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CongressCoast Guard, FEMA Get Lift In House Bill
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee’s mark-up last Thursday of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) FY ’11 budget added $254.5 million in discretionary spending to the request, with the […]
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House Appropriations Panel Provides $43.9 Billion To DHS; TSA Gets Boost
By Calvin Biesecker The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee yesterday allotted $43.9 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’11, representing a $1.1 billion, or 2.6 increase, […]
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House Committee Approves WMD Legislation
By Calvin Biesecker The House Homeland Security Committee yesterday unanimously approved several bipartisan bills including one aimed at improving the nation’s preparedness and response to threats from biological weapons and […]
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SBInet Continues To Struggle, GAO Says
By Calvin Biesecker For all the changes it made in its program management structure, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) electronic border security fence called SBInet continues to struggle, a […]
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Several House Homeland Security Members Back Lieberman, Collins Cyber Bill
By Calvin Biesecker Several members of the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday said they would back new legislation proposed in the Senate that would give the Department of Homeland Security […]
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Collins: IG Says DHS Can’t Enforce Cyber Compliance At Federal Civilian Agencies
By Calvin Biesecker A new government report says that the government agency that oversees the monitoring of cyber security at federal civilian agencies can enforce compliance with its recommendations and […]
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Business/FinancialSenate Leaders Push Cybersecurity Legislation
By Emelie Rutherford Senate leadership’s new push to quickly move cybersecurity legislation will kick off today with a hearing on a hot-button bill that would give the Department of Homeland […]
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Pistole Says Top Priority Is Ensuring TSA Is Intelligence Driven
By Calvin Biesecker President Obama’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday said that his top priority will be to ensure that the agency is driven by intelligence. […]
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SASC Wants Analysis of MEADS Alternatives Before Further Funding
By Marina Malenic The Senate Armed Service Committee’s (SASC) version of the FY ’11 Defense Authorization Bill would fence funding for a multinational air defense development effort until the Defense […]
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Air ForceF-35 Second Engine Wins In House, Loses In Senate Panel
By Emelie Rutherford House lawmakers voted last night to keep the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine in the Pentagon policy bill, though the program’s fate may be left to House-Senate negotiators. That’s […]