U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced he had appointed Sheriff Michael Adkinson, Jr. to serve as the chairman of the Board of the First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet... Read More »
Bipartisan legislation that would restore enhanced retirement benefits to certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers passed the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform recently. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), the legislation, the U.S. Customs and Border... Read More »
Legislation that would ensure certain fees collected on plane tickets would go to strengthening aviation and airport security is gaining support from the aviation industry. Leaders from across the industry have expressed their support for the “Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment,... Read More »
Eight of America’s leading communications companies announced the establishment of a cybersecurity non-profit. The Communications Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, also known as C2 ISAC, is a collaboration of AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Lumen Technologies, T-Mobile,... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) modernized its financial management systems, but the department’s cost and schedule estimates weren’t always reliable, a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study found, and its guidance and plans weren’t consistent. GAO added DHS to the... Read More »
The House approved legislation last week that will fully fund care for American veterans and their families, lawmakers said. The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 outlines how $157 billion in discretionary allocation should be spent. The... Read More »
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), chair of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, forwarded a package of bipartisan bills aimed at reforming the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). I&A’s focus since its establishment in 2004 has... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War, announced its new framework agreements will expand the United States’ military’s strike capabilities. According to the DoW, its new agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5... Read More »
The U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other federal agency partners conducted a joint boarding operation on May 21 that resulted in the seizure of 500 pounds of cocaine, worth approximately $6.4 … Read More
Defense technology company Lockheed Martin recently broke ground on a new munitions production center at its facility in Troy, Ala., that will support Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and future work with Next Generation Interceptor. The center, Building … Read More
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently opened the application period for three grant programs that assist firefighters and other first responders. The agency will award a total of $648 million. “When a disaster strikes, firefighters and other first responders … Read More
The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 of the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to as the U.S. Department of War by the Trump administration, recently announced it had awarded a three-year $500 million contract to support counter-unmanned aerial system operations. … Read More
The Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) recently seized an additional 244 kilograms of suspected cocaine as part of an ongoing investigation of two alleged drug traffickers. The Southwest Ohio men were arrested on May 10 and charged with conspiring to … Read More
According to a new report released by CrowdStrike, North Korean adversaries (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) stole billions in digital assets in 2025 while industrializing cybercrime with AI-powered deception. The CrowdStrike 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report found … Read More
Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, an alleged high-ranking leader of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA), was extradited from Colombia and appeared in a federal Southern District of Texas court on Friday. Colombian authorities arrested Flores on March … Read More
A bipartisan delegation of 35 lawmakers recently sent a letter to National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, urging the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) to develop a federal-industry plan that prepares for a large increase in vulnerability disclosures discovered … Read More
