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Defense15

• With more than 240,000 employees, DHS is the third-largest Cabinet department, after the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. (wikipedia.org)
• According to political scientist Peter Andreas, the creation of DHS constituted the most significant government reorganization since the Cold War and the most substantial reorganization of federal agencies since the National Security Act of 1947 (which had placed the different military departments under a secretary of defense and created the National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency). (wikipedia.org)
• It was the largest U.S. government reorganization in the 50 years since the United States Department of Defense was created. (wikipedia.org)
• The United States Coast Guard, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, developed the Maritime Awareness Global Network (MAGNET) system to use information relating to vessels and activities within the maritime environment to accomplish the Coast Guard's missions in the areas of Maritime Safety, Maritime Security, Maritime Mobility, National Defense, and Protection of Natural Resources. (wikipedia.org)
• The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to partner on a new Energy Sector Pathfinder initiative. (energy.gov)
• The Energy Sector Pathfinder is a priority initiative for the Department of Defense. (energy.gov)
• This collaborative effort is complementary to the DoD Cyber Strategy objective to defend U.S. critical infrastructure from malicious foreign cyber activity," said Kenneth Rapuano, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security. (energy.gov)
• A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States. (uscg.mil)
• T]he Department of Homeland Security is apparently taking delivery (apparently through the Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico VA, via the manufacturer - Navistar Defense LLC) of an undetermined number of the recently retrofitted 2,717 'Mine Resistant Protected' MaxxPro MRAP vehicles for service on the streets of the United States . (forbes.com)
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security encourage applications for the development of technologies that will advance the field of robotics. (nih.gov)
• As directed by the President in his State of the Union address, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Director of the FBI, working with the Attorney General, and the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, and State have developed plans for the Nation's first unified Terrorist Threat Integration Center. (ucsb.edu)
• This individual will be appointed by the Director of Central Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the FBI and the Attorney General, and the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense. (ucsb.edu)
• Selective service is not part of the Department of Defense. (defense.gov)
• Protecting a Nation: Homeland Defense and the Business of Chemistry. (nih.gov)
• Parsons (NYSE: PSN) is a leading disruptive technology provider in the global security, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets, with capabilities across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, and smart cities. (parsons.com)

20185

• In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in Carpenter v. United States that the government needs a warrant to obtain cell phone location information from people's cellular service providers due to the "near perfect surveillance" such information provides. (aclu.org)
• DHS's 2018 appropriations act set forth 11 required elements for the Border Security Improvement Plan, including a statement of goals and objectives related to DHS's border security investments and efforts, a detailed implementation schedule, analyses of alternatives, and an identification of staffing requirements, among other things. (gao.gov)
• Additionally, DHS's 2018-2020 appropriations acts required the department to submit the Border Security Improvement Plan 180 days after enactment of each act. (gao.gov)
• The DHS Appropriations Act, 2018, as referenced by the 2019 and 2020 appropriations acts, required the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and GAO a risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the United States, including how DHS intends to use personnel, fencing, other forms of tactical infrastructure, and technology. (gao.gov)
• On January 16, 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the report entitled "Executive Order 13780: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States, Initial Section 11 Report. (brennancenter.org)

Security's3

• [9] The graph below shows African immigration to the United States in 2016 based on class of admission with numbers from the Department of Homeland Security's Yearbook. (wikipedia.org)
• In Indiana, a state law requires that places of amusement and entertainment must obtain permits which are subject to the approval of state fire and building inspectors, a process that involves the Indiana Department of Homeland Security's (IDSH) fire and building safety division. (snopes.com)
• The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Border Security Improvement Plan did not include all required elements, thus providing incomplete information to Congress, and was not delivered within the statutory time frame. (gao.gov)

Secretary of Homel1

• [5] By law (6 U.S.C. §113(g)), Undersecretary for Management Claire Grady was to become the acting Secretary of Homeland Security. (everipedia.org)

