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30 Nov, 2004 1:44 pm
[JURIST] Reuters is reporting that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has resigned. [7:30 P.M.] AP has more on the resignation, with quotes from Ridge and additional speculation on likely successors to the
Homeland Security post.
13 Nov 11:01 am
Secretary Janet Napolitano's Prepared Remarks to be delivered at the Center for American Progress on November 13, 2009 are available at the
Department of Homeland Security website here.
22 Jul 2:19 pm
... Administration has decided to move forward with the implementation of the rule. In a press release on July 8, 2009, Department of
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the Administration's intent to
implement the rule, praising its ability to ... use the system. Senator David Vitter of Louisiana also successfully moved to amend the bill to forbid the Department of Homeland Security from rescinding the Federal Contractor Rule or the No-Match Rule. The Senate
version of the bill with ...
16 Jan, 2008 7:43 am
... News, January 16, 2008. "Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says that if critics
don't like what his department is doing, they should come ... Own Worst Enemy, bemoans what he sees as a lack of common sense when it comes to
homeland security. He thinks the government spends too much on 'guns, guards and ... might be more effective. Stephen Flynn with the
Council on Foreign Relations also thinks the department's counterterrorism focus is wrong. He says that the agency has squandered the most ...
20 Nov, 2008 10:45 am
... in Tuscon, Ariz. (AP/Evan Vucci) UPDATE: As President-elect Obama reportedly vets Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security
Secretary, we noticed one interesting tidbit about Napolitano's past that ties together Arizona politics, the McCains, and, ... when Napolitano
was a U.S. attorney in Phoenix, having been appointed by former President Bill Clinton, the Justice Department decided against prosecuting
Cindy McCain for the theft of prescription drugs from her medical charity. McCain, notes the AP, ...
17 Dec, 2007 1:04 pm
In a Dec. 12, 2007 speech in Washington, D.C., Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
stressed the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) priorities in the 2008 calendar year
which include immigration and border security, secure identification, cyber security and institutionalization of the functions within the department, Chertoff again called for a comprehensive program that would provide options for the estimated 12 million ...
3 Aug, 2008 2:41 am
Recently, the Department of Homeland Security gave it self the power to seize the laptops of
airport travelers. DHS unilaterally decided that it may steal your computer without cause and keep it forever. In order to protect ... and seizures at the border without probable cause
or a warrant" to prevent drugs and other contraband from entering the country. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wrote in an opinion piece published last month in USA Today that "the most dangerous contraband is ...
6 Mar, 2008 8:05 am
... 6, 2006. "Stumping for President Bush's ill-fated immigration overhaul in 2006, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff vowed that his department would wrest 'operational control' of the nation's borders away
from human and drug ... ." "Former officials, private-sector partners, and independent analysts say the evolving 208,000- worker, $38 billion Homeland Security agency remains hindered by a crisis-of-the-moment environment, in which the rush to fulfill each new mandate or meet every threat ...
19 Oct 4:59 am
... more than 70,000 (since January 2006) individuals, mostly in jails, who are suspected of being in the country illegally. Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) John Morton touts the benefits of 287( ... partners, facilitates accountability and ensures that
all participating jurisdictions are following uniform standards throughout the country." Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has also weighed in on the expansion of 287(g) stating that:
"These ...
23 Aug, 2006 11:36 am
... a story in yesterday's Washington Post entitled Officials Seek Broader Access to Airline Data, it is revealed that the Department of
Homeland Security and European authorities are seeking access to the major airline booking databases for booking, personal, and ...
digging deep into a vast repository of airline itineraries, personal information and payment data. A proposal by Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff would allow the United States government not only to look for known terrorists ...
24 Aug, 2005 4:01 am
[JURIST] US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff [official profile] said Tuesday that
the US Department of Homeland Security [official website] is preparing to increase its efforts
to deal with the problem of illegal immigration. Last week, Arizona declared a state of emergency [PDF declaration text; JURIST report] along its borders with Mexico in response to what
Arizona Governor Janet
19 Jan, 2008 9:56 am
[JURIST] Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge [official profile] told the Associated
Press Friday that he has "no doubt" that the controversial interrogation technique waterboarding [JURIST news archive] should be considered torture. Ridge noted that he didn't have
specific information about interrogation techniques used by intelligence agents while he served as head of the Department of
14 May 2:08 am
Source: Lexology, May 14, 2009l Worksite enforcement in the new administration Vedder Price PC "In recent weeks, Homeland Security
Secretary Janet Napolitano delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces, asking agents in
her department to apply more scrutiny to the selection and investigation of targets as well as the timing of raids."
18 Dec, 2006 6:48 am
... the workers that - from the company, was there anything to prevent the company from saying, well, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE is coming in here? Secretary Chertoff: Well, we asked the company not to do that.
We asked the ... . I'm just going to say we are continuing to investigate all the facts, and at the end, based on what the facts are, the Department of Justice will make charging decisions, or state prosecutors will make charging decisions. Question: Mr. Secretary, has there been ...
8 May, 2007 8:19 am
... 12037 Washington, D.C. 20538 RE: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking DHS-2006-0030 Dear Secretary Chertoff: Because the Department of Homeland Security is creating an illegal national identification system, I write to urge the
agency to withdraw the ... , and corrupt government officials to get access to such personal information as a home address, age, and Social Security number. The regulations
endanger the privacy of domestic violence survivors' personal information, exposing them to stalkers in all 50 ...
23 Jan 6:57 am
VIA DHS.gov Secretary Janet Napolitano Janet Napolitano was sworn in on January 21, 2009 as the third Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining
the Obama Administration, Napolitano was mid-way through her second term as Governor ... to chair the National Governors Association, where she was instrumental in creating the Public
Safety Task Force and the Homeland Security Advisors Council. She also chaired the Western Governors Association. Napolitano previously
served as the ...
28 Jul, 2006 3:17 am
The Department of Homeland Security has named one of their lawyers, Hugo Teufel III, as their
new Chief Privacy Officer. Hugo Teufel was associate general counsel ... , Teufel said, "It's important to have someone in this position that can go to the deputy secretary or the secretary and say, 'That's probably not a good idea,'. "If I thought ... He also said, "I am
looking forward to making use of my experience at the department in order to make the office more effective and get the office more plugged ...
31 Dec, 2008 3:32 pm
In November, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a new rule through
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that would force companies doing business with the federal government to clear their workers through a ... an Executive Order to circumvent
federal immigration and procurement laws. Federal law explicitly prohibits the Secretary of Homeland
Security from making E-Verify mandatory or from using it to re-authorize the existing workforce." Considering all of the changes ...
15 Jan, 2008 11:07 am
... and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS. ACTION: Final rule. The
Department of Homeland Security is establishing minimum standards for State-issued drivers'
licenses and ... standards involve a number of aspects of the process used to issue identification documents, including: information and security features that must be
incorporated into each card; application information to establish the identity and immigration status ...
30 Jun, 2008 2:05 pm
... be. Presidents have a wide range of official advisors, each with a designated portfolio. There is a Secretary of Defense, a Secretary of Labor, a Secretary of Energy, a National Security Advisor, and a Domestic Policy Advisor, to
name just a few. The next ... someone in this critical position. Indeed, this idea this might well give rise to a whole new meaning to the notion of Homeland Security. An abbreviated version on this post appeared as an op-ed in the June 30, 2008 New York Times under the ...
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