Testimony of Alex Garza, MD, MPH, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Office of Health Affairs, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on "H1N1 Flu: Getting the Vaccine to Where it is Most Needed"

The Long Term Disaster Recovery Working Group held its third of five planned stakeholder forums in Los Angeles—designed to encourage stakeholders to provide direct input and ideas for disaster recovery.

Secretary Napolitano spoke on immigration reform at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. on November 13, 2009.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton today announced that ICE’s Secure Communities initiative—a partnership with local law enforcement agencies that uses biometrics to identify and remove criminal aliens—identified more than 111,000 criminal aliens in local custody during its first year.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today joined U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen to participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Coast Guard Memorial in Arlington National Ceremony.

Secretary Janet Napolitano unveiled a new website designed to provide a one-stop location for veterans and veterans organizations to learn about DHS' many veteran outreach initiatives and hiring and contracting opportunities.

The Long Term Disaster Recovery Working Group held its second of five planned stakeholder forums in New York, designed to encourage stakeholders to provide direct input and ideas for disaster recovery.

Homeland Security (DHS) officials met with their counterparts from the Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) to outline joint initiatives to combat transnational crime, increase law enforcement collaboration and increase the secure flow of travel and trade along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano joined students at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed University to discuss the importance of equal opportunities in education and the value of public service for women across the world.

Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Bart R. Johnson spoke at the National Homeland Defense Foundation Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on November 9, 2009. He discussed the work that the Department, specifically the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, is doing to further evolve and define how the department works with the intelligence community and our federal, state, local, tribal, and private-sector partners to keep the nation safe and secure.