Coast Guard6

• MAGNET provides awareness to the field as well as to strategic planners by aggregating data from existing sources internal and external to the Coast Guard or the Department of Homeland Security. (wikipedia.org)
• U.S. Coast Guard Legal Division U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service Coast Guard Intelligence "The U.S. Coast Guard Strategy for Maritime Safety, Security, and Stewardship" (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
• United States Coast Guard. (wikipedia.org)
• The Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security have recently delivered several reports to Congress on topics relevant to the NPFC, such as the Oil Pollution Act and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. (uscg.mil)
• These concerns were reflected in a series of committee votes stripping the proposed department of a number of key agencies-including the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service and parts of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (brookings.edu)
• As a result, the guiding philosophy of the president's proposal seems to have been bringing into one department as many agencies as possible that have responsibility for some aspect of homeland security-ranging from the Coast Guard and FEMA to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. (brookings.edu)

20026

• It began operations on March 1, 2003 after being formed as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, enacted in response to the September 11 attacks. (wikipedia.org)
• On November 25, 2002, the Homeland Security Act established the Department of Homeland Security to consolidate U.S. executive branch organizations related to "homeland security" into a single Cabinet agency. (wikipedia.org)
• Congress ultimately passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and President Bush signed the bill into law on November 25, 2002. (wikipedia.org)
• [3] It was created in November 2002 in response to 9/11 and is the youngest U.S. cabinet department. (everipedia.org)
• The Department of Homeland Security was established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 on November 25, 2002. (everipedia.org)
• The Government Accountability Office reported inspectors at land border ports intercepted nearly 15,000 people in 2002 who falsely claimed to be U.S. citizens in order to gain illegal entry, suggesting an unknown number of travelers successfully entered the United States this way. (dhs.gov)

America6

• Migrants from Central America and Mexico seek to enter the United States without authorization for many reasons. (hrw.org)
• Neglected infections of poverty in the United States of America. (medscape.com)
• It is utterly inconceivable that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is planning a coup d'etat against President Obama, and the Congress, to install herself as Supreme Ruler of the United States of America. (forbes.com)
• To better protect America by strengthening counterterrorism intelligence, TTIC will continue to minimize any seams between analysis of terrorism intelligence collected overseas and inside the United States. (ucsb.edu)
• Dr. Norman Neureiter, a member of the NRC scientific and national security panel that wrote the report, "Beyond Fortress America: National Security Controls on Science and Technology in a Globalized World," and Dr. Patricia Wrightson, who headed the study, told Fogarty and other NIH staff of the problems caused by the backlog. (nih.gov)
• They recounted stories of prominent scientists blocked from entering the United States to speak at international conferences and of graduate students legally working in America prevented from re-entering after returning home for family emergencies. (nih.gov)

Janet Napolitano2

• Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended her Department's recent announcement to administratively close pending and incoming deportation cases for illegal aliens deemed a "low-priority" by the Administration. (fairus.org)
• Upon the release of the new data, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano attempted to calm the open borders lobby by explaining that the new level of deportations was reached by deporting a greater number of criminal aliens. (fairus.org)

Committee7

• Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Rogers, and Members of the Committee, I am Chuck Romine, Director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). (nist.gov)
• This report is the first of a two-part statement from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that updates the strategy to eliminate hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission in the United States. (cdc.gov)
• Statement of Senator Jon S. Corzine before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 27 April 2005. (nih.gov)
• Statement of Richard A Falkenrath, Visiting Fellow, the Brookings Institution, before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 27 April 2005. (nih.gov)
• After telling members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he thinks cyber attacks and homegrown extremists are the biggest threats to U.S. national security, Comey, who was sworn in on September 4, was asked only a few questions about the role of government surveillance in monitoring those threats. (foreignpolicy.com)
• Following suit, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold an oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security this Wednesday. (fairus.org)
• When the report was issued, committee co-chair and former White House national security adviser Gen. Brent Scowcroft said, "[The United States] needs to change to a philosophy that everything is open and restricted only when it is demonstrated that it needs to be. (nih.gov)

