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.
On March 31, the Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security released the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding regarding worksite enforcement of immigration laws in the event of a DOL investigation of labor dispute. So who cares, one might ask? We care because this is yet another reminder of the difficult task employers have to balance the interest of immigration compliance and managing labor relations.
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.
It has been a busy couple of days for me, but they have been good ones. I flew down to Maxwell AFB in Alabama to offer the Industry Perspective on Cyber as part of the AF Cyber Operations Executive Course. I also served as moderator for an Executive Luncheon sponsored by the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council, where the guest was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, the Honorable Paul Stockton.
Shannen Rossmiller, a citizen cyber spy, has worked with the FBI on over 200 counterterrorism cases, posing as a radicalized terrorist and luring others into revealing details of their plans. She recently spoke with Federal News Radio about her new book.
FBI: Corrupt US border agents a ‘serious’ threat – KHOU
New figures show 122 current or former U.S. federal agents and employees of the Customs and Border Protection agency have been arrested or indicted for corruption since October of 2004. It is a trend that has both the FBI and key members of Congress concerned.
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.
Napolitano: More Collaboration Needed On International Aviation – HSToday
Addressing more than 1,000 delegates of the travel and tourism industry from around the world Las Vegas last Thursday at the World Travel and Tourism Summit, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano underscored the importance of international collaboration to ensure the safety of commercial aviation and improve the travel experience for all passengers through trusted traveler initiatives such as US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Global Entry program.
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