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National League of Cities' Past President Karen J. Anderson, Mayor of Minnetonka, Minn., urged Congress and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that local needs for emergency preparedness […]

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced $750 million in grants Monday to help fire departments train and prepare and equip themselves as the first line of defense in the war […]

The Department of Homeland Security plans to issue a broad agency announcement shortly seeking innovative technologies to protect the nation against terrorist attack. The announcement, worth 'several tens of millions [...]

November 26, 2002 Memorandum to Federal Employees Yesterday I signed into law legislation to create the new Department of Homeland Security. It will unite our efforts under one roof and [...]

Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge outlined priorities for his office at a conference. Coordinating, equipment and training for local police, fire and emergency officials is a top concern.

The Homeland Security Department is planning a follow-on to its First Source set-aside contract for IT commodities, which expires next year. According to a request for information, DHS plans set-asides [...]

Key lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are raising questions about the Obama administration's handling of cybersecurity issues in the wake of the news that Melissa Hathaway, the White […]

The Homeland Security Department has begun a review of professional services contracts to ensure that contractors are not doing work that is inherently governmental. The initiative is part of a [...]

The network centric portion of the Secure Border Fence Initiative (SBInet) is facing problems with lawmakers due to the delay in the program. SBInet was supposed to start on June 13, 2007, at a 28-mile stretch along the Mexican border near Sasabe, Arizona, but was delayed due to problems with its radar system.

The deadline for submitting proposals for a high altitude unmanned aerial system (UAS) to detect and deter shoulder-fired missiles (MANPADS) aimed at commercial aircrafts has been changed.

In response to intense criticism of the federal reaction to Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week convened representatives from a broad range of public, volunteer and […]

THE HOMELAND SECURITY Department said it plans to scan all vehicles, including rail cars, for nuclear devices as they enter or leave the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach [...]

Big winners in the Homeland Security Department's 2005 budget: bioterrorism; air, marine and land security; and the Coast Guard's modernization program, according to a report by the market research firm [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is putting millions of dollars' worth of investments at risk due to its failure to adopt an effective plan for integrating its component agencies. According to the Government of Accountability Office (GAO)'s report, the effective interaction, integration, and synergy of these agencies are critical to homeland security mission performance.

The Department of Homeland Security is yet to devise a strategic plan for research and development, part of which is due to the growing pains from the new agency's Science and Technology Directorate, which has been around sincetition of research projects, particularly when it comes to using the national laboratories run by the Department of E March 2003. A study revealed that such 'gaps' in strategic planning could result in wasteful repenergy (DOE).

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) research-and-development (R&D) budget is poised to grow fast in fiscal 2005 with a 15.5 percent increase in the budget request for R&D from fiscal 2004 partially due to the Bush administration's plans to cut the budget deficit by generally limiting domestic spending and increasing research spending in the DHS and the Pentagon. The priority for homeland-defense research will be biodefense and one of the DHS's major biodefense initiatives, Project Bioshield is a procurement program aimed at purchasing vaccines and other anti-disease agents.

The House Government Reform Committee is examining acquisition policy at the Department of Homeland Security. Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge asking [...]

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge called on the members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council to continue to work together to ensure that every hometown is secure. Ridge spoke to […]

The author examines financing and planning proposed by U.S. Congress to protect U.S. ports from terrorist attacks using shipping containers.

The author examines U.S. Department of Homeland Security technical director's view on weapons needed to fight terrorism. Topics include detection of weapons of mass destruction, long term planning, and emergency response teams.

The Department of Homeland Security plans an RFP for facilities support services for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Cheltenham, MD. The contract is being considered for small, 8(a) [...]

The Department of Homeland Security has issued its shopping list for new technologies. A broad agency announcement released May 14 asks for proposals in dozens of specific areas for combating [...]

The Department of Homeland Security lowered the threat advisory from orange to yellow on April 16, in part because of the nearing end of the war with Iraq. The yellow […]

Americans look to their government for direction and protection in times of peril. So when they were advised recently by federal officials to seal off a room in their homes […]

Federal regulators have published an interim rule simplifying the procurement of products and services necessary to combat terrorism or provide for homeland security. The rule implements provisions in the law [...]

November 25,2002 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Pursuant to section 1502 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, I submit herewith the enclosed Reorganization Plan for the Department of [...]

The author examines possible strategy by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the prevention of terrorism. Topics include defending against weapons of mass destruction, problems with companies obtaining terrorism insurance, and identifying and protecting civilian targets.

The Senate Government Affairs Committee (Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., chair) recently held two hearings related to President Bush's proposed Department of Homeland Security. The first of these addressed the relationship […]

The House Committee on Government Reform's Subcommittee on National Security (Christopher Shays, R-Conn., chair) held a hearing last week to discuss the president's proposal and existing House and Senate bills […]

June 8, 2002 Good morning. Nearly 9 months have passed since September the 11th, and America is leading the world in a titanic struggle against terror. The first and best [...]