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department of homeland security
Answers sought after Feds drastically cut security grants for Jewish groups
A California congressman wants answers as to why a federal funding source for local Jewish institutions to beef up security has mostly dried up.
Pro-Palestinian hacker dumps data of thousands of US gov’t employees
An anonymous pro-Palestinian hacker released the employee information of thousands of people who work at the U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
Homeland Security bill includes $13 million for religious and other nonprofit groups
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security passed by Congress Tuesday includes $13 million for security at religious and other nonprofit institutions.\n
House rejects stopgap security agency funding, partial shutdown looms
The House of Representatives on Friday failed to approve a stopgap funding bill for the U.S. domestic security agency in an embarrassing setback for Republican House Speaker John Boehner, increasing the threat of a partial agency shutdown at midnight.
Judge fines Chabad of Calif. $845,000, says group misused federal grant with ‘reckless disregard
A federal judge ruled last week that Chabad of California intentionally misused $272,495 in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants it received in 2009 and must pay $844,985 in penalties, a portion of which will go to whistleblowers who brought the suit against Chabad.
U.S. House passes $1.1 trillion government funding bill
The House of Representatives passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late on Thursday to fund most federal agencies through Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.