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Clay County Residents Invited to Attend Flood Map Information Open House

There will be a Flood Map Information Open House for communities in Clay County, Illinois, on March 8, 2023, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. CT.


FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips at Ace Hardware in Hartselle

Repairing or rebuilding your home? Disaster survivors who are working on their homes after the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes can visit Ace Hardware/Corum’s Building Center in Hartselle to speak with FEMA mitigation specialists about their damage and discuss how to best repair their homes.


Disaster Recovery Centers to Close but FEMA Help Still Available

Disaster Recovery Centers in Butts, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton and Troup counties will close Saturday, Feb. 25, but that does not mean that FEMA is leaving the state


FEMA Assistance to Hurricane Ian Survivors Surpasses $1 Billion, Biden-Harris Administration Provides Over $5.5 Billion in Total Federal Support to Florida

FEMA has provided more than $1 billion for 380,000 Florida survivors of Hurricane Ian, as part of the $5.5 billion in federal support the Biden-Harris administration has provided to help families and communities in Florida jumpstart their recovery.


President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oglala Sioux Tribe

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Oglala Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms and snowstorm from Dec. 12-25, 2022.


President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Rosebud Sioux Tribe

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms and snowstorm from Dec. 12-25, 2022.


Understanding Patches and Software Updates

Patches are software and operating system (OS) updates that address security vulnerabilities within a program or product.


Understanding Firewalls for Home and Small Office Use

When your computer is accessible through an internet connection or Wi-Fi network, it is susceptible to attack. However, you can restrict outside access to your computer—and the information on it—with a firewall.


Supplementing Passwords

Passwords are a good first layer of protection, but attackers can guess or intercept passwords.


Protect Myself from Cyberattacks

The Department of Homeland Security plays an important role in countering threats to our cyber network.


CISA helps MLB teams prepare to go “Back to the Ballpark”

As the weather warms and plants start to bloom, our nation will soon celebrate the return of America’s favorite pastime.


Breakthrough Alert Messaging for a Mobile Public

The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) refers to the rapidly growing areas of land that lie between the urban sprawl of cities and towns, and the undeveloped more rural and forested countryside and mountains.


Mentoring a New Generation of Female Scientists

To commemorate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I was invited to answer questions about my work tutoring and mentoring women and girls in my community and how I promote careers in science


DHS Announces Results of 2022 Biometric Technology Rally

On February 23, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) published the results of the 2022 Biometric Technology Rally (2022 Rally).


S&T Launches a New Tribal Community Affairs Initiative

Our nation is a melting pot of diverse perspectives and backgrounds, but its origins are rooted in the First Nations, now recognized as comprising the 578 federally recognized Native Alaskan Village and American Indian Tribal governments.


Stoking Wildfire Resilience in Oregon

S&T is piloting smoke detection sensors ahead of the 2023 wildfire season


Former Account Manager for Two Churches in Belleville Sentenced for Embezzling Funds

A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Freeburg woman to 15 months in prison after she admitted to committing bank fraud while employed by St. Teresa and St. Luke Catholic parishes in Belleville.


Owner Of Insurance Firm Pleads Guilty In $40 Million Scheme To Steal Client Healthcare Funds And Defraud Lenders

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS”), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.


Virginia Woman Sentenced in Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Conspiracy

A Virginia woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.


Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna Convicted of Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Taking Millions in Cash Bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel

Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all five counts of a superseding indictment charging him with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise that includes six drug-related violations, international cocaine distribution conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to import cocaine, and making false statements.