20175

• From the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 to 2017, Sub-Saharan African-born population in the United States grew to 2.1 million people. (wikipedia.org)
• As part of budget cuts across state departments, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant ordered nearly $20 million in funding cut from public schools in February and March of 2017. (splcenter.org)
• In this study, I applied an epidemiological method called two-component spatio-temporal intensity modeling to data from 416 far-right extremists exposed in the United States between 2005 and 2017. (nature.com)
• In response to this humanitarian crisis, the Obama administration proposed to significantly increase the number of refugees the United States accepts each year-from 70,000 in FY 2015 to 85,000 in FY 2016 and 110,000 in FY 2017-and scale up the number of Syrian refugees admitted to at least 10,000 for the current fiscal year, which began October 1. (migrationpolicy.org)
• The Obama administration's proposal to significantly increase the number of worldwide refugees the United States accepts annually up to 100,000 in FY 2017 would mark the largest yearly increases in refugee admissions since 1990. (migrationpolicy.org)

20011

• New security concerns have become a pervasive part of American life in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing and the terrorist attacks that occurred in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. (planning.org)

Threats12

• The official announcement states: The mission of the Office will be to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks. (wikipedia.org)
• Introducing the term "homeland" centers attention on a population that needs to be protected not only against emergencies such as natural disasters but also against diffuse threats from individuals who are non-native to the United States. (wikipedia.org)
• On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced it has streamlined the way it will warn Americans about terror threats, adding "communication bulletins" into a system that was supposed to be even simpler to understand than the infamous color-coded advisories installed after 9/11. (foreignpolicy.com)
• Many of these homeland from terrorist threats. (nih.gov)
• scoped to address the technologies, challenges, and threats facing a specific critical infrastructure sector, adapted to its regulatory environment, maturity, and existing relationship with the United States Government. (energy.gov)
• Through this agreement, we will strengthen the partnership between DOE, DHS, and DoD to enable intergovernmental cooperation and bolster our ability to proactively address cyber threats to critical energy infrastructure, and to respond effectively should those threats materialize," said DOE Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, Karen S. Evans. (energy.gov)
• Entitled "Citizenship Likely an Unreliable Indicator of Terrorist Threats to the United States," it asserts that people from those seven countries are "rarely implicated in US-based terrorism. (republicbroadcasting.org)
• The hearing Thursday, on threats to the U.S. homeland, was notable not for what Comey said, so much as what he didn't say, and what he wasn't asked. (foreignpolicy.com)
• SINET believes that innovation is accelerated when senior members of the security community - comprising solution providers, buyers and investors - collaborate to address global Cybersecurity threats. (security-innovation.org)
• These intimate CISO workshops address the challenges that Board of Directors are placing on security and risk executives, and how to successfully manage and communicate today's enterprise and organizational threats. (security-innovation.org)
• The DHS/FBI memo cited SMS Trojans, Rootkits and fake Google Play Domains as among the top security threats to out-of-date Android devices. (csoonline.com)
• NIAID's pathogen priority list is periodically reviewed and is subject to revision in conjunction with our federal partners, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which determines threat assessments, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is responsible for responding to emerging pathogen threats in the United States. (nih.gov)

Customs7

• Its stated missions involve anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management. (wikipedia.org)
• Officer Facio had served with the United States Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations for 17 years. (odmp.org)
• It is critical that all individuals seeking to enter the United States become acclimated to presenting documents to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. (dhs.gov)
• In December 2020, the ACLU and NYCLU filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about their practice of purchasing cell phone location data collected from smartphone apps. (aclu.org)
• This document proposes to amend the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to the filing of documentation related to free entry of certain merchandise under Chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). (justia.com)
• CENTREVILLE, VA (January 19, 2022) - Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) today announced that the company was awarded a task order to provide testing solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the United States. (parsons.com)
• A visa simply allows the applicant to apply for admission at a U.S. port of entry, but the ultimate decision on whether or not, and under which statutes, the applicant will be admitted rests with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security. (nih.gov)

