National Security
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White House Orders Deeper Federal Travel Cuts, New Meetings Policies
… would undermine such critical government functions as national security , international diplomacy, health and safety inspections ..... conference savings." OMB also noted that the Department of Homeland Security has achieved "more than $13 million in travel cost avoidance …
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Senate Urges Enhanced Rail Security
… on rail security, GAO director of homeland security and justice issues Steve Lord told ..... have access to the Department of Homeland Security Information Network, which issues ..... hearing held by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Sen. Joseph …
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EPIC Highlights TSA Worker Concerns Over Scanner Radiation
… workers who operated the machines in Atlanta and Boston. According to the documents, emails sent to the Department of Homeland Security claimed that Transportation Security Administration employees at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were …
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TSA's Pistole: New Trusted Traveler Program Part Of 'Commonsense' Airport Security
… this fall in select airports [with] U.S. carriers," Pistole said during a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. "We do want to make sure to manage expectations with the traveling public, and it's a complex …
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Interview: Loews Hotels' Jonathan Tisch
… visa is very much still a challenge. It's important for our industry to continually work with [the Department of] Homeland Security and the State Department to get them to understand the ability to get a visa for an individual who lives in a non-Visa …
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Interview: CBP's John Wagner
… border control authorities have access to the databases to do the types of checks? Criminal records, customs violations, national security issues, and are they willing to check their own citizens and potentially disqualify them from joining the U.S. program …
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is piloting a number of programs at airports to expedite international traveling process
, including "OneStop," a process that designates "primary inspection lanes for international travelers arriving without checked baggage," and "Express Connection," which "designates customs lanes for travelers who have short time windows between connecting flights," Secretary Janet Napolitano told
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The House Appropriations Committee did not include in its proposed fiscal year 2012 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill $76 million requested by President Barack Obama...
and employ 535 staff to operate them. The bill provides $7.8 billion for the Transportation Security Administration , an increase of $125 million from the year before but $293 million less than Obama's request. The $40.6 billion the bill allocates to DHS is 2.6 percent lower than the year before
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House Appropriations Committee Won't Fund Advanced Body Scanners
… include in its proposed fiscal year 2012 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill $76 million requested by President ..... operations and programs to uphold the highest level of national security , while trimming back budgets in less essential areas …
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President Barack Obama signed into law the fiscal year 2011 budget, which eliminates additional high-speed rail funding and caps at 46,000 the number...
… Administration, of which $4.5 billion is to derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security received a total of $41.8 billion in discretionary funding, down 2 percent from the prior year. The budget requires …
