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U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, introduced a bill to reform Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act and prevent abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The FAA has announced that Hard Rock Stadium near Miami is a “No Drone Zone” for Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will implement enhanced health screenings to detect ill travelers traveling to the United States on direct or connecting flights from Wuhan, China.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a new internal policy to guide the timely federal notification of state and local officials of cyber intrusions affecting election infrastructure.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has raised its civil penalties for 2020 by approximately 1.8 percent.

U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a Cybersecurity State Coordinator program.

The Citadel will harness a new $2.8 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to create the state’s first CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program.

NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed two bills to provide security funding for non-profit organizations at risk of terror attacks and expand the definition of domestic terrorism following the December 2019 attacks in Jersey City.

The TSA said its officers caught more firearms at checkpoints nationwide in 2019 than ever before in the agency’s 18-year history.

The Cambridge, Massachusetts, City Council voted to Monday night to ban the municipal use of facial recognition technology, becoming the fourth community in the state to do so.