Congress6

• The Gilmore Commission, supported by much of Congress and John Bolton, helped further solidify need for the department. (wikipedia.org)
• The president was asked about the recent news that Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe was no longer providing election security briefings to Congress. (c-span.org)
• Congress required the Department of Homeland Security to submit to a plan for improving border security, including how DHS intended to use personnel, barriers, and technology. (gao.gov)
• While the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, does not include a requirement for DHS to submit another Border Security Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2021, Congress has noted the importance of having timely and comprehensive information such as that required in the plan to assist in its oversight and decision-making. (gao.gov)
• Providing Congress the additional information related to the required elements that is not included in the 2019-2020 plan, and providing that additional information in an expeditious manner, would help strengthen Congress's oversight of DHS's border security plans, efforts, and use of funds. (gao.gov)
• These rules are put forth to guide these departments and agencies on how to follow the statutes (laws) passed by the United States Congress . (justia.com)

Appropriations Act2

• President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2004 on October 1, 2003. (everipedia.org)
• For example, the House Report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, noted concern about the absence of timely analysis on all of the required elements of the Border Security Improvement Plan to help make funding decisions and conduct oversight. (gao.gov)

Justice5

• Other agencies with significant homeland security responsibilities include the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, and Energy. (wikipedia.org)
• Department of Justice 2000. (nih.gov)
• Department of Justice Assessment of the Increased Risk of Terrorist or Other Criminal Activity Associated with Posting Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information on the Internet. (nih.gov)
• Comey, along with other senior Justice Department officials, had concluded that a significant part of the program was illegal. (foreignpolicy.com)
• The Brennan Center, Protect Democracy, and others filed an administrative appeal and renewed the request that the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security either rescind or correct a highly misleading and flawed report purporting to provide evidence of the non-existent connection between immigration and criminality. (brennancenter.org)

Cybersecurity4

• Companies aren't required to strip out personally identifiable information from the data they give to the government, and the government can then use the information for purposes wholly unrelated to cybersecurity - such as "national security," a term the bill leaves undefined. (eff.org)
• The Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are committed to being partnership-forward organizations, in that we rely on our relationships across all infrastructure sectors and across all levels of government to advance the security interests of our nation and society. (energy.gov)
• the lessons learned through this program will help inform the process to develop indicators and warnings across multiple national critical functions, enhance cyber threat information sharing efforts, and facilitate rapid response and improved resiliency across all sectors," said Bryan Ware, DHS Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). (energy.gov)
• Corporate security solutions are developed faster and more efficiently when all members of the Cybersecurity community work together. (security-innovation.org)

Centers1

• Press briefing on swine influenza with Department of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the White House. (cdc.gov)

West Africa1

• [3] U.S. and foreign born Sub-Saharan Africans are different and distinct from native-born African Americans , many of whose ancestors were involuntarily brought from West Africa to the colonial United States by means of the historic Atlantic slave trade . (wikipedia.org)

Authorization2

• The vast majority of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border without authorization are placed in detention and undergo a hasty two-part assessment by US officials under either "expedited removal," for first-time border crossers, or "reinstatement of removal," for migrants who have previously been deported from the United States. (hrw.org)
• Secretary Napolitano, however, claimed to have no authority over who receives work authorization, stating, "This goes to CIS [ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ]. (fairus.org)

Jurisdiction1

• in peacetime, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security. (defense.gov)

