Homeland Security

The grant programs provide funding to improve the nation’s readiness in preventing, protecting against, responding to, recovering from and mitigating terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. 

DHS will host the first-ever National Summit on Terrorism Prevention this year, aiming to "crowd-source" the department's mission to defend the homeland. The summit, bringing together "tech companies, NGOs, community leaders, law enforcement, social service providers," and others, is part of a new "whole of society" approach to needed in the face of new threats evolving too quickly for a government-speed response.

ICE spent more than $54 million on IT and telecommunications systems development last year and a total of nearly $244 million on professional support services.

No details of the scenarios to be rehearsed were available, but past exercises have simulated responses to active-shooter and poison gas attacks.

Recent reports, like the Director of National Intelligence’s Worldwide Threat Assessment, have painted a dire picture of the threats facing American critical infrastructure.

The company will construct civil works, deliver and integrate high-energy X-ray inspection systems, perform security screening and remote image analysis utilizing the CertScan® integration platform for 100% of the cargo (inbound, outbound and transshipped) and provide full life cycle support.

“This website was last updated on December 21, 2018 and will not be updated until after funding is enacted,” reads a message on the CBP website.

Anthony Caccamo admitted to using identity-masking internet applications to frame one of the men, a DHS employee with whom his wife was having an affair.