Articles Tagged with ''Dept of Homeland Security''

What does Congress's new border security funding bill mean for contractors as CBP expands inspection systems requiring civil works at ports of entry? 

Senate committee confirmed Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, a former contractor, as secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, with former energy giant Williams Co. CEO Alan Armstrong named the Senate successor through January.

Maryland seeks emergency federal court ruling to stop DHS conversion of a purchased 825,000-sq-ft warehouse in small state town into a detention center for 1,500 or more

Federal Emergency Management Agency funding remains in limbo with lawmakers at an impasse over approving the budget for parent agency the Dept. of Homeland Security for the remainder of fiscal 2026.

Agency faces major impacts as government nears partial shutdown in light of growing displeasure over recent actions related to undocumented immigrant enforcement.

The Homeland Security Secretary's waiver of environmental rules will expedite 36 miles of border wall projects previously awarded to SLSCO Ltd. and Fisher Sand & Gravel. 

As it restarts work on a 20-mile section of U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, the Biden administration says it is must use funds appropriated by Congress in 2019 for wall construction.

Praised by organized labor and called a modest labor step by contractor groups, Homeland Security Dept. chief Alejandro N. Mayorka approved 18 months more of protected status for Venezuelan workers in the U.S. 

But neither agency nor firms have shared details on ideas submitted as of June 12 deadline.