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Senate OKs biolab money in defense bill
Manhattan :: KS :: USA | 19 days ago
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The Senate has approved $32 million for a massive Kansas lab aimed at research on foot-and-mouth and other diseases. The money is in the Homeland Security Appropriations bill that the Senate approved on a vote of 79-19 Tuesday. The House has already approved...
Tags: Roberts Applaud Senate, Kansas, Department of Homeland Security, senate passage
Reforms planned for immigrant detention system
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The changes are part of a detailed plan to overhaul a system that houses an average of 32,000 detainees every day across the country and has been criticized for its unsafe and inhumane conditions. Some of the detainees include women and children. "This...
Tags: Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, security secretary, secretary janet, immigration detention, nursing homes
Arpaio: Office stripped of immigration patrols
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Department of Homeland Security has stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of his authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants based solely on their immigration status. But Arpaio said Tuesday he plans to continue his controversial “crime suppression...
Tags: Sheriff Joe Arpaio, illegal immigration, arizona sheriff, Arizona, immigration law, Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Don Stapley, immigration powers, Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security beefs up to combat cyber attacks
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Department of Homeland Security will hire as many as 1,000 people as computer security specialists in an effort to defend government and private online networks, Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano said. The plan would be a way for "recruiting the best...
DHS Seeking 1,000 Cyber Security Experts
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Department of Homeland Security is poised to go on a geek hiring spree. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday that the agency has been cleared to hire at least 1,000 new cybersecurity professionals over the next three years to fill staffing...
Tags: Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, obama administration, cybersecurity experts, DHS, Obama
Dallas bomb plot, others not connected, FBI says
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Federal authorities told key members of Congress on Thursday that there is no connection between a plot to blow up a Dallas office tower last week and other terror schemes disrupted at the same time in New York and Illinois. “That was asked very directly,...
Tags: Senate Homeland Security Committee, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Dallas
Intel-sharing needs work, DHS warns
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility I think what keeps me up at night … is how do we do that in a way that is not invasive of that other 300 million-plus [Americans]?” he said. “And how do we ensure that you as a Congress … trust in our organizations that we can do this and that we can...
Tags: United States, FBI, Dallas Morning News, Hosam Smadi, Top U.S, Robert Mueller, fbi director, al qaeda, Qaeda, Department of Homeland Security
Homeland security notices don't damper weekend games
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility It is business as usual for local law enforcement despite notices sent to agencies across the nation in regards to terrorist security at stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. Florida State University officials were made aware of the notices issued...
BizJournals: Tetra Tech venture gets $500 million Coast Guard contract
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A joint venture involving Tetra Tech Inc. was awarded a contract from the U.S...The TtEC-Tesoro venture won the National Multiple Award Construction Contract, which covers construction and design-build projects at U.S...Department of Homeland Security...
Tags: Homeland Security Department, Department of Homeland Security, U.S
Small biz urged to prepare for H1N1
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Small-business owners should be prepared to operate with fewer employees this fall as swine flu spreads across the country, the federal government says. The Department of Homeland Security is issuing guidelines on combating swine flu to small businesses,...
Tags: small businesses, h1n1 flu, swine flu, preparedness guide, Department of Homeland Security, businesses administrator
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