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"I thought it was an accident at the time, but it wasn’t … I'm a person of faith and I had no idea I was going to be called to do this," says DHS OSDBU director.

Boshears has been a staunch, intelligent, and creative advocate on behalf of the small businesses that serve the Department of Homeland Security.

McAleenan says "white supremacist extremist violence is a huge issue and one that we need a whole of community effort for," and would be a priority of new office.

The Secret Service has not met the recommended training target and lacks a plan for achieving it. In fiscal year 2018, special agents assigned to these divisions trained for about 6 percent and 3 percent, respectively, of their regular work hours.

Eight technology developers are readying Smart Cities prototype technologies for the commercial marketplace in Phase Two of the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Smart Cities Internet of Things Innovation Labs program.

In Fiscal Year 2019, Border Patrol agents within Del Rio Sector have apprehended 119 Cuban nationals. This is a dramatic increase of 1,600 percent compared to the previous Fiscal Year 2018 to date, when agents arrested seven Cuban nationals.

The Transportation Security Administration plans to use loose change left in trays at airports to partly fund the $232 million that DHS has requested to help pay for border operations if Congress doesn’t agree to its $1.1 billion funding request.

McAleenan has tasked HSAC with evaluating how DHS can work with houses of worship and faith-based groups to prevent and ensure protection from acts of violence.