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About 90 current District of Columbia employees face dismissal and criminal prosecution after collecting unemployment benefits while on the government's payroll.

The TSA said it will allow Montana's state-owned airport to hire a private company to conduct the TSA screening.

The Department of Homeland Security has appointed a public advocate to handle complaints and questions about its immigration enforcement policies.

CAP Index Inc. president and COO, Jon D. Groussman, has called for a re-evaluation of how companies define, prevent and respond to workplace violence.

Companies wanting to take over passenger screening at U.S. airports from the TSA will have an easier time getting contracts under Senate legislation.

A study of nearly 40 years of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil reveals that nearly a third took place in just five major urban "hot spots": New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

The size of the government's "no fly" list, or people who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year.

The National Consumers League (NCL) released its annual report on the top scams reported to its national Fraud Center, finding that the most frequently reported scam to NCL’s Fraud Center in 2011 involved bogus prizes and sweepstakes, with fake check scams and emotion-based pitches involving scammers posing as loved ones appearing in the top ten.

Millicent D. West, the District’s homeland security director, resigned Tuesday, citing the ongoing federal investigation that led to a guilty plea by former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr.

Bringing in 3,000 outside law enforcement officers for the Republican National Convention will require about 1,500 hotel rooms, costing about $2 million.