Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’ Meeting with India’s Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office Public Affairs   Readout of Secretary Mayorkas' Meeting with India's Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke on Monday, March 22 with India's Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.  Secretary Mayorkas expressed his desire to further strengthen the partnership between the Government of India and the Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Mayorkas and Ambassador Sandhu agreed to re-establish the U.S.-India Homeland Security Dialogue and to discuss important issues such as cybersecurity, emerging technology and addressing violent extremism.  During their discussion, they highlighted the positive engagement that has already taken place during the Biden Administration, including with the Quad, which addressed concrete commitments to cooperate on COVID-19, climate actions, and cybersecurity. Secretary Mayorkas and Ambassador Sandhu also recognized the important contributions of students and entrepreneurs that have made both countries stronger.  # # #

 

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Feature Article: S&T Partnership Enhances Public Safety Spectrum Efficiency, Improves Interoperability

Major events in any community are a massive planning effort—like the Presidential Inauguration, for instance. For public safety, they mean planning to stay connected over open airways—which is achieved over public safety spectrum bandwidth (often referred to as the 700 and 800 MHz public safety band). Having enough bandwidth is key to effectively coordinating staffing and communications resources. However, it comes with its challenges—and that's what a grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is working to address with partners at the National Regional Planning Council (NRPC) and the Association of Public Safety Communication Officials International (APCO). The grant is helping regional planning communities (RPC) secure Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensing capabilities and public safety spectrum bandwidth, allowing agencies to better respond to major incidents or plan large public events. READ THE FULL STORY →

 

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Chosen Before You Were Born

God has a plan for you.

TEACHINGS BROADCASTS STORE DONATE Chosen Before You Were Born by Skip Heitzig | Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Share Tweet Forward Do you remember how the Lord called the prophet Jeremiah to ministry? They're familiar words to many of us: "The word of the Lord came to me [Jeremiah], saying: 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations'" (Jeremiah 1:4-5). As many Christians rightly focus on in this passage, this is one of several places in Scripture where we see God's view of life in the womb (see Psalm 139:13-16 for another). What God said to Jeremiah indicates that He has a plan for a person even when they're in the zygote stage, in that pre-embryonic state when the DNA has just come together and is starting to divide into more and more cells. God was telling Jeremiah, "Before there was even a formation of your body in your mother's womb, I knew you intimately and formulated My plan for you." He chose him when he was yet unformed. That's how God began this prophet's calling. Amazing, isn't it? But keep reading to get Jeremiah's reaction: in verse 6, he said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth." This just wasn't a great reception to God's word, was it? "But the Lord said to [him]: 'Do not say, "I am a youth"'"—in other words, "Don't dwell on that fact"—"'for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you.... Behold, I have put My words in your mouth'" (vv. 7-9). Have you ever noticed in Scripture how God uses the very people who think they're not qualified to be used? Moses said, "I am not eloquent...I am slow of speech and slow of tongue" (Exodus 4:10). God sent him to be a spokesman. Isaiah, when God called him, said, "Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips" (Isaiah 6:5). God said, "Don't worry. I'll clean your lips and give you the power," and Isaiah, in the end, said, "Here am I! Send me" (v. 8). Paul the apostle called himself "less than the least of all the saints" (Ephesians 3:8). And yet he recognized God called him to speak "the unsearchable riches of Christ" (v. 8). The principle is that God doesn't look for the best or the latest model. He chooses to use the most unlikely and the weakest. He will often bypass the people who think, Man, I can't believe God isn't using me more to find the ones who say, "I don't know if God could—or should—ever use me." Bingo. "You're the one I've been looking for. You've been on My mind all along, even before you were born. I'll put My words in your mouth and be with you." That's what Jeremiah discovered in his calling. All of that to say that God has a plan for you, and it began long before you were born. Ephesians 1 says He chose you "before the foundation of the world" (v. 4). And Jeremiah's calling shows that you don't have to have it all together for Him to use you. In fact, He seems to prefer that you don't. That's pretty good news for you and me, isn't it? In His strong love, Skip Heitzig  | Connect with Skip Heitzig Our circumstances can leave us wrestling with fear, anxiety, and even hopelessness. But Christians can live with hope and confidence because we are held by a Savior who made the ultimate loving sacrifice for us. Celebrate the greatest demonstration of God's love with The Morning That Changed Everything with Skip Heitzig, a powerful six-DVD collection of Easter weekend teachings.  Get your copy SKIP HEITZIG Skip Heitzig is the founder and senior pastor at Calvary Church. His teachings are heard across the country and around the world on Connect with Skip Heitzig. Skip and his wife, Lenya, and son and daughter-in-law, Nathan and Janaé, live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Skip and Lenya are the proud grandparents of Seth Nathaniel and Kaydence Joy. © Copyright 2021 Connection Communications | 800.922.1888  Statement of Faith | Contact Us   Want to change how you receive these emails? You can *update your preferences or *unsubscribe from this list. Subscription Information This email was sent to Webmaster220 Bible Study Blog  *the blog owner has deleted the hyperlink intentionally