News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
A North Carolina woman was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a handgun inside her coat pocket at a Philadelphia International Airport security checkpoint on Tuesday, Dec. 21.“It’s the busy holiday travel period and it’s no time to be toting a gun to the airport in your coat,” said Gerardo Spero, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 22.1 Solicitation is now open for U.S.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
The last group of Afghan nationals temporarily housed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia as part of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) departed the base. Marine Corps Base Quantico is the second of eight Department of Defense (DOD) installations supporting the resettlement of Afghan nationals that are also known as “safe havens” to complete operations
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the areas affected by the devastating severe weather and tornadoes in Kentucky and throughout the South and Midwest. DHS Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell traveled to Kentucky on Sunday, December 12, 2021, and Wednesday, December 15, 2021, to meet with local and commonwealth officials and survey the damaged areas.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a pilot program in select cities where ICE law enforcement officers will begin to wear body worn cameras for pre-planned operations.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the apprehension of a Saudi national with potential ties to terrorism attempting to illegally enter the U.S.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act was signed into law as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard Shelby (R-AL), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting the overdue report on the composition and vetting of the more than 78,000 Afghans evacuated by U.S. forces.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Department of Justice announced that Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was convicted by a federal jury in connection with lying to federal authorities about his affiliation with the People’s Republic of China’s Thousand Talents Program and the Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in Wuhan, China, as well as failing to report income he received from WUT.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
In his first year as Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) has worked hard to ensure that Ohioans and all American taxpayers receive the transparency, accountability, and sound policies they deserve from the federal government.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded a $5 million grant to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) to assist in protecting workers’ rights in the agricultural sector in Honduras and Guatemala and the clothing industry in El Salvador.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. James Comer, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Kevin Brady, Rep. Al Green, and Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. sent a letter to Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., requesting information regarding the tragic events of the Astroworld Festival on November 5, 2021, when a stampede crushed concertgoers, killing ten people and injuring hundreds more. Live Nation Entertainment was the concert promoter reportedly responsible for “planning, staffing, putting up money, securing permits, finding vendors, communicating with local agencies,” for Astroworld Festival.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Committee Member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Yvette D. Clarke sent a letter to Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro, head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), requesting that GAO examine the impact of peaker power plant pollution on frontline communities and evaluate replacement strategies.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) sent a follow-up letter to the Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) Marty Walsh to reiterate numerous concerns about DOL operations, including how the majority of DOL employees have yet to return to in-person work and that the Secretary himself has spent little time in Washington, D.C.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
This strategy identifies PFAS-related science opportunities that have informed ongoing USGS research and provides a strategic vision to address future science needs and opportunities with both existing and additional resources.PFAS are a diverse class of long-lasting chemicals with a wide range of applications.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
A new study from the USGS in the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, “Earthquake Risk of Gas Pipelines in the Conterminous United States and its Sources of Uncertainty,” highlights the need to continue efforts to systematically quantify nationwide earthquake risk to gas pipelines in the United States, which manages the largest gas pipeline network in the world.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
The section of Natchez Trace Parkway from Milepost 262 to 266 near Tupelo, MS is scheduled to reopen this afternoon.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
National Park Service personnel are preparing for what is typically one of the busiest holiday weeks of the year amid the latest in a series of recent significant precipitation events.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
Beginning on Thursday, January 6, 2022, the Thomas Edison Laboratory Complex, Glenmont Mansion and Grounds will be closed to the public for the winter season and will reopen on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
Promontory Summit, UT - Golden Spike National Historical Park invites the public to join us December 28th, 29th, and 30th for Winter Steam Festival.
