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Roll Call
April 2, 2018
Trump first announced his intention to end DACA last September, and ordered the Homeland Security Department to begin winding the program down in early March. But two federal judges have blocked his efforts, leaving the program largely intact and keeping about 700,000 young undocumentedÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
April 2, 2018
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) is one of the few members of Congress who actually gets technology. Unlike most, he understands the internet is not a series of tubes. Hurd, the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT, said delays in implementing the continuous diagnostics andÃâà...
News at Rider
April 2, 2018
Brown's talk, "Securing the homeland, foundational for successful foreign policy," will focus on how leadership and culture change serve as anchors to influence policy for homeland security. The opening reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center with the program and Q&A session starting atÃâà...
Immigration Blog (blog)
March 31, 2018
The Visa Security Program (VSP) is a matter of personal interest to me because I was instrumental in its development and implementation after creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and was physically present to open and supervise, for a period of time, the first two VSP offices in RiyadhÃâà...
Homeland Preparedness News
March 20, 2018
A trio of lawmakers recently requested funds for the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program, which provides cybersecurity network enhancement. Reps. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Jim Langevin (D-RI), and Will Hurd (R-TX) recently forwarded correspondenceÃâà...
HSToday
March 20, 2018
Speakers will provide overviews of: incident response resources, hands-on technical assistance, and information sharing resources available from the Department of Homeland Security's Critical Infrastructure Cyber Community (C3) Voluntary Program, and, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis CenterÃâà...
TechCrunch
March 20, 2018
Because financial need varies from state to state, the committee recommended legislation that would create a grant program through which states could apply for election security funds, including the funding needed to conduct system audits. “States should use grant funds to improve cybersecurity by hiringÃâà...
HSToday
March 20, 2018
IARPA program manager Kerry Long says: “The commercial cloud and the numerous innovative technologies that it is spawning offers computer security professionals the ability to recreate a user environment that is fundamentally more secure than current workstation and virtual desktop offerings while stillÃâà...
Lawfare (blog)
March 19, 2018
Currently, the department must submit a “Future Years Homeland Security Program” to Congress along with each budget request. The title amends the ... First, it requires the deputy secretary to create policies to increase efficiency by reducing duplication in acquisition programs. Next, it provides for theÃâà...
DynamicBusiness
March 19, 2018
In order to break into the field, you'll need the proper educational training such as the Emergency Management and Homeland Security master's program, which can even be done online offering flexibility for students. The program is meant to prepare you so that in a time of disaster you can come up with aÃâà...
Nextgov
March 19, 2018
Three top cyber-focused lawmakers are urging House Appropriations Committee leaders to fully fund the Trump administration's $237 million budget request for the Homeland Security Department's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. CDM is essentially a suite of cybersecurity tools andÃâà...
Center for Strategic & International Studies (blog)
March 18, 2018
The CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program shapes the policies needed to enhance U.S. and global security in the 21st Century. The United States ... and counterterrorism. The project aims to serve as a leading voice in the national and global conversation on homeland security and counterterrorism issues.
CSO Online
March 8, 2018
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its “Evaluation of DHS' Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2017” (pdf). In short, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is running outdated software, has unpatched critical vulnerabilities — including the flaw to allow WannaCry ransomwareÃâà...
UpperMichigansSource.com
March 8, 2018
(WLUC) - In 2003, the "Ready Campaign" was started by the Department of Homeland Security to educate and empower the American people to prepare for and respond to emergencies. A program within "Ready.gov," the "S.T.E.P." program, is designed to teach kids to be able to handle emergencyÃâà...
The Hill
March 7, 2018
“This bill now includes a key reorganization for DHS, transforming the National Protection and Programs Directorate into the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ... For instance, the committee approved amendments that would set up a pilot “bug bounty” program to catch vulnerabilities in Homeland SecurityÃâà...
The Hill
March 7, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday clarified that immigration enforcement is not targeting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients following the official expiration of the program. DHS spokesman Tyler Houlton said in a statement that the agency had "repeatedly"Ãâà...
TheReporter.Com
March 5, 2018
Then you may want to apply for the 2018 Secretary's Honors Program (SHP) Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The window for submitting applications to the program closes at 3 p.m. (EST) March 15. For more information about the SHP CSVI,Ãâà...
New Republic
February 21, 2018
“Despite spending nearly $61 billion annually and $544 billion since 2003, the Department of Homeland Security is not successfully executing any of its five main missions,” the report found. DHS is focused on counterterrorism, Coburn wrote, “but a review of DHS's programs shows that DHS's mainÃâà...
Nextgov
December 31, 1999
The Homeland Security Department must launch a program offering cash rewards for hackable computer vulnerabilities discovered by ... A separate amendment to the Senate reauthorization bill would return authority for Homeland Security's cybersecurity research and development programs to theÃâà...
Homeland Preparedness News
December 31, 1999
Federal spending bill maintains funding for key homeland security programs ... Appropriations Act of 2018, H.R. 1625, would maintain $630 million in funding for the Urban Securities Initiative (UASI) and $100 million in funding for both the Transit Security Grant Program and the Port Security Grant Program.
