How will the Homeland Security funding bill play out? If it’s up to the Senate Democrats, the $40 billion House-passed spending bill won’t go anywhere. It’s not the spending that is the issue; it is what is attached to it …
Officials with the United States Department of Homeland Security have begun efforts to locate houses in the Livingston Parish area of Baton Rouge, Louisiana that can be used as “safe houses” for first responders to use during emergency situations. The …
The Department of Homeland Security recently announced that it would launch the 2015 Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative, which is intended to train students in the expansive world of cybersecurity. The initiative comes in response to the growing …
Most people are probably unaware that the United States Department of Homeland Security has an awards program that recognizes the top performers within the Department stationed both domestically and overseas. But the Homeland Security Awards are indeed a real event …
The United States Department of Homeland Security is contributing just over $23 million to an initiative that will help the federal agency make better determinations about the security of open source software. The initiative was launched in response to the …
Alejandro Mayorkas, the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, has recently made a plea to Congressional officials for specific cybersecurity legislation that he says would bolster the DHS’s capability in defending the country’s digital infrastructure against …
The southwestern border of the United States is scheduled to get an upgrade as officials with the US Department of Homeland Security have announced plans to implement a military-esque chain of command to patrol the area. The upgrade is expected …
A government funding bill that becomes effective in 2015 could include more than $25 million for upgrades and enhancements to the US Department of Homeland Security’s Automated Biometric Identification System, otherwise known as IDENT. The Federal Times reported this week …
Reginald Brothers, the chief of science and technology at the US Department of Homeland Security has announced the launch of an online system that will be used to collect input from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in an …