Immigration7

• African immigration to the United States refers to immigrants to the United States who are or were nationals of modern African countries. (wikipedia.org)
• It allows people born in countries with low rates of immigration to the United States to obtain a lawful permanent resident status. (wikipedia.org)
• For his part, Trump has declared many times that immigration, absent "extreme vetting," is a serious national security threat. (republicbroadcasting.org)
• So we can see: The issue of immigration, connected, as it is, to the larger issues of globalization and sovereignty, is perhaps the ultimate disagreement between Trump and the liberal Establishment, of which the Deep State is a key component. (republicbroadcasting.org)
• The report attempts to justify the Trump administration's Executive Orders banning Muslims from entering the United States and has been used to rationalize other regressive immigration policies by highlighting the non-existent connection between immigration and criminality. (brennancenter.org)
• On March 21, 2011, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services launched E-Verify Self Check, an innovative service that allows individuals in the United States to check their employment eligibility status before formally seeking employment. (securitymagazine.com)
• Individuals who are asked by employers or anyone else to run a Self Check query to prove that they are authorized to work in the United States, or who believe they are victims of any other type of discrimination or unfair labor practice related to Self Check, should notify the Department of Justices Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices at 800-255-7688. (securitymagazine.com)

Border Patrol1

• Alicia R., deported from the United States following Border Patrol screening in August 2014 with her two children, ages 3 and 10, feared retribution from gang members in Honduras after witnessing the murder of her mother. (hrw.org)

Agencies9

• DHS officially began operations on January 24, 2003, but most of the department's component agencies were not transferred into the new department until March 1. (wikipedia.org)
• Since the 9/11 attacks, government agencies, think tanks, business groups, scholars and others have written a small library of material on aspects of the The dramatic and heart-stopping attacks of homeland security challenge. (nih.gov)
• securing our borders, merging 27 federal agencies, the formation of the preventing and coping with chemical, biological or new Department became a focal point for long- nuclear terrorism, etc. (nih.gov)
• The Department of Energy is committed to working with our partner agencies to secure U.S. critical energy infrastructure. (energy.gov)
• Meanwhile, KPRF Duma faction member Viktor Tyulkin asked the Duma to check information that the Federal Security Service (FSB) and other law-enforcement agencies were ordered to probe the political parties, 'Nezavisimaya gazeta' reported on 31 March. (rferl.org)
• The president proposed merging 22 agencies into what would be the third largest Cabinet department. (brookings.edu)
• The Federal Register is a daily publication of proposed and final rules (administrative laws) adopted by federal executive departments and agencies . (justia.com)
• The intelligence service of the Department of Energy, which is responsible for nuclear intelligence, has a much smaller budget than other US intelligence agencies and contracts out some operational work. (intelligenceonline.com)
• All United States Government departments and agencies that possess, use, or transfer human, animal, or plant infectious agents or toxins were urged to perform a Safety Stand-Down to include an immediate sweep of their facilities to verify that all Biological Select Agents and Toxins (BSAT) in their possession were appropriately registered, stored, and disposed of in accordance with applicable regulations. (nih.gov)

Court of Appe1

• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. (findlaw.com)

Department's1

• Neureiter and Wrightson blamed the anti-terror mood of the Department of Homeland Security for superseding the State Department's traditional role in approving visas. (nih.gov)

Agency6

• It was intended to consolidate U.S. executive branch organizations related to 'homeland security' into a single Cabinet agency. (everipedia.org)
• Any government agency could receive data from companies if this were to pass, meaning identifiable data could be flowing to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the National Security Agency, or even the Food and Drug Administration. (eff.org)
• Create a structure to institutionalize sharing across agency lines of all terrorist threat intelligence, whether collected overseas or inside the United States in order to form the most comprehensive possible threat picture. (ucsb.edu)
• There is justified fear that an agency that has done yeoman's work assisting Americans when natural disasters struck will become less effective inside a larger department. (brookings.edu)
• The Department of Homeland Security (An agency enacted through the Patriot Act) is now demanding through enforcement from The State Fire Marshalls that ALL LIVE MUSIC PLAYED IN THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE A PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. (snopes.com)
• It's not an ICE or CBP function…" Napolitano's response, however, completely ignores that CIS is an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of which she is in charge. (fairus.org)

