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Released Emails Show Insiders Worried Over Political 'Meddling'

WASHINGTON -- Insiders at the Homeland Security Department warned for months that senior Obama administration appointees were improperly delaying the releases of government files on politically sensitive topics as sought by citizens, journalists and watchdog groups under the Freedom of Information Act, according to...

Battles Over Open Government Cast Shadow on 'Sunshine Week'

In the middle of Sunshine Week promoting transparency in government, open-government advocates say the apparent demotion of a high-level Department of Homeland Security employee for whistle-blowing is particularly dark. "Our government is sending the message to federal workers that they do not want them to come forward...

Color-Coded Terror Warnings to Be Gone by April 27

WASHINGTON -- By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned. The nation's color-coded terror warning system will be phased out beginning this week, according to government officials familiar with the plan. The...

Opinion: Tucson Memorial Service -- The Worst of America, the Best of Obama

For America, the past four days can only be regarded as some of the worst of times in recent memory. Nineteen people mowed down by a madman with a frighteningly lethal weapon. A vivacious young congresswoman fighting for her life in a Tucson, Ariz., hospital. And worst of all, a precipitous descent into a nasty, hasty and...

US Scraps Color-Coded Terror Alerts

(Nov. 25) -- Late-night TV hosts better get their jokes in quick, before the color-coded terror alert system that's been the topic of so many punch-lines is gone for good. U.S. officials say they're phasing out the five-tiered alert scheme created in 2002 under the Bush administration, after years of criticism from...

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06/03/12 Hey, Everybody, Get Ready Source: Daily Pundit The Department of Homeland Security's latest concern is hurricanes.
06/02/12 DHS Warns of ... Hurricanes Source: The Blog - The Weekly Standard The Department of Homeland Security's latest concern is hurricanes.
06/01/12 2012 Hurricane Season Starts Today Source: NBC - KRIST 6 News - Corpus Christi TX Texas Governor Rick Perry toured the Texas Department of Emergency Management today, in conjunction with a state resource activation exercise marking the start of hurricane season.
06/01/12 Hurricane Season Officially Begins Source: CBS - WLTX 19 - Columbia SC U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to make sure Americans are prepared for the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
06/01/12 Residents urged to plan for hurricane season Source: ABC - WAPT 16 - Jackson MS U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to make sure Americans are prepared for the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Background on janet napolitano

Janet Napolitano (; born November 29, 1957) is the third and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama.

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