By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Homeland Security and Emergency Management division (DPS-HSEM) announced today that $26,931,775 million in federal funding has been made available to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) for costs related to the state’s COVID-19 response under the federal disaster declaration of April 7, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Major Disaster Declaration signed on Jan. 14, 2022, for middle and west Tennessee following damage caused by a line of tornadoes last December was amended Thursday, Feb. 3, to include funding for FEMA Public Assistance (PA), which supplements state and local recovery efforts. Thirteen Tennessee counties are now eligible to receive PA grants to help communities repair and replace damaged infrastructure and buildings.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: LACEY, Wash. - A Disaster Recovery Center, jointly operated by FEMA and the Washington State Military Department’s Emergency Management Division, will open in Hamilton (Skagit County) Friday, Feb. 4, to help survivors of the Nov. 5-Dec. 2, 2021, severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 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 consider the nominations of William Valdez to be Under Secretary for Management at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security;...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to news that the ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed during a U.S. counterterrorism operation in Syria.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, introduced legislation to prohibit the Administrator of the Transportation...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released a Request for Information (RFI) encouraging chemical and biological defense companies to bring their innovative technologies for test and evaluation in the Chemical and Biological Advanced Capability Testbed (CBT) in the New York City subway system. The deadline for submitting applications to the RFI is 5:00 p.m. EST on Feb. 24, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, stressed the need to hold China accountable for its rampant theft of U.S. taxpayer-funded research and intellectual property at a hearing to consider the nominations...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is working with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to provide essential public safety measures in and around the Los Angeles area. Measures include, but are not limited to, investigating human trafficking and intellectual property rights...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s launch of the new Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), a Board comprised of representatives from the Federal government (including DOD, DOJ, CISA, NSA, FBI), security firms, software suppliers, and other private sector organizations, to investigate “significant cyber incidents":
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - FEMA remains focused on reducing barriers and increasing opportunities for all Tennessee tornado survivors to receive support and assistance when they need it.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a five page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
Release: MILWAUKEE - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Friday, Feb. 4 through Saturday, Feb. 5 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE).
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Versailles, Kentucky, man was sentenced on Tuesday to serve 444 months in federal prison for production of child exploitation material.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tom Carper (D-DE) applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s passage of their bipartisan Multinational Species Conservation Funds...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) partnered with multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies under the FBI’s Southern Arizona Violent Crime and Gang Task Force (SAVCGTF) to executed 11 search warrants throughout...