Citizenship2

• New document procedures identify about two dozen types of documents that travelers may use to prove citizenship and identity while at the same time enabling CBP to quickly and confidently identify all travelers attempting entry to the United States. (dhs.gov)
• Users enter work eligibility information such as a Social Security number and, depending on citizenship status, an Alien Registration number. (securitymagazine.com)

Task Force2

• As stated in Designing for Security in the Nation's Capital , a report prepared by the Interagency Task Force of the National Capital Planning Commission, "These installations communicate fear and retrenchment and undermine the basic premise that underlies a democratic society. (planning.org)
• We especially appreciate the long and patient efforts of the Task Force and its leadership to manage the many difficult and controversial issues pertaining to Homeland Security. (nih.gov)

Pentagon1

• What we're trying to do is bring some coherence into the internal bureaucracy," Wrightson said, proposing that export control and visa policies equally involve the Pentagon, State Department, National Security Council and the Commerce Department. (nih.gov)

National security4

• The Administration will ensure that this program is carried out consistent with our Constitutional liberties and our national security requirements. (ucsb.edu)
• And sometimes, in its zeal to de-Trumpify its home turf of Washington, DC, it jeopardizes American national security. (republicbroadcasting.org)
• And the questions were not about the FBI's activities, but the National Security Agency's. (foreignpolicy.com)
• we run the risk of actually weakening our national security. (nih.gov)

Organizations1

• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI issued a warning memo a couple of months ago to police and fire departments plus emergency medical service providers and security personnel that Android devices with out-of-date operating systems pose a serious security risk to their organizations. (csoonline.com)

Ridge2

• The office was headed by former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, who assumed the title of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. (wikipedia.org)
• Under the supervision of the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed new detection technology against cyber attacks aimed at critical infrastructure. (intelligenceonline.com)

Attacks3

• In response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) to coordinate "homeland security" efforts. (wikipedia.org)
• The Office will coordinate the executive branch's efforts to detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks within the United States. (wikipedia.org)
• Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson activated the new National Terrorism Advisory System for the first time Wednesday when he issued the first bulletin warning the public of "self-radicalized actors who could strike with little or no notice" in the wake of the San Bernardino attacks that left 14 dead. (foreignpolicy.com)

20231

• Hear from Tim Brown, VP #Security , and #CISO , @solarwinds #SINETNY on October 5, 2023, at The Times Center in #NYC ! (security-innovation.org)

Search3

• some came to the United States to join family members, others sought professional or educational opportunities, and some in search of refuge from conflicts or hardships in their homelands. (dhs.gov)
• Senators and representatives from both parties also worry about what would happen to the many non-homeland security functions-from conducting search-and-rescue missions at sea to assisting victims of natural disasters-that would be folded into the new department under the administration plan. (brookings.edu)
• NIH also has implemented a second phase of this search in an effort to continue to improve the safety and security of all laboratories across NIH. (nih.gov)

20202

• DHS's Border Security Improvement Plan for FY 2019-2020 was late and provided incomplete information. (gao.gov)
• As of September 21, 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had resulted in 6,786,352 cases and 199,024 deaths in the United States. (nih.gov)

Refugee resettlement1

• The United States offers humanitarian protection to refugees through two channels: refugee resettlement and asylum status. (migrationpolicy.org)

Detention1

• In this case, the state of West Virginia challenged the Biden administration's attempt to repeal the Migrant Protections Protocol (MPP) policy, which required asylum applicants to return to Mexico while their claims were being processed instead of being held in detention or paroled in the United States. (clearinghouse.net)

Report3

• So now let's take a look at a February 24 story from the Associated Press, headlined, " Homeland Security intel report disputes threat posed by travel ban nations . (republicbroadcasting.org)
• The petition requested that DOJ and DHS issue a corrected version of the report that adheres to the requirements of federal guidelines or, in the alternative, that both departments retract the report in its entirety. (brennancenter.org)
• The DOJ and DHS filed responses on July 31 and August 1 respectively, arguing that the Departments have no obligation to address the glaring flaws in the report. (brennancenter.org)

