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In accordance with the Border Patrol comprehensive recruitment and retention strategy, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently unveiled a new retention incentive for GS-12 and GS-13 Border Patrol agents.
“Investing in the men and women of the United States Border Patrol continues to be... Read More »
The anti-malaria drug primaquine is the focus of an upcoming, mass treatment routine in Thailand and Myanmar in an effort to prevent relapses of the disease.
A grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) makes that possible. Researchers from the University of South Florida will receive... Read More »
U.S. senators from Mississippi praised the announcement on Tuesday that Pascagoula, Miss.-based shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. was awarded a major contract to build the next generation of U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreakers.
A United States presence in the polar regions is vital given the... Read More »
Medical examiners used Rapid DNA technology to identify the 85 people killed in last year’s Camp Fire wildfire in Paradise, Calif.
The technology is funded in part by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). It was developed to quickly analyze DNA to... Read More »
A former employee of the U.S. Department of State pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Federal officials charged Candace Marie Claiborne with lying to law enforcement and background investigators and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of... Read More »
The Los Angeles Airport (LAX) is adding a program that detects gunshots for its new Automated People Mover Facility, interfacing it with the facility’s video, access control, notification, and critical emergency management systems.
The program is part of a joint effort by Shooter Detection... Read More »
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) is praising the collaboration of Grand Sky and the Harris Corporation, resulting in a new Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Super Corridor in the Red River Valley.
The endeavor will enable small and large unmanned aircraft to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of their... Read More »
Alabama state officials are espousing the benefits of Bell's plan to assemble the Navy's 407GXi aircraft in Ozark if it wins a competition for the branch's contract.
“Bell could have not selected a more ideal location to conduct final assembly of the Navy’s new advanced helicopter trainer... Read More »
Raytheon, as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Friend or Foe program, is developing a portable biosurveillance device capable of evaluating bacteria and whether or not they could be harmful to people.
It is an area the company has identified as currently underdeveloped.... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration is reminding residents of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania that they will need REAL ID cards to board airline flights beginning Oct. 1, 2020.
REAL ID driver’s licenses and identification cards have a small gold star in the upper right corner.... Read More »
Interpol is sending a team to Sri Lanka to help national authorities investigate the Easter bomb attacks that left nearly 300 dead and approximately 500 injured.
Interpol will deploy its Incident Response Team (IRT), which includes specialists with expertise in crime scene examination,... Read More »
Lockheed Martin recently secured a $20 million Navy contract to provide what officials are deeming the next generation electronic warfare system.
Engineering and technical services work will be performed at the Electronic Warfare Center of Excellence in Syracuse, New York, and Manassas,... Read More »
A new report has re-examined the role transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) play in Central American human smuggling.
The report was undertaken by the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) analysis, operated by the RAND Corporation on behalf of the Department of Homeland... Read More »
Malawi recently launched the world’s first malaria vaccine in a pivotal pilot program.
The country is the first of three African nations in which the vaccine will be made available to children up to two years old. Ghana and Kenya will introduce the vaccine in the coming weeks.
The vaccine,... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently launched a research and development project for a Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure (SRMNI).
DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) are seeking innovative... Read More »
A bill to address the wrongful detentions of U.S. citizens and diplomatic staff by the Government of Turkey was introduced in the U.S. Senate this week.
The Defending United States Citizens and Diplomatic Staff from Political Prosecutions Act of 2019 (S. 1075) was co-sponsored by Sens. Thom... Read More »
Two Battelle employees are being recognized by the company for stellar service, garnering Inventor of the Year and CEO Awards, respectively.
Senior Research scientist Wesley Pirkle was named Inventor of the Year for significant contributions to several crucial security programs. Ron Townsend,... Read More »
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan recently offered an assessment of his McAllen, Texas, trip to gain insight regarding challenges faced at the U.S. Southern Border.
The effort involved observing the potential strategic and operational obstacles encountered by law enforcement... Read More »
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York last week gathered prosecutors’ offices and law enforcement agencies together to promote greater cooperation in cybercrime cases at the first Cyber Crime Symposium.
HSI would like the event to mark the first of an annual series. They are trying... Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted last week its final approval of Narcan, a medication designed to stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Narcan, developed by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray.
“In the wake of the... Read More »
As the U.S. government seeks to build its National Biodefense Strategy, more than 200 heavy hitters from federal, state and local agencies, national stakeholder organizations, academia and the private sector informed its future implementation during the April 17 Biodefense Summit held in... Read More »
The Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a contract to Citadel Defense Company to counter drones increasingly threatening to U.S. forces around the world.
The over $1 million contract is supportive of USSOCOM requirements and represents the company's sixth government... Read More »
The Marine Corps has initiated plans to replace its Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) with the more mobile, networked, transportable and lethal Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) late in the next decade.
“The ARV will be an advanced combat vehicle system, capable of fighting for information that... Read More »
Sandia National Laboratories recently launched Autonomy New Mexico, an academic research coalition tasked with creating artificially intelligent aerospace systems.
The coalition held its first meeting last week at the University of New Mexico to propose new ideas and discuss shared... Read More »
A Canadian man was sentenced to life in prison last week a June 21, 2017, attack on a Bishop Airport police officer from Flint, Michigan.
Amor Ftouhi of Quebec, Canada was charged with committing an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and with two other offenses linked to his... Read More »
Due to declines in measles vaccinations in recent years, there have been outbreaks of the disease all over the world, and medical experts say it could rebound in full force if not addressed.
Experts at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National... Read More »
Air Force officials maintain the recently unveiled Science and Technology Strategy places concentration on maximizing and expanding technological advantages in the era of the peer-to-peer threat.
“This strategy isn’t just a list of technologies,” Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson... Read More »
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) recently met with North Dakota National Guard and North Dakota State University (NDSU) Air Force and Army ROTC personnel to outline missions and benefits strengthening efforts.
Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, provided specifics on securing... Read More »
The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) published two reports this week focused on federal, state, local and tribal police officers’ mental health and safety.
The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act: Report to Congress includes 22... Read More »
A new study published in eLife concludes that the path to fighting malaria at a community level could be through widespread deployment of antimalarial drugs.
Importantly, researchers theorize this would not only protect those who take the drugs but even those untreated, as the drugs would help... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins met with leaders from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) Metal Trades Council (MTC) to discuss the Trump Administration’s proposal to divert funds, appropriated by Congress, from military construction projects.
The PNSY was among the military installations that were... Read More »
Findings from the Air Force's Enterprise Capability Collaboration Team (ECCT) assembled last year to explore approaches ensuring electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) superiority have yielded three recommendations.
In January 2018, the Air Force formed the cross-functional group, which was led by... Read More »
EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization focused on global animal, environmental and human health, has generated a report maintaining there are gaps in pandemics related events readiness.
The organization presented Building Resilience to Biothreats at an event earlier this month featuring... Read More »
Researchers from Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine have created a novel, broad-spectrum antibiotic containing arsenic to combat the rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
"The antibiotic, arsinothricin or AST, is a natural product made by soil bacteria and... Read More »
Former Department
of Homeland Security Secretaries Michael Chertoff and Jeh Johnson have been
named co-chairmen of the new Community Safety and Security Task Force designed
to enhance the safety and resilience of religious communities.
The task force
will make recommendations on how to... Read More »
