Experts Weigh Likely Terror Attacks, Future Of Al Qaeda After Death Of Bin Laden – HSToday
Authorities should prepare for a higher short-term threat to the US homeland after the death of Osama bin Laden but the long-term outlook for al Qaeda is weakening, experts told the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday.
Public-safety network tees up House, Senate showdown – Hillicon Valley
Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for a showdown between the chambers on the question of how to build a communications network for police and firefighters, a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission that has not been realized.
Obama’s Cybersecurity Plan Would Burden Industry, Lawmaker Says – Bloomberg An Obama administration proposal for bolstering the nation’s defenses against a cyber attack would give the Homeland Security Department too much power over private industry, a U.S. lawmaker said today. The administration’s proposal released May 12 calls for Homeland Security to work with industry to […]
The draft Executive Order mandating that federal contractors declare donations as part of the competitive process is being reviled as unfair, unnecessary and unconstitutional. Others celebrate it as a necessary level of transparency to combat corruption. Both are true and false, but neither addresses the real issue – as long as politicians can be bought through the donor process, there will be corruption in procurement.
FEMA aid bill advances as tornado response continues – Federal Eye
Lawmakers are pushing a $1 billion aid package for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of the deadly Joplin, Mo., tornado — even as the agency is already stretched thin by other twisters and floods one week before hurricane season begins.
House Democrats Fight Proposed Cuts To DHS Grant Programs – HSToday
House Democrats Tuesday stepped up their fight against Republican proposed cuts to homeland security grants, protesting the cuts in a markup of the fiscal 2012 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and pressing for field hearings on the deleterious effects of the cuts.
Senate moves closer to reauthorizing parts of the Patriot Act – The Hill
The Senate on Monday night voted 74-8 to move forward with a bill that would extend provisions of the Patriot Act until June 1, 2015.
Lawmakers express optimism, concerns over White House cybersecurity plan – NextGov
Members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee praised the Obama administration’s recently released cybersecurity proposal during a Monday hearing, but expressed concern about some remaining differences between the approaches of the White House and lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
By Jena Baker McNeill and Matt Mayer
The 9/11 attacks acted as a catalyst for major changes in U.S. security efforts. The attacks altered not only how the nation would identify and prepare for threats but also how it would work to prevent them. The approaching 10th anniversary of the attacks gives policymakers an opportunity to undertake a realistic and retrospective assessment of homeland security policies since 9/11.
Making It Official: Hunting Al-Qaida Worldwide – NPR
This week, the House begins debate on a defense spending bill that would authorize the president to attack al-Qaida and its associates all over the world.
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