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The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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FEMA Advances Accessibility: Policy Change Provides Over $117 Million to Disaster Survivors for Cleaning and Sanitizing Homes

News Release: WASHINGTON -- This week, FEMA announced over $117 million was provided to survivors in additional assistance due to a policy update which expanded cleaning and sanitizing assistance following a disaster. Because of the policy update, more than 391,000 additional applicants have been able to get financial help.
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DHS Announces Customer Experience Improvements One Year Following President Biden’s Executive Order

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Homeland Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced customer experience improvements the Department has implemented since President Biden’s signed the Executive Order, “Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government ,” which directed agencies ...
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Homeland Security Department discusses Safety Zone; Military Ocean Terminal Concord Safety Zone, Suisun Bay, Military Ocean Terminal Concord, CA on Dec. 12

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Homeland Security Department publish on Dec. 12?

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on Dec. 12 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a five page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Federal Support for Hurricane Ian Tops $3.69 Billion

News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $3.69 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments have been provided to the state of Florida and to households after Hurricane Ian to help survivors jumpstart their recovery.
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Secretary Mayorkas Remarks at the Orthodox Union Convening

News Release: Good morning and thank you. As a child, I did not have regular sleepovers with friends, and I didn’t go to sleep-away camps like many of my friends did. The horror of the Holocaust that my mother lived through - that most of her family did not survive - defined my mother’s fear of her young children...
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Hurricane Ian Flood Insurance Payments Surpass $1 Billion, FEMA Encourages Policyholders to Take Advantage of Extended Grace Period

News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $1.2 billion has gone to National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to help their Hurricane Ian recovery, with over 46,000 policyholders having filed claims following the storm’s landfall.
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DHS and DOL Announce Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) are issuing a temporary final rule that makes available 64,716 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023. These supplemental H-2B visas are for U.S. employers seeking to petition for additional workers at certain periods of the fiscal year before Sept. 15, 2023.
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Homeland Security Department publishes notice on Dec. 12

The US Homeland Security Department published a six page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on Dec. 12 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Homeland Security Department discusses Designation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status on Dec. 12

The US Homeland Security Department published an eight page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Homeland Security Department discusses Final Flood Hazard Determinations on Dec. 12

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Plantz: California men guilty of 'seeking to exploit and benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic'

Two California businessmen and their company pleaded guilty Dec. 1 following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division, the Office of the Inspector General, and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
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Readout of Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas Trip to Bogotá, Colombia

News Release: BOGOTA – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas visited Colombia’s capital Bogotá from December 8th through 10th to meet with senior government counterparts and build on the momentum started at the Summit of the Americas in June where the United States led efforts for a hemispheric approach ...
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Notice published by Homeland Security Department on Dec. 12

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Homeland Security Department discusses Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations on Dec. 12

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Chairman Thompson Lauds Homeland Security Provisions in NDAA, Including Measures to Protect Houses of Worship, Bolster Nation’s Cybersecurity

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, lauded passage of critical homeland security measures included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which passed the House of Representatives today and will be sent to the...
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One Year Later, Tornado Recovery Continues to Make Progress

News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky.- On the night of Dec. 10, 2021, deadly tornadoes swept through Western Kentucky, causing an estimated $305 million in damage to homes, churches and businesses in Mayfield, Dawson Springs, Bowling Green and other communities.
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