Priorities3

• Home to five Nobel Prizes, with programs focused on national priorities such as advanced manufacturing, the digital economy, precision metrology, quantum science, and biosciences, NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. (nist.gov)
• And so you've got to have priorities…" she stated. (fairus.org)
• Referring to the ICE Union's vote of no confidence in Director Morton in 2010, he stated, "I am very concerned about the morale of our ICE officers… For two years now it appears that the representative group for these officers have voted no confidence in your leadership…" However, Napolitano claimed the opposite was taking place: "I believe that the priorities we have set are actually enhancing morale amongst our troops. (fairus.org)

Fiscal year1

• In fiscal year (FY) 2015, the United States resettled 69,933 refugees and in FY 2013 (the most recent data available) granted asylum status to 25,199 people. (migrationpolicy.org)

Administration's1

• As part of its continuing its effort to subvert, in every way possible, the Trump administration's January 27 Executive Order 13769 , the Deep State has resorted, once again, to one of its favorite tools-the media leak. (republicbroadcasting.org)

Bureaucrats2

• There, however, are real signs that the Department bureaucrats are running amok. (forbes.com)
• As Virgil wrote back in December, the Deep State can be defined as , "The complex of bureaucrats, technocrats, and plutocrats that likes things just the way they are and wants to keep them like that-elections be damned. (republicbroadcasting.org)

Anti-terrorism1

• Security and anti-terrorism concerns have encouraged property owners, government entities, and others to install security barriers, to limit street access, and to install a wide variety of security devices on sidewalks, buildings and transportation facilities. (planning.org)

Health5

• New document procedures eliminate the use of insecure, paper identity documents such as social security cards, voter registration cards, certain health cards, and baptismal documents, as the requirement now calls for all identification documents to include a photo, name, and date of birth. (dhs.gov)
• Department of Health and Human Services. (nih.gov)
• Travelers will also provide their contact information so that the health department at their destination can connect with them, if needed. (cdc.gov)
• This guidance is for state and local health department staff, infection prevention and control professionals, clinical healthcare providers, and healthcare workers who are coordinating the evaluation of persons under investigation. (cdc.gov)
• NIEHS represents the Department of Health and Human Services on the CCSP and as such reports annually on DHHS efforts related to climate change. (nih.gov)

Employees3

• The bill was also controversial for the presence of unrelated "riders", as well as for eliminating certain union-friendly civil service and labor protections for department employees. (wikipedia.org)
• Without these protections, employees could be expeditiously reassigned or dismissed on grounds of security, incompetence or insubordination, and DHS would not be required to notify their union representatives. (wikipedia.org)
• The President spoke today at FBI Headquarters to federal, state, and local employees on the front lines of the war on terror about plans for the Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC) announced in the State of the Union Address. (ucsb.edu)

Pandemic2

• Shrestha SS , Swerdlow DL , Borse RH , Prabhu VS , Finelli L , Atkins CY , Estimating the burden of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in the United States (April 2009-April 2010). (cdc.gov)
• This proven platform, which has continuously advanced through innovative technologies as the challenges of the pandemic have evolved, is used by major event producers, Fortune 500 companies, nursing homes, hospitals, airports, and state and local governments to help reduce the spread of COVID. (parsons.com)

Vaccination3

• Since they were first issued in 1982, recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination have evolved into a comprehensive strategy to eliminate HBV transmission in the United States ( 2 -- 6 ) ( Box 1 ). (cdc.gov)
• Interim results: state-specific influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccination coverage-United States, October 2009-January 2010. (cdc.gov)
• Final estimates for 2009-10 seasonal influenza and influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccination coverage-United States, August 2009 through May, 2010 [cited 2011 Feb 1]. (cdc.gov)

