From The Washington Post: DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson engaged in the latest round of rallying the troops on Monday after the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey again showed the department at the bottom of the pack. DHS ranked last among large agencies with a 53 percent “employee engagement” score and a 47 percent in “global […]
From NBC News: The federal government lacks a cohesive strategy for stopping Americans who seek to travel to Syria to join ISIS, according to a House Homeland Security report released Monday. Roughly 250 Americans have either tried to go or succeeded in getting to Syria to engage in violent jihad, the report said. But the […]
From The Hill: It’s been weeks since the Department of Justice announced that it was overhauling its rules for devices that simulate cell towers to prevent them from being used without a warrant. Now, congressional critics have a new target in their sights: the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and […]
From NextGov: This week, the Transportation Security Administration released its ambitious strategy to create what the agency describes as the “airport of the future.” Posted Sept. 2 on FedBizOpps, the 45-page “Strategic Five-Year Technology Investment Plan for Aviation Security” lays the groundwork “for future innovation and meets the immediate technology demands of specific mission needs.”
From The Washington Post: The Department of Homeland Security’s use of a controversial tool to deport illegal immigrants fell 30 percent in recent months, continuing a longer-term decline dating back several years, a new report says. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in April lodged 30 percent fewer requests with local police departments to hold immigrants […]
From HSToday: Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that the percentage of Americans who perceive a threat from Islamic fundamentalism is at its highest level since 2002, according to new survey data from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
From Government Executive: Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy, tasked with righting an agency under fire over the past year for security omissions and agent misbehavior, has embarked on a multi-year hiring spree, though the precise numbers are in dispute. Reuters news service on Friday cited unnamed sources saying the service planned an unusual 17 percent […]
From Politico: It’s now becoming clear exactly how many tens of millions of dollars the TSA spent on body scanners that have missed airport security threats, outraged passengers and brought the agency under congressional scrutiny. The $160 million bill includes $120 million for the body scanners now in place in hundreds of airports nationwide, according […]
From HSToday: The US government has effective methodologies to identify the individual critical infrastructure assets that are the most vital to sustaining our national security — militarily, economically and otherwise. Appropriately, as these assets are identified, they are given priority for security resourcing. However, there is a strong tendency to protect these assets through a […]
From Politico: Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson won’t be getting dragged into court after all in a contentious legal case involving President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen had threatened to haul Johnson and other top Obama administration officials into court to explain why the feds continued to issue work […]
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