The Department of Homeland Security is still struggling to keephomeland security grants from becoming just another federalentitlement, and Congress has passed a bill that will make theDHS's job more difficult. Congress needs to eliminate minimum grantallocations, boost matching requirements, consolidate grantcategories, and require the DHS to conduct a full assessment ofnational capabilities.
The Illinois Department of Public Health says that it will no longer conduct contact tracing via phone calls to individuals who test positive for COVID-19, and.