Daily Briefings Newsletter - DHS (WNB – DHS Today)

Proposed increases in cyber spending include a 23 percent bump at the Energy Department, a 33 percent hike at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a 16 percent rise at the Veterans Affairs Department, Nextgov reported.

The Russians also paid Americans to promote political campaigns, and stage political rallies, the indictment said.

A data breach at U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax may have been the source of some stolen identities used by disaster aid fraudsters.

CBP conducted 30,200 border searches of electronic devices in fiscal 2017, the agency reported, which has added to civil libertarians' opposition to IC inclusion.

Federal agencies struggle with an excess of "over-privileged users" with access to more resources than necessary.

In early fiscal 2018, the backlog of cases in immigration courts was 650,000, a 25 percent increase from 2016; money would fund 75 new immigration judges and support staff.

The Transportation Security Administration would get $3.2 billion to add 687 screeneers, bringing the total transportation security corps to 43,877, the most ever.

Proposals should include between two and six incremental funding transfers throughout the life cycle of the project.