Domestic Security Policy

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US cyber center opens to battle computer attacks

AP News 24 days ago

New US cyber center will coordinate response to computer attacks The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate ...

US boots up new unified cybersecurity center

AFP Global Edition 24 days ago

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon on Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) brings together various government organizations responsible for protecting cyber networks and infrastructure and ...

US spy agencies' spending rises to $49.8 billion

AP News 24 days ago

Spending on secret intelligence programs increased by more than $2 billion last year U.S. spy agencies spent $49.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, $2 billion more than in 2008 and the second such multibillion-dollar increase in as many years. National Intelligence Director ...

Intelligence spending rises again to $49.8 billion

AP News 25 days ago

Spending on secret intelligence programs increased by more than $2 billion last year U.S. spy agencies spent $49.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, $2 billion more than in 2008 and the second such multibillion-dollar increase in as many years. National Intelligence Director ...

NM projects receive homeland security funding

AP News 25 days ago

2 NM projects receive $43M in federal homeland security funds New Mexico national security initiatives in Los Alamos, Albuquerque and Socorro will receive $43 million in federal funding. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall say the money was contained in the 2010 ...

Russia US Arms

AP News 26 days ago

Visiting U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, opening a day ...

Sebelius And Napolitano Hold Briefing On Gov't's H1N1 Response

Getty Images 26 days ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius holds a news conference to discuss the government's response to the H1N1 virus at the Department of Health and Human Services October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebelius and Department of ...

Gordon Brown Holds His Weekly Cabinet Meeting

Getty Images 28 days ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: British Home Secretary Alan Johnson carries Muriel Spark's 'The Girls of Slender Means' into the weekly cabinet meeting on October 27, 2009 in London, England. The Home Secretary has stated he has "stopped the clock" on extradition ...

Report defends stimulus spending, questions linger

AP News 30 days ago

Review of Homeland Security's stimulus spending doesn't settle questions on border projects A watchdog's review of stimulus spending by the Department of Homeland Security doesn't resolve the controversy about how the Obama administration allocated the money for border projects. The inspector general's ...

Tom Ridge Testifies Before Senate On Policy Czars

Getty Images 32 days ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 22: Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill October 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Ridge and other experts offered testimony about the balance of ...

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