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U.S. Congressman Gary Palmer announced Sept. 15 that the Verbena Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department received a grant for $69,715.
The Assistance to Firefighters Operations and Safety grant comes from the Department of Homeland Security.
The department's application competed against thousands through a peer review process for a portion of federal funding, according to a release from Palmer's office.
Behind him, multiple screens showed a graph of recent cybersecurity activity. Another showed a global map of ongoing cyberattacks in various parts of the world.
Rep. Gary Palmer toured Regions' Data Center as a team of the bank's technology experts explained what banks are doing to protect consumers and to help ensure consistent access to financial services.
"You can have the greatest technology," said Greg Gagliano, Chief Information Officer at Regions. "But if it doesn't work, it doesn't serve people."
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The United States is no stranger to cybersecurity attacks. Sony Pictures, Target, Apple iCloud, and most recently, Ashley Madison, are only a few American companies that have faced serious cyberattacks. But on Monday Regions's Operations Center in Hoover was on full display to show Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) how the Alabama-based bank has invested in cybersecurity to help protect consumers' information.
Those interested in applying to one of the five military service academies are encouraged to attend an informational session at the Homewood library's auditorium Monday hosted by U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 21, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The library is located at 1721 Oxmoor Rd. in Homewood.
All six Republican members of Alabama's House delegation voted in favor Friday of two anti-abortion bills, including a one-year moratorium on funding to Planned Parenthood. The other bill, called the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, would make it a crime to not take a "born alive" fetus to a hospital and would make an individual who commits an "overt act" to kill a born alive child subject to murder charges.
