U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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• Police: Houston airport gunman intent on suicide

  pistol Thursday afternoon after shooting twice into the ceiling at a ticketing area at Bush Intercontinental Airport.A Department of Homeland Security special agent who confronted him in the terminal also shot and wounded him in the shoulder when Moore refused   Read more »

• Editorial: U.S. intelligence agencies must keep sharing

  the dots" before 9/11 was the reason Congress reorganized a huge swath of the federal bureaucracy to establish the Department of Homeland Security , and created the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The point was to break down the bureaucratic   Read more »

• Obama budget proposal ominous for Plum Island

  financial commitment to the proposed replacement for the facility off the North Fork of Long Island , which Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano described as "inadequate" in written congressional testimony on Thursday.Building the National   Read more »

• Judge: DHS must release scanner radiation reports

  -- A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security must release two safety reports it conducted in the 2000s evaluating the radiation safety of body-scanning machines.The chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, Royce Lamberth,   Read more »

• Coast Guard patrols off NYC coast will suffer due to cuts

  its security patrols off the coast of New York City by as much as 24 percent because of the sequestration cuts, Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday.At a security conference in NYPD headquarters, Napolitano said that she   Read more »

Around the web

• Allies of Immigration Bill Aim for Added Support

  must be in place before illegal immigrants can gain legal status and eventually citizenship. Under the current bill, the Department of Homeland Security is directed to produce and carry out the border security plan, with as much as $6.5 billion for technology, 5/22/13 from The New York Times Read more »

• Bordallo: FY '14 Homeland Security Bill Includes Expanded Visa Waiver Language

  2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. The bill provides $38.9 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill will likely be considered by the full House of Representatives in the coming weeks. Congresswoman Bordallo 5/22/13 from Pacific News Center Read more »

• Mayor Menino Announces Increase In Homeland Security Funding

  Monday, we have shown the world that we are a resilient city,” Mayor Menino said. “With this grant, the Department of Homeland Security has reaffirmed its commitment to assist us in protecting our residents and businesses. We will use this funding to ensure 5/22/13 from City Of Boston News Read more »

• Mica: Department of Homeland Security could benefit from modeling and simulation (Video)

  Rep. John Mica talks modeling, simulation and training in Central Florida and the opportunities for simulation in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security But why focus on the negative? I also got the chance to talk with Mica about a potentially huge market 5/22/13 from Orlando Business Journal Read more »

• D.C. area small businesses land contracts under $22B Eagle II program

  digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. The Department of Homeland Security named 15 winners of small business contracts under its massive, $22 billion Eagle II program, nearly all of which are in the 5/22/13 from Washington Business Journal Read more »