Countermeasures
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said recent implementation of the agency’s National Fugitive Operations Program resulted in the arrest of 39 fugitives suspected of human rights violations.
The effort, which was executed Aug. 27-29, involved the Human Rights Violators and... Read More »
New York State will provide $10 million in grant funding to strengthen local emergency response operations across the state.
"New York remains steadfast in our commitment to providing our first responders with the tools they need to respond quickly and efficiently to emergencies," Gov. Andrew... Read More »
The U.S. Navy is working on adding 20 new guided missile frigates to its fleet, but the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended they provide Congress with an independent cost estimate before awarding any contracts.
Currently, the cost is estimated at around $20 billion. GAO... Read More »
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has awarded a contract with a potential value of $17 billion to Huntington Ingalls Industries to provide varied analytic and operational support services.
“Critical readiness of our defense intelligence enterprise demands unique expertise and advanced... Read More »
Over $1.2 million in federal assistance grants has been earmarked for Arizona firefighters in Jerome, Marana, Payson, Pinetop, Phoenix, and Prescott.
The funding was awarded through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), which awards grants directly... Read More »
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha opened a new office in Duluth, Minn.
It is being opened through a partnership with the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. The Duluth Post of Duty, the 11th DEA office in the DEA’s Omaha Division, supplements the existing drug... Read More »
A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal concluded that Ebola patients might face an increased risk of death for an entire year after being released from the hospital.
Conducted on 1,130 members of the Guinean populace that survived the 2013-2016 West African Ebola... Read More »
Rep. John Katko (R-NY) recently joined federal officials in conducting a roundtable discussion focused on addressing cybersecurity threats there.
Katko recently hosted the session at the Onondaga County Water Authority with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to assist local elected... Read More »
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) maintains trade-based money laundering (TBML) is not sufficiently regarded as one of the nation’s most significant national security threats while urging a comprehensive solution process.
“Cartels and terrorists are moving billions of dollars unchecked to fund their... Read More »
A group of Senate Democrats recently called on the U.S. Department of Defense to provide Congress with details of its decision use military construction funding to pay for a Southern border wall.
“We are opposed to this decision and the damage it will cause to our military and the relationship... Read More »
The U.S. Coast Guard will work in conjunction with state and local first responders in Tennessee today to conduct boat drills aboard the passenger vessel Star of Knoxville, out on the Tennessee River.
Operations will span periods in the morning and afternoon, in two locales: the Knoxville... Read More »
Army officials announced Tuesday that the Raytheon Company has been selected to build and deliver the control, actuation and power-conditioning subassemblies controlling flight of the Army's new Common-Hypersonic Glide Body program.
“Raytheon is at the forefront of hypersonic technology... Read More »
A group of lawmakers recently implored the Trump Administration to release $250 million in authorized military security assistance for Ukraine.
Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) have forwarded correspondence to... Read More »
Legislation to modernize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics Mitigation (CDM) program was introduced in the House this week.
The Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act, introduced by Reps. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), seeks to... Read More »
Under threat from its worst recorded outbreak of dengue since 2000, Bangladesh has turned to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Health Organization (WHO) to help outline a plan to test a nuclear technique to combat mosquitoes spreading the disease.
More than 38,000 have been... Read More »
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance last week announced a $7.4 billion fundraising drive among its donors to immunize another 300 million children to 18 diseases in developing countries by 2025.
Their calculations show that such an ambitious goal could save as many as 8 million lives between 2021 and... Read More »
A cyber threats report generated by the computer security software firm McAfee determined ransomware attacks grew by 118 percent in the first quarter of this year.
The McAfee Labs Threats Report also revealed the detection of new ransomware families and the implementation of innovative attack... Read More »
The U.S. Army’s Project Manager Soldier Weapons awarded Textron Systems a contract to deliver automatic rifles.
Textron Systems, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., will deliver 43 6.8mm CT Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) Automatic Rifles and 53 NGSW-Rifles. Further, it will provide the Army... Read More »
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said Tuesday it was awarded a contract for its smallpox vaccine from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) valued at approximately $2 billion over 10 years.
The contract... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency has earmarked $203,036 for the North Las Vegas fire department in Nevada’s Fourth Congressional District.
“Our emergency responders in North Las Vegas, and Nevada at large, put their lives on the line every day... Read More »
Planck Aerosystems, Inc. has secured a $200,000 Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) award to test its small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) in operational settings.
The award is part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) in partnership with... Read More »
An Ebola outbreak that has ravaged the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since August last year and sparked fears of a global health crisis reached a deadly new milestone last week when officials noted 3,000 cases underway and 2,000 deaths.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... Read More »
A recent groundbreaking ceremony was held for the site of the Waterloo Fire Station in Jessup, Md., a nearly six-acre plot that will serve as the first new fire station in the eastern part of Howard County in 25 years and will improve the area’s emergency response services.
The fire station... Read More »
Two cooperative research and development agreements, between the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the First Responder Network Authority and more than 75 industry partners, have made emergency service communication easier.
Network towers generally can support approximately 600... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is launching a pilot program in St. Louis to integrate smart cities technology into the public safety infrastructure.
The pilot program will take place at T-REX, the downtown St. Louis technology innovation... Read More »
The State of Wyoming Office of Homeland Security recently welcomed the first member of its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Integration Team (FIT).
“We are excited to explore this opportunity for partnership with FEMA,” Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security... Read More »
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel recently joined the agency’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and National Air Security Operations Center - Grand Forks (NASOC-GF) in opening a new air facility.
“We have a lot to celebrate here today,” Jonathan Miller, executive director of... Read More »
Fire departments in Middletown, Manchester, Bristol, and Southington, Conn., have been awarded more than $595,000 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG).
“These grants represent the hard work and sacrifice of our firefighters and first responders in Middletown, Manchester, Bristol,... Read More »
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) said a funding allotment of $125,000 would assist efforts to update old equipment at Virginia-area police and fire departments.
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) said the effort would aid departments in Augusta County, Halifax County and the... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) worked alongside colleagues in the United Kingdom and Canada in June to test the latest iteration of the Science Advisory Guide for Emergencies (SAGE).
SAGE is a supplemental tool that maintains scientific... Read More »
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) recently visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as part of his Results Tour, where he met with the officers overseeing the F-35 Hybrid Product Support Integrator Organization and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).
NASIC is using World War II-era... Read More »
The City of Baltimore received Monday a $937,700 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to improve the city’s preparedness for disasters and catastrophes.
The funding was awarded through the DHS Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program, which seeks to expand... Read More »
Raytheon has secured a $190 million low-rate Navy contract to produce ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles) Block 2 units featuring a guidance system with dual mode active and semi-active radar.
“ESSM plays a critical role in protecting Navy sailors worldwide and our international partners share... Read More »
Human behavior lies at the heart of fighting mosquito-transmitted diseases, according to a new study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
How humans commute and what their living habits are is key in mosquito mitigation planning, the report says, because, without such considerations,... Read More »
Delaware’s Division of Public Health (DPH) is seeking volunteers to participate in an emergency preparedness exercise on Sept. 28.
The exercise will be held at two Delaware Technical Community College campuses and will be used to evaluate the state’s ability to set up locations to... Read More »
