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29 Sep 2014, 9:01 am by Clara Spera
 Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security, has helped to draft a document on behalf of American-based Neustar, lobbying the government to keep the contract with the company. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 9:46 am by Gail Cecchettini Whaley
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently approved proposed wording for California’s driver’s license for undocumented persons. [read post]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to claim both the incredible and the disgraceful: that Central American mothers and children fleeing danger pose a "national security" threat to the United States and must be locked away. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 1:25 pm by Tom Smith
Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued a terror warning to law enforcement.The high alert comes after the U.S. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 1:02 pm by Nadia Kayyali
” The hearing looked at the Department of Defense (DOD) 1033 program—which allows the DOD to give away for free surplus equipment to local law enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Homeland Security Grant Programs, and the Department of Justice's Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. [read post]
" President Barack Obama has called for an administrative review of the Defense Department's 1033 program and other programs that authorize the Pentagon to give away military equipment to state and local police, as well as Justice and Homeland Security Department funding streams that enable police departments to purchase new military weapons and vehicles. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 10:18 am by Allison Tussey
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 9:55 am by David Kravets
Instead of focusing on required safety-related tasks, flight attendants may be forced to intervene in or mediate disputes between passengers on appropriate content and volume of voice calls, thus distracting their attention from other passengers and job responsibilities," the lawmakers wrote (PDF) Monday to the leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, the Justice Department, and Federal Communications… [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 8:09 pm by Patricia Salkin
” New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jerome M. [read post]
TSA has established separate lists of entire populations of passengers who, by virtue of their status within the government, get expedited screening, including: Members of Congress Federal judges Department of Defense (DoD) military and civilian personnel (approximately 2.9 million people) Employees of national intelligence agencies (approximately 70,000 people) Homeland Security Advisory Council members and Homeland Security Advisors These groups… [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 8:21 am by Clara Spera
The Post highlights the Department of Homeland Security’s pretty terrible employee retention rate: “employees have left DHS at a rate nearly twice as fast as in the federal government overall, and the trend is accelerating, according to a review of a federal database. [read post]
20 Sep 2014, 7:19 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act - Title I: Management of Information Technology Within Federal Government - (Sec. 101) Modifies the current framework governing the management of information technology (IT) within the federal government to require presidential appointment or designation of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the following federal agencies: Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Commerce, Department of Defense… [read post]
20 Sep 2014, 6:38 am by Benjamin Bissell
Phyllis Schneck, the Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 9:47 am by Allison Tussey
Department of Homeland Security, purchasing and selling water rights worth millions of dollars as part of a secret government program. [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 9:30 pm by Tim Yang
 Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. [read post]
" Likewise, in 2012 the Charlotte, North Carolina, Police Department sought city council approval to purchase a StingRay to "assist in searches related to criminal and/or homeland security investigations. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 11:38 am by Stewart Baker
Phyllis Schneck, the Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 7:15 am
” Members of the board include, inter alia, officials from the State, Defense, and Homeland Security Departments, and the CIA. [read post]