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School Offers Homeland Security Degree
Qualified applicants can now earn a master’s degree in homeland security, paid for by federal grants.
September 14, 2003
Technology
NY University to Offer Master’s in Homeland Security
Long Island University’s Southampton Graduate Campus will offer one of the nation’s first master’s degree programs in homeland security beginning in September 2006.
May 31, 2006
Training
Bush Signs Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
President Bush recently signed into law the first appropriations bill under the newly created Department of Homeland Security.
October 9, 2003
Weapons
Kerik Nominated for Homeland Security Post
President Bush has chosen Bernard Kerik, who served as New York police commissioner when the 9/11 attack happened, to head the Department of Homeland Security.
December 2, 2004
Training
Ind. University Dedicates Homeland Security Building
Indiana's Vincennes University unveiled its Homeland Security and Public Safety Building with one of the top forensics labs in the state during an April dedication.
April 24, 2012
Photo courtesy of Vincennes University.
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Bush Chooses Homeland Security Chief Successor
President Bush has chosen Michael Chertoff, who was involved in developing the administration’s legal strategy against the war on terror, to replace Tom Ridge as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
January 12, 2005
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Homeland Security Funding Approved by House
Congress ended the crisis over funding for the Department of Homeland Security after Speaker John A. Boehner abandoned the GOP’s strategy of trying to tack on restrictions to President Obama’s immigration plan.
March 3, 2015
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Homeland Security Warns of Right-Wing Threat to Officers
The Homeland Security report, produced in coordination with the FBI, counts 24 violent sovereign citizen-related attacks across the U.S. since 2010.
February 23, 2015
Patrol
Top Obama Adviser: Napolitano is Homeland Security Pick
Gov. Janet Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, multiple news agencies reported late Wednesday. If appointed, the Democrat in her second term would head the sprawling federal agency, which is responsible for immigration policy and border security as well as emergency response issues.
November 19, 2008
Technology
Homeland Security Secretary Urges Immigration Policy Changes to Safeguard National Security
Michael Chertoff, homeland security secretary, proposes fighting terrorism by streamlining his department and tightening border security while allowing more legal immigrants to enter the country through a guest worker program.
July 13, 2005
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FCC Launches Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Tuesday the launch of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. The events of September 11, 2001 and last year’s hurricane season underscored America’s dependence on an effective national telecommunications infrastructure. The new bureau will build on the Commission’s longstanding commitment to meet the needs of public safety by promoting robust, reliable, and resilient communications services in times of emergency.
September 27, 2006
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Homeland Security Alerts Airlines to Possible Shoe-Bomb Threat
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday told airlines about a potential new shoe-bomb threat and urged them to pay extra attention to flights from overseas into the United States.
February 19, 2014
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New Homeland Security Secretary Lauds Officers for Inauguration Service
New Department of Homeland Security secretary and retired Marine Corps General John F. Kelly has issued a statement thanking DHS personnel and other law enforcement officers for their service during last weeks presidential inauguration.
January 24, 2017
Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly (Official DHS Photo)
Technology
Microsoft, ESRI to Help Improve Homeland Security Operations
Microsoft Corp. and ESRI together are driving Homeland Security innovations to more effectively help protect citizens, prevent and solve crimes, and enable counter-terrorism through software. The newly formed collaboration will combine the best capabilities from both organizations in geospatial and collaborative technologies, and will result in advanced intelligence for state and local data fusion centers and emergency operations centers.
November 19, 2008
Weapons
Homeland Security Awards FLETC Ammunition Contract to SIG Sauer
SIG Sauer has announced a contract to supply ammunition to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) for up to $7.5 million. FLETC is the premier law enforcement training entity operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with locations throughout the U.S.
January 30, 2020
Sig Ammo
Technology
S.A.B.L.E. Executive Director Named to Homeland Security Post
Dan Corsentino, the executive director of Silver State Helicopters' Specialized Airborne Law Enforcement (S.A.B.L.E.) program, has been appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council Emergency Responders Senior Advisory Committee. In his new post, Corsentino will provide advice and recommendations with regard to homeland security issues.
June 21, 2007
Patrol
Department of Homeland Security Issues Mega-Contract Award to U.S. Armor
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given privately held U.S. Armor Corp. an opening purchase order on what is the largest non-military concealable body armor contract ever awarded in the United States.
December 20, 2006
Training
Florida SWAT Team Secures Armored "BearCat" Through Homeland Security Grant
The Okaloosa (Fla.) Sheriff's Office purchased a 16,000-pound armored vehicle though a $250,000 federal homeland security grant.
June 27, 2007
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