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CongressHouse Committee Passes Cyber, China, CBP Safety Bills
The House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday approved five bipartisan bills, including a measure to create a new industrial control systems training initiative and another restricting the Department of Homeland […]
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Homeland SecurityCBP Still Targeting FY ’23 For Dramatic Increase In Scanning Of Cars, Cargo At Ports Of Entry
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to scan limited numbers of passenger and commercial vehicles entering through ports of entry along the southwestern U.S. for illegal substances and other contraband, […]
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Homeland SecurityWithout Budget Increases, Finishing Checkpoint CT Acquisition Will Take Until 2036, Pekoske Says
If funding for next-generation checkpoint baggage scanners is maintained at current requested levels, it will be another 14 or so years before the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) completes the purchase […]
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CongressPlan To Get Plutonium-Pit Factories Back On Track Coming In ‘Early Fall,’ Official Tells Lawmakers
It will take all summer to finalize a plan aimed at hastening construction of a key nuclear-weapon-component factory that has fallen behind schedule in South Carolina, a Pentagon official said […]
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CongressUranium Processing Facility Will Be Eight Months Late, NNSA Says
A new facility for manufacturing nuclear-weapon secondary stages will not be completed until August 2026: eight months later than expected, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) told […]
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CongressCISA Gaining Increasing Visibility Into Federal Networks, Official Says
Federal civilian agencies are increasingly providing the data necessary through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA’s) dashboards to provide awareness of cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities, which in turn allows […]
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CongressHouse Passes Trio Of Homeland Security Bills
The House on Monday evening passed three bipartisan homeland security bills, including one requiring the Department to Homeland Security to report to Congress on the roles and responsibilities of the […]
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CongressInflation Adding Huge Costs To Coast Guard Shipbuilding, Operations And Sustainment
The increasing costs of goods, in particular steel, is adding substantial costs to the Coast Guard’s shipbuilding and operations and threatens the procurement of one of two additional planned fast […]
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Homeland SecurityCommercial Icebreaker Would Inform Requirements For Arctic Security Cutter, Schultz Says
If the Coast Guard is successful in receiving funding for a commercial polar icebreaker and then acquiring the ship, the vessel will not only become part of the service’s inventory […]
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CongressSASC Chair Urges Swift Senate Passage Of New $40 Billion Ukraine Aid Supplemental
The leader of the Senate Armed Services Committee has urged the upper chamber to consider swift passage of the new $40 billion Ukraine emergency aid supplemental, a day after the […]