We would like to invite you to participate in a community-based, facilitated tabletop exercise. As part of a grant program the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) is offering free, half-day, community-based tabletop exercises for long term care facilities this May and June. These TTXs will be held in Baltimore, at […]
By CHHS Extern Dominique Mendez Americans rely on critical infrastructure entities such as telecommunications, transportation, energy, water, and wastewater systems. However, these sectors face the constant threat of undetectable cyberattacks capable of causing power outages and communications failures. In May 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau […]
By CHHS Research Assistant Alana Coopersmith Note: The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of CHHS or the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Boeing, the Commercial Airliner and Defense giant, has had a disastrous start to 2024. In only three months, there have been four reported commercial plane malfunctions. It would be unsurprising to find […]
By CHHS Extern Dallin Richardson Those who are paying attention to Supreme Court current events know that following the oral argument in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and its companion case, Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, the doctrine of Chevron deference is likely not long for this world. Chevron doctrine causes courts to yield […]
By CHHS Extern Andrew Conn There are 29 entry points between the U.S. and Mexico along the 1200-mile-long border. Recently, the amount of illegal border crossings has grown exponentially. In 2020, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents encountered 458,000 crossings. In 2021, this number rose to 1.7 million and in 2022 this number once again […]
