Pennsylvania State Police Captain Michaelann Andrusiak was appointed as Director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security.    

Former CIA senior officer Linda Criblez has joined the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency as the Homeland Security Division’s Chief of Intelligence.

$9 million in homeland security and public safety grants have been disbursed to emergency response teams across New York state.

The Department of Homeland Security has welcomed 25 members to the Faith-Based Security Advisory Council, who will help advise DHS on house of worships' security needs.

Nine contracts of around $1 million were awarded to small businesses by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to build security technology prototypes.

Melanie Montroll, former Assistant Chief of the Harbor Police Department (HPD) at the Port of New Orleans, has been promoted to the role of Chief, responsible for all aspects of port security.

Laurie Doran, a former intelligence official and national security leader, has been named Director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.

Baxter Kruger, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, has been named the new Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security.

October 20, 2021, marked the first anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking. The center is taking a holistic, victim-centered approach to counter these crimes.

The “Ransom Disclosure Act would require ransomware victims to disclose ransom payments within 48 hours of payment — including the amount of ransom demanded and paid the type of currency used for payment of the ransom, and any known information about the entity demanding the ransom.