News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


An Augusta County, Va., man was cited by the police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport caught him with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag this morning, Thursday, Dec. 1.


Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Chesapeake, Va., resident from carrying his loaded handgun onto a flight on Wednesday, Nov. 30.


This time last year, President Biden signed the monumental Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law, solidifying the Administration’s commitment to the future of our nation’s critical infrastructure (CI) and strong emphasis on safeguarding its security and resiliency.


The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) launched the competition for graduate and undergraduate students across the United States and territories to participate in the 2023 Homeland Security Professional Opportunities for the Student Workforce to Experience Research (HS-POWER) internship program.


Across the nation, federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (FSLTT) agencies are updating 911 systems to digital or Internet Protocol (IP)-based systems, known as Next Generation 911 (NG911).


Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented an Alexandria, Va., resident from carrying his handgun onto a flight on Monday, Nov. 28.


Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working at Harrisburg International Airport continue to see travelers bringing their guns to the airport in their carry-on luggage and TSA wants to remind travelers of the proper and legal way to transport firearms for their flights.


The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its annual calendar today, which honors the agency’s more than 1,000 explosives detection canines working in the United States


Ongoing inflation means the shopping and savings benefits you’ve earned at your Coast Guard Exchange (CGX) are more important than ever.


Employee contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) are considered to be elective deferrals. The IRS elective deferral limit for 2023 is $22,500.


U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Ysleta border crossing apprehended a man with an outstanding arrest warrant for homicide out of the Adams County Sherriff’s Office, Brighton Colorado.“While conducting our primary inspections CBP will routinely identify and apprehend people being sought for any number of alleged criminal acts,” said CBP Ysleta Port Director Arnoldo Gomez.


Admit it. Most of us don’t think of the Coast Guard’s Centralized Service Desk (CSD) until we have a problem.


U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will collaborate with 13 partner government agencies to deploy a Global Business Identifier (GBI) pilot program that will test the concept of a single business identifier solution to improve the US Government’s ability to efficiently identify high-risk shipments and facilitate legitimate trade.


Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to Laredo South Station closed two stash houses in Laredo, Texas.


U.S. Border Patrol agents with the assistance of the New York State Police arrested a 24-year-old-male pursuant to possession of counterfeit U.S. currency and providing a fictitious name.


U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Port of Presidio, Presidio, Texas apprehended a man with an outstanding warrant for aggravated assault of a child.


On Thursday, October 27, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists in Memphis, TN intercepted a first-in-the-nation beetle larvae in a Christmas wreath kit.


U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) worked with their federal and international partners to seize nearly 21,000 pounds of cocaine and 1,300 pounds of marijuana in international waters between October 1 and November 17, denying transnational criminal organizations an estimated $396 million in proceeds.


U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained one male U.S. citizen wanted for a sexual offense against a child. “Child sexual abuse is a serious violation of human well-being and of the law,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “CBP collaborates with other law enforcement agencies to bring alleged offenders to justice.”


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Health Service Corps (IHSC) senior health policy administrator announced the American Academy of Nursing inducting Rear Adm. Aisha K. Mix into the 2022 Class of Fellows, Oct. 29. The announcement was made at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.