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DoD launches MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator to address disaster relief challenges

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently launched the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator to create solutions for humanitarian issues…

8 years ago

HHS, Emergent BioSolutions enter into contract for anthrax vaccine development

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) recently…

8 years ago

Legislation introduced to cut funding for Palestinian terrorist attacks

A group of Republican U.S. senators recently introduced the Taylor Force Act to require the secretary of state to certify…

8 years ago

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., signs multi-year contract for next-gen anthrax vaccine candidate

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., announced on Friday that it has signed a multi-year contract for the advanced development and delivery of…

8 years ago

House passes McCaul’s first responder grant bill

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act, H.R. 5859, on Thursday, to provide assistance to first…

8 years ago

McCaul’s counterterrorism strategy aims to take U.S. into digital age of security

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) unveiled a counterterrorism strategy on Tuesday that he said takes U.S. policies…

8 years ago

Rubio introduces legislation to stop terrorists from returning to the battlefield

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Keep Terrorists Off the Battlefield Act on Monday to bar the president from…

8 years ago

GAO: NNSA should evaluate surveillance program in assessing nuclear weapons stockpile

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a study on Wednesday evaluating the role of the enhanced surveillance program in…

8 years ago

First responders train with new technology at N.Y.’s largest emergency response exercise

More than 100 first responders gathered in New York this week for the state’s largest emergency response training exercise featuring…

8 years ago

Rubio, Menendez introduce companion bill to Katko’s Cuban airport security legislation

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…

8 years ago

Royce introduces bill to end cash payments to Iran

U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) introduced the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act, H.R. 5931, on Tuesday as a…

8 years ago

Report: Iran may not be in compliance with nuclear deal

The Institute for Science and International Security recently released a report that found that Iran was not in compliance with…

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McCaul releases terror threat snapshot for the month of September

Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul (R-TX) released a terror threat snapshot for the month of September…

8 years ago

RAND’s Gerstein: U.S. needs biodefense strategy to protect against terror threats

The U.S. government has become “somewhat complacent” in preparing for potential bioterrorist attacks and needs to implement a national biodefense…

8 years ago

AEI: More federal funds for human intelligence efforts needed to thwart terrorists

More federal counterterrorism funding should be directed to local law enforcement agencies for human intelligence initiatives in urban areas where…

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Ayotte releases Guantanamo Bay detainees report

U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) released an unclassified report on Wednesday summarizing the terrorist activities and affiliations of the 107…

8 years ago

McCaul releases monthly terror threat snapshot for August

U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Monday released the committee’s terror threat snapshot for the month…

8 years ago

FirstNet prepares for deployment of nationwide public safety broadband network

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) moved forward on Friday with its preparations for a public-private partnership to deploy and…

8 years ago

HHS solicitations signal intent to maintain SNS anthrax vaccine stockpile

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two solicitation notices on Tuesday related to the development and…

8 years ago

Rubio, Nelson urge reassessment of security risks for Orlando area

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (R-FL) urged the president on Wednesday to reevaluate the Relative Risk Score…

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GAO report: TSA is making strides in passenger screening procedures

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Tuesday that found that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has taken…

8 years ago

Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense applauds legislation to establish national biodefense strategy

The Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense on Wednesday applauded legislation advanced by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security to…

8 years ago

Energy and Commerce subcommittee examines U.S. biological threat preparedness

The Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “Examining H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Response Act”…

8 years ago

Legislation introduced to prevent terrorist travel

A partisan coalition of House representatives on Monday introduced a bill to strengthen the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)…

8 years ago

Schumer: Increase canine units, TSA agents to alleviate security wait times

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Monday for an immediate surge in canine inspection units at the Transportation Security…

8 years ago

TSA calls for 6,000 new employees to alleviate long security lines

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) called upon Congress on Monday to pass emergency legislation funding the hiring of more…

8 years ago

Gardner introduces bill to strengthen airport security

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced an amendment on Tuesday that requires the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)…

8 years ago

McCaul, Miller praise new travel restrictions for countries of concern

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) on Wednesday praised the addition of Libya,…

8 years ago

Johnson, Lynch host the Five Country Ministerial and the Quintet of Attorneys General

Meetings of the Five Country Ministerial and the Quintet of Attorneys General meetings were jointly held on Feb. 16-17 by…

8 years ago

Heitkamp announces funding for homeland security efforts

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) announced on Tuesday that approximately $6.85 million in federal grants will go to North Dakota…

8 years ago

Upton, Pitts seek insight into FDA’s information security

As a response to the growing threat of malicious hacking scandals and cyber security threats, House Energy and Commerce Committee…

8 years ago

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory creating open-access power grid datasets for researchers

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced at the end of January that it will create open-access datasets for researchers…

8 years ago

House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hears about lack of U.S. preparedness for biological threats

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Friday to learn from experts about current preparedness…

8 years ago

DTRA director testifies before HASC subcommittee regarding budget request

The Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the USSTRATCOM Center for Combating WMD Kenneth A. Myers testified before…

8 years ago

Potomac Institute: Terrorism threat continues to grow

The Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies held its “International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism: Review of 2015 and Outlook for 2016”…

8 years ago

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