News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted a three-day cyber exercise, Cyber Storm VIII, which included more than 2,000 private sector, government, and international participants from approximately 200 organizations.

The US Homeland Security Department published a five page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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 examine threats against houses of worship and public spaces. He urged the Senate to pass his bipartisan Pray Safe Act to...

Release: ALBANY, N.Y. -Bart R. Johnson has been named as the 2021 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Federal Security Director of the Year for medium size airports across the country.

Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, an omnibus of 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly released the following statement today...

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to examine the threat of violent extremism and terrorism against houses of worship and other public spaces. The committee heard from senior law enforcement, national...

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry thwarted a significant smuggling attempt after discovering 52 reptiles, tied up in small bags and hidden in and under a man’s clothing as he tried to cross the border into the U.S.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, the U.S. Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners responded simultaneously to a maritime smuggling event on Sunday afternoon in Key Largo, Florida, where a vessel containing 356 Haitian migrants ran aground several hundred yards offshore.

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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report revealing significant issues with the State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Office’s oversight of grant funds to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery.

Release: ALBANY, N.Y.-The traditional spring break travel period has arrived at Albany International Airport (ALB) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are ready for the increase in passengers. However, passengers who haven’t traveled recently are somewhat “rusty" in terms of remembering security checkpoint protocols.