Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., Ranking Member Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced new legislation this week that would instruct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create an emergency communications system. […]

At the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offices responsible for managing emergency communications, the coronavirus pandemic has required officials to adapt natural disaster plans to the unique challenges of the public health crisis, government officials said today.   […]