Janet Napolitano

  • For the second straight year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited the host city to tour the Super Bowl stadium and review the NFL\'s security plans. She tells Federal News Radio the fans are a big part of the security force.

    February 02, 2011
  • DHS is in the final stages of deploying version 2 of Einstein across the government, and already is making plans for version 3.

    January 28, 2011
  • Secretary Janet Napolitano said the Einstein 3 software will be deployed across the government to detect and disrupt malicious cyber activity. Cybersecurity among the hot topics Napolitano highlighted during her State of Homeland Security address.

    January 28, 2011
  • The controversial project to build an electronic fence along the country\'s southern border is being terminated.

    January 14, 2011
  • DHS secretary Janet Napolitano included cybersecurity advancements among the department\'s 2010 accomplishments

    December 22, 2010
  • The Federal Protective Service is putting posters in 9,000 federal buildings this week, along with a special toll-free hotline, urging federal workers to report suspicious activity.

    December 08, 2010
  • The public anger over the TSA safety measures show how difficult it is for the Obama administration to balance national security and individuals\' privacy.

    November 23, 2010
  • The E-Verify program is expanding to include U.S. passports and passport cards for employment verification.

    November 11, 2010
  • The Washington Post reports on what the administration\'s top officials are doing to mark Veterans Day.

    November 10, 2010
  • In the next few weeks, House Republicans will select new committee chairmen, and Congressman Peter King is the presumptive chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. He wants to take the panel back to its original purpose of overseeing the Department of Homeland Security and the war on terrorism.

    November 09, 2010
  • By order of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, NSA and DHS will exchange personnel, Wired reports.

    October 14, 2010
  • The nation\'s top homeland security and counter-terrorism officials were on Capitol Hill talking yesterday about new terrorism trends. \"Recent events in intelligence show a trend toward smaller faster developing plots rather than larger longer term plots like 9-11,\" said DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said homegrown plots disrupted in New York, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alaska, Texas and Illinois in the past year demonstrate the urgency of the problem.

    September 23, 2010
  • The virtual fence, better known as SBInet, was originally proposed by the Bush Administration to monitor the southern U.S. border with Mexico. But now, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are quickly losing patience with a project that has had a troubled history, while hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars in costs.

    April 21, 2010
  • Beginning in September, federal contractors will need to confirm the identities of their 4 million workers through Homeland Security’s E-Verify program. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano further strengthened E-Verify by announcing the Administration’s support for regulation…

    July 09, 2009