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Texas ponders suing over decision to put biothreat lab in Manhattan
Manhattan :: KS :: USA | 10 months ago
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Texas officials are considering suing the Department of Homeland Security over its decision to award the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to Kansas. Among key points being raised is that Texas wasn't able to respond to a Homeland Security request...
Homeland Security's new rules on electronic data collection rile businesses
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility The Department of Homeland Security will collect millions of new electronic records about private planes, imported cargo, foreign visitors and federal contractors as part of an array of controversial last-minute security policies imposed by the Bush administration.
ABC gives 'Homeland Security' the 'Cops' touch
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility But the aura of reverence and awe that surrounded the subject has taken a back seat to frustrations over long delays at airports and qualms about the cost of the bureaucratic leviathan that is the Department of Homeland Security. The new documentary series...
Ill. gov.'s federal security clearance revoked
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Department of Homeland Security has revoked embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's access to classified federal security information, officials said Friday. Amy Kudwa, spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security in Washington D.C., confirmed the revocation...
Tags: blagojevich, illinois, governor, sell, Rod Blagojevich, federal security, seat, Illinois House of Representatives, Department of Homeland Security, security information
Government recommends Kansas for biodefense lab
Washington :: DC :: USA | 12 months ago
Credibility The federal government has recommended a site in Kansas for a new $450 million laboratory to study biological threats like anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, congressional lawmakers and staff said Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security's choice...
Tags: Kansas State University, Department of Homeland Security, bio lab
Napolitano tasked with Homeland Security overhaul
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a border-state governor with a background in law enforcement, will inherit what her new boss on Monday called a "sprawling" department in need of reform if she is confirmed as the nation's third Homeland Security secretary....
Tags: homeland security, Janet Napolitano, Arizona, Barack Obama, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Department, arizona gov, illegal immigration, elected barack, security secretary
Feds reject bringing in Chinese, Russian tourists through joint waiver program
Tamuning :: Guam | about 1 year ago
Credibility Joint Visa Waiver Program were shot down by the federal government. According to the Federal Register the U.S. Visa Waiver Program due to security concerns." Related links
Tags: Russian, China, Guam Visitors Bureau General, security concerns, Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security to Change Airline Boarding Process
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 22, 2008; 5:32 PM The changes will be phased in next year for the 2 million passengers each day aboard domestic and international flights to, from or over the United States. It marks the Bush administration's...
Tags: security, homeland, terrorist watch, Department of Homeland Security, watch list
Sonia Pitt: Fired. Then hired?
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Late last year, Sloan's organization issued a report documenting failures and wasteful spending at Homeland Security. It described the Federal Emergency Management Agency and TSA as the most troubled components of the agency. 'The hiring was a mistake'...
Coming in from abroad? Watch your laptop.
Recent public attention has brought light to legislation that allows the Department of Homeland Security to confiscate the laptop of any traveler entering the United States from abroad and keep it indefinitely without any probably cause for suspicion....
Tags: Department of Homeland Security, laptop policy, international travel
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