DOJ Awards $3.3M for Research to Reduce Firearms Violence
The Justice Department's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) today announced awards to five institutions to study the characteristics of firearms violence, its causes and effects, and interventions and strategies to reduce...
AMA Joins FAA’s New UAS Safety Team
On October 18 and 19, the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) participated in the two-day inaugural meeting for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-sponsored UAS Safety Team (UAST).
The UAST brings together...
Hirsch Government FICAM Solution in AST Homeland Security Awards
Federal agencies are feeling pressured to adopt government-wide Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) compliant physical access control systems (PACS).
Identiv’s Hirsch government FICAM solution offers a true end-to-end HSPD-12...
RSA Netwitness Suite in AST Homeland Security Awards
Most log-centric SIEMs struggle to provide the scale, detective, investigative and analytic capability to deliver against the security needs of today.
They can’t spot today’s attacks, and are too slow in...
DHS Employees Honored Across the Country
Thursday, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson hosted the 2016 DHS Secretary’s Awards Ceremony to honor DHS employees from across the country for their extraordinary work and commitment to the...
Portsmouth Murder Suspect Captured in New Jersey
U.S. Marshals have arrested the suspect wanted in connection to last week’s deadly shooting in Portsmouth. Robert Lamont McClure Jr., 29, was taken into custody this morning in New Jersey.
On the...
ICE Returns Lebanese Man Convicted of Terrorism Charges
A Lebanese national convicted in New York on terrorism-related charges was removed Wednesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Miami.
Maroun Sleiman Saade,...
2 LA Men Charged in Scheme to Smuggle $3M in Defense Items to Iran
Two Los Angeles-area men have been arrested on federal charges for their alleged role in a scheme to smuggle military aircraft parts and other potential defense items to Iran in violation...
FBI Offers Online Cyber Training for Law Enforcement First Responders
Since the advent of the Internet and, more recently, the proliferation of technological gadgets—like cell phones, laptops, tablets, game consoles, even wearable technology—criminals of all kinds are increasingly leaving behind a...
5-Year-Old Boy and Family Rescued in Desert
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four individuals recently, which included a family of three with a 5-year-old boy.
On Wednesday evening, Ajo Station agents received a 911 call from a man...
