United States Department of Homeland Security
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| April 21 2025 | Ha Nguyen McNeill becomes Acting Administrator of TSA, replacing Adam Stahl. |
| 2025 | Sexual orientation and gender identity were removed from I&A's list of characteristics that prohibit intelligence activities. |
| 2025 | Upon returning to the presidency, Donald Trump directed his administration to dismantle CISA, canceling programs monitoring foreign influence, election disinformation, and critical infrastructure protection. |
| April 8 2025 | DHS Secretary Kristi Noem participated in an immigration raid, accompanied by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who introduced himself to federal agents as 'chief of staff'. |
| 2025 | New York planned to allocate $63.9 million in state funding to 636 organizations, complemented by an additional $44.8 million in federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding. |
| February 26 2025 | Daniel J. Tamburello succeeds Avery Alpha as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Kristi Noem, becoming the incumbent. |
| 2025 | Planned relocation of CISA headquarters to a new 10-story, 620,000 sq ft building on the consolidated DHS St. Elizabeths campus in Arlington, Virginia, involving the move of 6,500 employees. |
| February 18 2025 | Adam Stahl becomes Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, succeeding Melanie Harvey. |
| February 2025 | Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a memorandum cancelling the 2024 collective bargaining agreement, which AFGE called a 'retaliatory action'. |
| January 25 2025 | Kristi Noem appointed as the current Secretary of Homeland Security. |
| January 20 2025 | Bridget Bean became Acting Director of CISA following Jen Easterly's departure. |
| January 20 2025 | Avery Alpha appointed as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Kristi Noem during the Donald Trump administration. |
| January 20 2025 | David Pekoske is fired by President Donald Trump and replaced by Melanie Harvey as Acting Administrator. |
| 2024 | Connecticut's Nonprofit Security Grant Program announced up to $5 million in annual grants. |
| 2024 | DHS allocated $454.5 million to organizations under NSGP, the largest amount ever allocated, fulfilling 43% of 7,584 total applications representing $973 million in funding requests. |
| June 2024 | John Boyd, head of the DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management, announced at a conference that the agency is exploring the use of facial recognition technology to track migrant children's identities, with DHS denying collection of biometric data for children under 14. |
| May 2024 | An expanded collective bargaining agreement with a 7-year term was signed between TSA and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). |
| 2023 | U.S. Customs and Border Patrol began using an app requiring asylum seekers to submit biometric information before entering the country. |
| 2023 | UK continues Jewish Community Protective Security Grant funding, allocating £15 million for security measures at Jewish schools and synagogues for 2023–24. |
| 2023 | Due to an increase in antisemitism during the Israel-Gaza war, the Pennsylvania state legislature increased the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund funding from $5 million to $10 million. |
| November 2023 | Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 7-C, allocating $25 million in Security Grants to Jewish day schools and pre-schools in response to tensions from the Gaza war. An additional $20 million was allocated to the Florida Division of Emergency Management to establish a nonprofit security grant program for high-risk organizations. |
| October 2023 | The Department of Homeland Security faced criticism from pro-Israel politicians after reports emerged about an employee, Nejwa Ali, who was alleged to have made social media posts supporting Hamas following the terrorist attack on Israel. In response, Ali was placed on administrative leave after media outlets like the Daily Wire and Washington Examiner highlighted her posts. |
| September 2023 | Congress considered revoking some of I&A's collection authorities due to concerns about potential legal overreach. |
| September 2023 | NBC Miami reported the arrest of 3 TSA employees for grand theft after they were filmed stealing cash and goods from passengers' handbags. |
| July 2023 | A new pay system mirroring the General Schedule was introduced for Transportation Security Administration employees following the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. |
| January 2023 | Cloudflare was awarded a $7.2M contract to provide DNS registry and hosting services for the .gov top-level domain. |
| 2022 | UK government allocates £24.5 million for the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme to support security for mosques and faith community centers. |
| 2022 | After the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker credited NSGP for improving his synagogue's security measures, including camera system upgrades. |
| 2022 | TSA announced passengers can select their preferred gender marker and modified machine algorithms to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming individuals. |
| September 2022 | CISA released their first comprehensive 2023–2025 Strategic Plan since the agency's establishment in 2018. |
| June 13 2022 | Kenneth L. Wainstein appointed as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during the Joe Biden administration. |
| April 9 2022 | Melissa Smislova returns as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during the Joe Biden administration. |
| February 9 2022 | USCIS Director Jaddou announced a new mission statement for the agency, developed through employee input and reflecting the Biden administration's priorities for an inclusive and accessible immigration service. |
| January 2022 | Annual pay rate for the Level III Executive Schedule position set at $187,300. |
| 2021 | The Department of Justice initiated an investigation into white supremacy and extremism within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ranks. |
| 2021 | New York began awarding security grants to non-profits, religious groups, and community organizations, totaling $131.5 million in funding. |
| 2021 | A TSA employee was arrested at JFK Airport after attempting to smuggle guns through a metal detector. |
| 2021 | Former TSA agent Jonathan Lomeli was convicted of assault after tricking a woman into exposing herself under the false pretense of a security screening. |
| 2021 | CISA was granted authority by the National Defense Authorization Act to issue administrative subpoenas to identify owners of internet-connected critical infrastructure devices with specific vulnerabilities. In this year, CISA issued 47 subpoenas. |
| 2021 | CISA released a comprehensive report providing guidance on navigating and preventing ransomware incidents in response to a significant increase in ransomware attacks. |
| 2021 | The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency established the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, bringing together 23 high-profile leaders from technology, cybersecurity, government, and private sector organizations to provide strategic guidance and expertise. |
| 2021 | USCIS leadership initiated a workforce-wide initiative to gather employee input on words that best represent the agency's work, which ultimately influenced the development of the new mission statement. |
| October 2021 | DHS announced plans to halt large-scale immigration raids at job sites and develop a new enforcement strategy targeting employers who engage in exploitative labor practices. |
| August 2021 | CISA Director Easterly emphasized the agency's focus on protecting 'cognitive infrastructure' by building resilience against misinformation and disinformation. |
| August 3 2021 | Ur Jaddou began her tenure as the director of USCIS, serving until January 20, 2025. |
| July 13 2021 | Jen Easterly becomes Director of CISA, succeeding Brandon Wales |
| July 12 2021 | The Senate confirmed Jen Easterly as CISA Director by a voice vote. |
| July 9 2021 | John D. Cohen succeeds Melissa Smislova as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during the Joe Biden administration. |
| June 2021 | Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memorandum directing TSA to pay employees at a level equivalent to the General Schedule pay scale and offer expanded collective bargaining rights. |
| May 2021 | TSA issued cybersecurity regulations in response to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, developing revised cybersecurity directives for oil and gas providers with a focus on performance-based measures after consulting with federal regulators and private industry stakeholders. |
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