Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials have detailed a nearly $2 million allocation for the initial phase of a $25 million Puerto Rico hazard mitigation project.
“With the first phase of this project, which includes the contracting process, identifying the engineering firm that... Read More »
Defense and aerospace companies BAE Systems and Leonardo UK have received U.S. government approval to develop interoperable aircraft survivability solutions.
“This layered defense against new and advanced threats will protect aircraft and their crews in the most complex battlespaces,” BAE... Read More »
In one of the more unusual discoveries at a United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility last month, agriculture specialists discovered a first-in-nation pest hiding in a shipment of fresh-cut flowers.
The bug, later lab identified as Corimelaena palmeri, was the first intruder of... Read More »
U.S. Secret Service personnel have outlined the opening of a new Baltic Computer Forensics Training Program (CFTP).
The endeavor is in partnership with the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences and Baltic regional law enforcement, linking law enforcement officers from around the Baltic region to... Read More »
U.S. Sens. John Hoeven (R-MT) and Katie Britt (R-AL) recently proposed legislation they maintain would secure the southern border and keep American communities and families safe.
Hoeven and Britt joined 17 colleagues in co-sponsoring a resolution forcing the Biden administration to acknowledge... Read More »
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials have selected Vail Colorado Police Chief Dwight Henninger as the first Senior Law Enforcement Partnership Advisor to the Director.
“Everything we do at ATF begins and ends with public safety, and we hold dear our strong local,... Read More »
With any disaster comes a need for cleanup, which generally means contracting work, and last week, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) reintroduced the Disaster Contract Improvement Act to improve the whole process and save taxpayers money.
“Ensuring there is clear guidance on the removal of debris... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) has joined two colleagues in introducing measures requiring the President of the United States to provide Congress with reports on North Korea’s activity.
The North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act and the Korean Interdiction and Modernization... Read More »
Efforts by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) continue to produce state-sponsored ransomware and have successfully attacked healthcare and public health sector organizations and other critical infrastructure, according to a new advisory.
This Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) was the... Read More »
Although crossing into the United States unlawfully is a crime, some argue financially assisting that crime is only vaguely addressed as a crime itself - so this week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and several colleagues set out to change that through the No Coyote Cash Act.
“President... Read More »
The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) this week welcomed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), its first new member in nearly two decades.
USGCRP members are agencies that conduct global change research and utilize it for their missions while providing a link... Read More »
U.S. Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) recently reintroduced the Stop Corrupt Iranian Oligarchs and Entities Act to address Iranian regime corruption via a compiled list of Iranian oligarchs and entities profiting off the Iranian people.
"Over the years, the world has... Read More »
Justice Department officials have detailed the sentencing of a dual citizen of the United States and Iran for alleged illegal exportation in violation of the International Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
Kambiz Attar Kashani, 44, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in federal court in Brooklyn,... Read More »
A coalition of 21 Republican state attorneys general wrote President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week urging them to designate Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and provide additional federal resources for combating fentanyl.
“The national... Read More »
The largest private-public collaboration with the Department of Defense (DoD) to date yielded a new solar facility on the northwest corner of Edwards Air Force Base last week, built in collaboration with Terra-Gen LLC as part of the Edwards Solar Enhance Use Lease Project.
It’s a unique land... Read More »
