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A civilian cybersecurity reserve corps is needed for the Pentagon and DHS, lawmakers from both parties say

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to create a civilian reserve corps of cybersecurity experts to help defend national security interests.

By Rachel S. Cohen

23 months ago

Homeland Security raids Coast Guard coffers to pay for border programs

FEMA also will be affected by a DHS move to reallocate $271 million, officials say.

4 years ago

Here’s the top 50 schools for tuition assistance, ranked for 2018

A Military Times analysis of fiscal 2017 data from the Defense and Homeland Security departments.

4 years ago

Pentagon seeks military base to house 5,000 unaccompanied children who cross US-Mexico border

The Defense Department is reviewing a number of military bases to find a location that can house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children as the U.S. braces for a surge of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally this spring.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

4 years ago

As shutdown drags on, a ‘Coast Guard City’ rallies

These residents are rallying around their own as the partial government shutdown has left the Coast Guard — the only branch of the armed services that is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rather than the Pentagon — out in the cold.

4 years ago

Homeland Security asks for more DoD help at border

The current DHS request runs through Jan. 31.

By Tara Copp

4 years ago