The surveys were conducted by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) and the Metropolitan Information Exchange (MIX) as part of a coordinated effort to gather feedback about the DHS from state and local IT and security managers.JAIKUMAR VIJAYAN...
was created as the result of a Presidential Directive to provide a "comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people". Many procedures at government facilities are tied...
DHS grants have, for the most part, been quickly and eagerly spent by state and local governments. Homeland security dollars don't make cents: billions spent to secure the homeland won't buy real security Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology division serves as the primary re...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey pauses to look at the Army cots set up on the gym floor as state and local officials toured the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex, which was used as a temporary migrant shelter in May 2024.(Getty Images) ...
By most accounts, federal, state and local agencies all did much better responding toGustov then they did with Katrina. [GSA deputy chief acquisition officer David Drabkin was on Federal News Radio’s Daily Debrief this afternoon talking about the acquisition aspects of hurricane preparedness (.mp3...
In April 2005, a Presidential Directive established the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enhance and coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to combat nuclear smuggling abroad and domestically. DNDO was directed to develop, in coordina...
It is a commonly used tactic and in this case targeted federal and state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government networks, critical infrastructure, and elections organizations. The hackers targeted a Virtual Private Network (VPN) vulnerability and a flaw in Netlogon, a Windows protocol...
103(1); and the United States Postal Service. c.The term "Federal preparedness assistance" means Federal department and agency grants, cooperative agreements, loans, loan guarantees, training, and/or technical assistance provided to State and local governments and the private sector to prevent, ...
"Prior to Jan. 6, there were mountains of pre-existing intelligence that should have been collected, analyzed and disseminated to the federal, state and local authorities," one of the officials told ABC News. One of the officials said that by Monday night, for example, Department of Homeland...