Government
U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) called for a hearing on Wednesday to investigate emergency preparedness and response procedures at multiple American airports in the wake of incidents in New York and Los Angeles.
Rice’s call to action follows an Aug. 14 incident at John F. Kennedy International... Read More »
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) applauded U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Wednesday for introducing the Cuban Airport Security Act in the Senate.
“I welcome the support of Senators Rubio and Menendez on the issue of the safety and security of Americans traveling to... Read More »
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Tuesday that found that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) needs to identify the National Guard’s cyber capabilities and address challenges in its exercises.
The GAO report said that DoD doesn’t have the visibility of... Read More »
The European Commission (EC) proposed the establishment of a single European Union (EU) certification procedure for aviation security screening equipment on Wednesday to enhance the competitiveness of the EU security industry.
The EU certificate would allow security equipment approved in one... Read More »
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded $2.4 million to Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles County for information-gathering systems to detect microcephaly.
Microcephaly is a serious birth defect of the brain that is closely linked to... Read More »
A bipartisan coalition of congressional members met on Thursday to discuss overall military readiness and highlights of the delegation’s trip to California at a press conference in Oceanside.
The group included U.S. Reps. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Mike Turner (R-OH), Darrell Issa (R-CA) and... Read More »
The Institute for Science and International Security recently released a report that found that Iran was not in compliance with the original conditions of the Iran Nuclear Deal, agreed to in July 2015.
The report said that the Obama administration, along with the other P5+1 nations, secretly... Read More »
Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul (R-TX) released a terror threat snapshot for the month of September on Thursday.
“We are confronting a lethal enemy in Islamist terrorists targeting the U.S. and our allies,” McCaul said. “Eliminating senior terrorist... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report on Thursday detailing the senator’s work during the 114th Congress.
Included in the report were 18 hearings on America’s non-secure border and the public health... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) recently provided Takeda Vaccines, Inc., with a grant to develop a Zika virus vaccine.
The grant, worth $19.8 million, will be spaced out over the course of the next 18... Read More »
The Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), along with private technology developers, recently tested a new integrated system of chemical and biological agent sensors at Dugway Proving Ground’s West Desert Test Center in Utah.
ECBC’s team worked to develop an unmanned aerial vehicle,... Read More »
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) expressed concern on Wednesday about resumed commercial flights to Cuba.
“Recent tragedies have shown us that insider threats to aviation are real, and it is clear that the U.S. government currently lacks sufficient information to ensure that Cuban airports are not... Read More »
The U.S. government has become “somewhat complacent” in preparing for potential bioterrorist attacks and needs to implement a national biodefense strategy, Daniel Gerstein, a senior policy researcher at the nonpartisan RAND Corporation, recently told Homeland Preparedness News.
The anthrax... Read More »
The U.S. Navy recently signed an agreement with the Canadian Department of National Defense for the first international sale of the RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Air System (UAS).
The Blackjack program will be managed by the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program... Read More »
Legislation that would require the United States to develop a national biodefense strategy to help prevent and respond to a bioterrorist attack or public health emergency is awaiting Senate floor action.
The Biodefense Strategy Act of 2016, S. 2967, would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002... Read More »
