Homeland Security Budget

• Biden administration leaves Homeland Security budget flat despite border surge (The Washington Post, June 21, 2021)

Homeland Security Organization

• Biden administration pleads for WMD office’s salvation (Government Executive, October 19, 2023): “The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office within DHS is set to see its authorization expire Dec. 21, five years after Congress codified it. The office maintains an annual budget of $400 million and works closely with DHS components, as well as state and local law enforcement, to help them detect and prepare for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. It conducts large-scale procurements and has 56,000 personal radiological devices in the field that assist in detection, including 40,000 within DHS and 16,000 at state and local entities. It also maintains larger devices that go into trucks, SUVs, planes and boats that can detect any nuclear material in an area, which DHS deploys for major events like the Super Bowl or the upcoming Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” 
• Biden Administration Fires Most Homeland Security Advisory Council Members (Washington Post, March 26, 2021)

Interagency Coordination

• The Homeland Security Department Has a Playbook for the Super Bowl (Government Executive, February 11, 2022): “More than 500 DHS personnel are providing support for this year’s game.”

US Coast Guard

• The U.S. Coast Guard’s Role at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Government Executive, November 14, 2022)
• Video: USCG Evacuates Six From Disabled Yacht in Heavy Weather (June 20, 2021)
• Coast Guard Announces Emergency Management Credential Program (Homeland Security Today, April 8, 2021): The Coast Guard Office of Emergency Management and Disaster Response (CG-OEM) has created the Coast Guard Emergency Management Credential (CGEMC) for Coast Guard members who have achieved a superior standard of knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of Emergency Management (EM).

US Secret Service

• Lawmakers Are Trying Again to Move the Secret Service Back to the Treasury Department (Government Executive, May 10, 2022): “The Secret Service, established in 1865, was originally under the Treasury Department. It was then moved to the Homeland Security Department after that department was created in 2003 in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.”

US Department of Justice

• Justice Dept. forms new domestic terrorism unit to address growing threat (The Washington Post, January 11, 2022): “FBI investigations of suspected domestic violent extremists have more than doubled since spring 2020.”

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)

• DoD to extend intelligence agency program that helps track wildfires (Space News, September 6, 2021): NGA provides firefighting agencies updated maps in 15 minute intervals on areas where fires are rapidly spreading.

USDA Homeland Security Programs

• America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick. (Pro Publica. October 29, 2021): “For years, a dangerous salmonella strain has sickened thousands and continues to spread through the chicken industry. The USDA knows about it. So do the companies. And yet, contaminated meat continues to be sold to consumers.”

Grants and Funding Programs

• The Biden-Harris Administration Acts to Address the Growing Wildfire Threat (White House Press Release, June 30, 2021)