management Agency (FEMA) that they will distribute $931,930 to the village of Sanford, Michigan to purchase and demolish homes that were damaged as a result of dam failures...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a landmark legislative package that would significantly enhance our nation’s ability to combat ongoing cybersecurity threats...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a landmark legislative package that would significantly enhance our nation’s ability to combat ongoing cybersecurity threats...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of long overdue, bipartisan legislation that would set the United States Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing and support the goal of providing...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: We at the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) are investing in science-driven solutions to address the climate crisis and better understand how disparities in access to goods and services are impacting national resilience and the ability of the country to keep moving forward. Because the two are...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) contributed to an investigation resulting in the arrest of two individuals this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Thus far, law enforcement has seized over $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released the following statement on today's bicameral, bipartisan meeting of Appropriations Committee leadership.
