Testimony from Department of Homeland Security officials before Congress.
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Statement of Administrator John Pistole, Transportation Security Administration before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
TSA employs risk-based, intelligence-driven operations to prevent terrorist attacks and to reduce the vulnerability of the Nation’s transportation system to terrorism. Our goal at all times is to maximize transportation security to stay ahead of evolving terrorist threats while protecting privacy and facilitating the flow of legitimate commerce.
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Testimony of Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft, before The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Gurard and Maritime Transportation, on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response After Action Reports
In the days following the loss of the DWH, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Coast Guard, and the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), convened a formal investigation to examine the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident.
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Statement of Kumar C. Kibble, Deputy Director U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement, before the United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary Subcommittee On Crime And Terrorism, Regarding A Hearing On "Transnational Organized Crime"
With more than 20,000 employees and a budget of $5.7 billion, ICE has nearly 7,000 HSI special agents assigned to more than 200 cities throughout the United States and 70 offices in 47 countries worldwide. ICE is uniquely positioned and exclusively devoted to disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal networks by targeting the illicit pathways and organizations that engage in human smuggling and produce, transport, and distribute illicit contraband.
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Testimony of Director, Northern Region Office of Air and Marine, John S. Beutlich, before the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications
Discussion of the work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), particularly the tremendous dedication of their men and women in the field, both at and between their ports of entry (POE).
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Testimony of Rear Admiral Michael Parks on The State of Northern Border Preparedness before The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness Response and Communications
Discussion of Homeland Security cooperation in the Great Lakes and along the shared maritime border of the United States and Canada.
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Written Statement of Region V Administrator Andrew Velasquez III on "The State of Northern Border Preparedness: A Review of Federal, State, and Local Coordination"
Review of federal, state, and local roles in responding to emergencies, as well as the current state of cross-border emergency assistance agreements at each level of government, with a particular focus on how FEMA is working to improve preparedness along the northern border, especially in the central region.
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Testimony of Deputy Chief Financial Officer Peggy Sherry and Chief Information Security Officer Robert West before the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management; of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
The Department has made significant progress in reducing IT security control risks and costs by transitioning from a highly decentralized IT landscape to enterprise data centers and services.
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Bruce Murley, CBP Office of Field Operations, Area Port Director - Honolulu on "Safeguarding Hawaii's Ecosystem and Agriculture against Invasive Species"
The testimony of Bruce Murley, CBP Office of Field Operations, Area Port Director - Honolulu, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce & the District of Columbia on "Safeguarding Hawaii's Ecosystem and Agriculture against Invasive Species."
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Testimony of Secretary Janet Napolitano before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
Testimony of Secretary Janet Napolitano before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
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Written testimony of the FEMA for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications hearing titled "Five Years Later: An Assessment of the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act"
The importance of PKEMRA to the emergency management community cannot be stressed enough. For the first time, it gave FEMA clear guidance on its mission and priorities, and provided us with the authorities and tools we needed to become a more effective and efficient agency, and a better partner to state, local, territorial, and tribal governments.