With the introduction of the DHS International Cyber Partner Act this week, U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford (R-OK) sought to boost cybersecurity assistance partnerships between the... Read More »
In a bid to increase screening of vehicles and cargo at U.S. ports of entry, U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced their Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act this week. Generally, the bill would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to increase use of... Read More »
Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers based in Philadelphia seized four massive loads of counterfeit currency last month, raking in a combined total of $14,368,160 in various denominations of fake U.S. currency. “Law enforcement knows that counterfeit and fictitious bank notes have been... Read More »
As the U.S. military continues to struggle to meet its recruiting goals, Ohio-based marketing consultant DistrictWON is working to replenish the pool of young Americans who are willing to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces by reimagining high school recruiting. In days gone by, a recruiter for the... Read More »
More than two years after a mandated deadline, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) wrote to federal officials last week urging implementation of the Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2018 that required secondary cockpit barriers for new commercial aircraft. The... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finished building and commissioning a first of its kind National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Kansas last month, opening the doors of the only U.S. lab with biosafety level-4 containment capable of housing large livestock. Supported by... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ran two counter-drug operations over the course of the last two months in Arizona and southern California – Operations Blue Lotus and Four Horsemen – and results can be measured in thousands of pounds of illicit substances seized. While focused... Read More »
A reckoning of transparency put online app stores firmly in its sights this week, with the introduction of the Know Your App Act in the Senate. Its backers, which included U.S. Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and James Lankford (R-OK), pitched the bill as one meant to better protect... Read More »
European climate activists earned the ire of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) this week over reported plans to bring their protests of fossil fuels across the ocean. In a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray and U.S. … Read More
U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) joined 10 colleagues in forwarding correspondence to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs regarding wildland firefighter recruitment and retention. “We urge the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and … Read More
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) a pair of recommendations to improve missile system sustainment and readiness oversight. The GAO noted the DOD’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) develops systems to detect attacks and … Read More
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are espousing the benefits of a newly released human trafficking awareness toolkit the agency noted is tailored to tribal gaming and hospitality professionals. The Human Trafficking Response Guide for the Tribal Gaming and … Read More
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Gary Peters (D-MI) recently introduced legislation that would increase Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) community outreach regarding efforts to offer cyberattack protections. Specifically, the Cybersecurity Awareness Act would direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security … Read More
Despite significant concerns in the lead up to lifting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC’s) Title 42 public health order in May, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this week that unlawful entries between ports … Read More
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) took a step toward changing the face of emergency relief this week, as tests concluded for its H2@Rescue Emergency Relief Truck. The truck incorporates hydrogen into its make … Read More
The U.S. Secret Service noted over three dozen individuals have been sentenced for involvement in an Atlanta, Ga.-based fraud and money laundering operation targeting individuals and entities nationwide. The defendants used business email compromise schemes, romance fraud scams and retirement … Read More
