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Release: WASHINGTON The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for spring break travelers and offers a few travel tips for the most efficient checkpoint experience. The spring break travel season begins around Feb. 17 and continues through April 21. TSA anticipates that its Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) will screen increasing numbers of passengers at airport checkpoints as travel volumes may exceed pre-pandemic levels.
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News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Biden-Harris administration’s Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released a report yesterday, outlining a strategy to meet aerial firefighting equipment needs through 2030. As climate change fuels longer and more intense wildfire seasons, aerial assets bring unique response...
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News Release: LAKE MARY, Fla. - Applicants for FEMA assistance after Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole should ensure that FEMA has their current contact information. FEMA may need to contact applicants for more information or to arrange a home inspection to verify damage.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a public witness hearing on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
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News Release: LAKE MARY, Fla. - More than 379,000 households are receiving help from FEMA as they recover from Hurricane Ian. The assistance comes in many forms.
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The Department of Homeland Security’s Use of Force Policy has been updated, a first since 2018.
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Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) are anticipating that Monday, Feb. 20 will likely be the busiest day on record for operation at SLC. High passenger volumes that day are being driven by the 2023 NBA All-Star...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, James Lankford (R-OK), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to create a program that allows federal agencies to lease underutilized properties...
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Release: PHOENIX With Super Bowl LVII and the 2023 Phoenix Open golf tournament in the books, the attention turned Monday to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) as tens of thousands of travelers were expected at the airport.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, reintroduced bipartisan legislation to improve the debris removal disaster contracting process for federal, local, tribal and state governments following natural disasters and will...
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News Release: Guest post by Helen Mearns, Deputy Director of the Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) in the Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Office of National Laboratories.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced the Chairs and Ranking Members of the committee’s three subcommittees for the 118th Congress.
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Release: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. A Connecticut man was arrested by police when Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Westchester County Airport prevented the man from bringing a loaded handgun through the security checkpoint yesterday, Monday, Feb. 13. The.45 caliber gun was loaded with seven bullets.
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Last week, during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, he pleaded to legislatures to come together on the issue of immigration reform. It is no secret that the Biden administration would like to see a change in border policy to make it easier for immigrants to gain citizenship. The administration believes this would help with the shortage in labor supply.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Pike County has been added to the major disaster declaration for Georgia’s severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes of Jan. 12, meaning residents who sustained damage or losses from the storms may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), reintroduced bipartisan legislation to authorize Federal Executive Boards (FEBs), which help improve collaboration among federal...
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Release: APPLETON Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Appleton International Airport (ATW) Monday. It was the second gun stopped at the checkpoint in the past week.
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There were three press releases or notices published by the House Committee on Appropriations in January.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced the Chairs and Ranking Members of the committee’s three subcommittees for the 118th Congress.
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The Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) earlier this month.