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Portman Highlights Need for Congress to Pass Bipartisan Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act to Ensure National Visibility into Cyberattacks

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 on the response to and lessons learned from the threat posed by the vulnerability in Log4j software - which experts have said...


TSA prevents Erie County man from carrying a handgun onto his flight at Buffalo Niagara International Airport

Release: CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - An Erie County, N.Y., man was detained by police after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) detected a loaded handgun in the man’s carry-on bag at the security checkpoint on Saturday, Feb. 5. It was the first gun detected by TSA officers at the security checkpoint this year.


Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - An Arizona man was stopped by security officers at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport checkpoint with a loaded handgun yesterday, Monday, Feb. 7.


Public Invited to Review Flood Maps in Prince Edward County

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Prince Edward County, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.


Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Impact of Continuing Resolutions on the Department of Defense and Services.


News Release: WASHINGTON - An investigation by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), HSI Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU), Guatemalan National Police (PNC), and Guatemalan Prosecutor for Illicit Migrant Trafficking led to the arrest of 10 Guatemalan nationals tied to the January 2021 murders of 19 foreign nationals in a human smuggling event in Tamaulipas, Mexico.


News Release: Helping Children Cope with Trauma after Kentucky Tornadoes


Portman, Hassan FOX News Op-Ed: It’s Time for Congress to Pass the Bipartisan Pray Safe Act

News Release: In a new joint op-ed for FOX News, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chair of the Emerging Threats Subcommittee, discussed the need for Congress to pass their bipartisan Pray Safe Act to establish...


Deadline March 7 to Apply for FEMA Assistance

News Release: LACEY, Wash. - Washington residents who have uninsured losses resulting from the Nov. 5 - Dec. 2, 2021, severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides have until March 7, 2022 to apply for FEMA disaster assistance.


Chairman Thompson Statement on Updated DHS Public Bulletin on the Terrorism Threat

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorkas issuing a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin on the current terrorism threat...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) applauded House passage of their bipartisan bill to encourage innovation in contracting and expand opportunities for small businesses to work with the federal...


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Those affected by last December’s severe storms and tornadoes may need more financial assistance for long-term recovery than FEMA can provide. Most disaster survivors do.


TSA to host hiring event for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Transportation Security Officers Feb. 8-9

Release: MINNEAPOLIS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Tuesday, Feb. 8 and Wednesday, Feb. 9 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is seeking information on technologies that can detect trapped survivors in collapsed buildings and voids. The DHS SBIR Program, administered by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), issued...


Motion Picture Association, Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and IPR Center strengthen public-private partnership to protect film and TV content

News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) today announced the expansion of their current partnership with The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). By embedding MPA and ACE personnel to the team at the IPR Center in Washington D.C. and other resources to the expanded framework, the partnering organizations are able to further expand their collective content protection efforts.


DeLauro Introduces Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act

News Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN-04), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Impact of Continuing Resolutions on the Department of Defense and Services.


FEMA Awards Nearly $1M to Michigan Community Impacted by 2020 Dam Failure

News Release: CHICAGO - Through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $931,930 to the village of Sanford, Michigan, for the acquisition and demolition of 14 homes that were damaged following the Midland dam break...


Notice published on Feb. 4 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


There were 51 notices published by the Homeland Security Department in week ending Feb. 5, according to the Federal Register.