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If Funding Lapses, DHS Officials Warn House Panel Of Consequences

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

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If Funding Lapses, DHS Officials Warn House Panel Of Consequences

A failure by Congress to provide a Homeland Security appropriations bill in some form for the current fiscal year will hamper a range of operations and acquisitions including cyber security, support for first responders nationwide, and nuclear detection, officials representing different components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday.A lapse in DHS funding for FY ’15 would hurt cyber awareness operations though a loss of 140 staff at a national cyber threat watch center, the National Cybersecurity…

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