Impact of the bailout bill

Although it’s not directly related to homeland security, and it doesn’t change the FY2009 homeland security budget, the Economic Stabilization Plan (otherwise known as the “bailout bill”) is expected to have an effect on homeland security funding at multiple levels (see this commentary for more on the expected impacts).
[Update 10/08: Credit squeeze has yet to [...]

FY2009 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

Here’s the House version of the bill, in case you want to read it through in detail; there’s also some analysis from Govtrack.us which is alot more valuable for most of us:

Actual Bill: H.R.6947
More Readable: Text of H.R. 6947: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009
Status and Analysis: H.R. 6947: Department of Homeland Security [...]

Tidbit: Panel wants larger DHS acquisition workforce

The House thinks DHS takes too long to review and award contracts, and has specified money in the FY2009 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill to address that by beefing up DHS acquisitions:

Panel wants larger DHS acquisition force