Refugees6

• A family of Burmese refugees arrives in the United States. (migrationpolicy.org)
• The United States is the world's top resettlement country for refugees. (migrationpolicy.org)
• By the end of 2014, as wars, conflict, and persecution worldwide continued to unfold, the number of people displaced within their country or having fled internationally reached 59.5 million, according to estimates by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-the highest level ever recorded. (migrationpolicy.org)
• In the United States, the major difference between refugees and asylees is the location of the person at the time of application. (migrationpolicy.org)
• Refugees are usually outside of the United States when they are screened for resettlement, whereas asylum seekers submit their applications while they are physically present in the United States or at a U.S. port of entry. (migrationpolicy.org)
• Today [Nov. 17] I participated in a briefing with federal officials regarding the policies and protocols in place to screen all refugees - including Syrian refugees - seeking to resettle in the United States. (nwasianweekly.com)

Federal6

• The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. (wikipedia.org)
• Why, indeed, should the federal government not be deploying armored personnel carriers and stockpiling enough ammo for a 20-year war in the homeland? (forbes.com)
• Peggy Dixon, spokeswoman for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: "The training center and others like it run by the Homeland Security Department use as many as 15 million rounds every year, mostly on shooting ranges and in training exercises. (forbes.com)
• Equally important, if a major hurricane, earthquake or other disaster occurs, responsibility for federal assistance will fall on the new department, thus diverting attention from its homeland security mission. (brookings.edu)
• nothing to do with the federal Department of Homeland Security, it is not relevant to any state other than Indiana, and is about the enforcement of local business permit laws and not a general requirement that "all live music must have a permit. (snopes.com)
• Neither the Indiana nor the federal DHS has declared that "it is illegal to play music freely in the United States," nor is the issue about live music per se - it's a local legal wrangle over a requirement that entertainment-providing business establishments obtain proper state operating permits. (snopes.com)

Surveillance3

• While the leaks of the last five months have mostly been about the NSA's snooping, it's the bureau that actually serves surveillance orders on telephone companies, e-mail and Internet service providers, and other corporations in the United States whose data the government wants to analyze. (foreignpolicy.com)
• It's this handoff of information, some security experts say, that allows the companies to avoid the appearance of complicity in surveillance programs by saying they don't give information directly to the NSA. (foreignpolicy.com)
• But considering that the administration has stressed the importance, and the legality, of surveillance programs in protecting the United States, the FBI director is a logical official to address the role of law enforcement in those efforts. (foreignpolicy.com)

20191

• In April 2019, through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),* CDC launched an 18-month ART Surge program in nine Nigerian states to rapidly increase the number of persons with HIV infection receiving ART. (nih.gov)

Travelers1

• As of December 29, 2015, CDC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) modified enhanced Ebola port-of-entry screening for travelers from Guinea. (cdc.gov)

Disaster2

• However, few emergency departments feel prepared for a radiation disaster, and many personnel question the practicality and safety of current recommendations. (medscape.com)
• Neureiter called the delay in allowing top scientists from India and China into the country "another diplomatic disaster for the United States. (nih.gov)

Enforcement2

• It adds to an earlier system, put in place in 2011 , of "elevated alerts" - warning of a credible, general threat and mobilizes law enforcement - and "imminent alerts," signaling an urgent terror plot or that the United States is under attack. (foreignpolicy.com)
• For decades, biometric technologies were used primarily in homeland security and law enforcement applications, and they are still a key component of these applications. (nist.gov)

Recommendations1

• The best recommendations included detailed safety measures under the direction of sophisticated radiation safety experts, which proved difficult to adapt to emergency department settings. (medscape.com)

Government3

• A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. (state.gov)
• Aug. 19, 2009) On July 27, the Government of Bangladesh approved the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Family Members Security Act of 2009. (loc.gov)
• Assistant United States Attorney Melvin E. Hyde prosecuted this matter on behalf of the government. (americustimesrecorder.com)