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Border Patrol seeks unusual ‘strategic consulting’ advice
Wed, 2010-07-28 01:44 PM
It looks as though the Border Patrol is seeking assistance from outside consultants to help it pick the brains of its own senior leaders, develop its overall strategy, design “effective automated...
Accelerated computing with GPUs
Mon, 2010-07-26 04:25 PM
When the U. S. Government needs help from the military, the armed forces must be fully trained and prepared for anything that might happen. One way to accomplish this is for the military to use...
ICE wants to test its employees and job applicants
Sun, 2010-07-25 04:49 PM
Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking for a contractor that can administer medical, psychological, fitness and drug testing to prospective and current employees of ICE and the...
CBP to purchase training goggles that simulate alcohol and drug impairment
Sun, 2010-07-25 11:17 AM
Fatal Vision goggles
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol plans to purchase 260 pairs of Fatal Vision simulator goggles which vividly demonstrate the concept of impairment and the dangers of alcohol and other drug misuse and...
DNDO seeks detailed, advanced research on effects of a nuclear attack
Thu, 2010-07-22 07:55 PM
Nearly nine years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) within DHS is requesting information from government agencies, national labs and commercial businesses...
ASIS opens its Career Center to members and non-members through end of 2010
Mon, 2010-07-19 02:14 PM
ASIS International, a leading organization for security professionals, has opened the ASIS Career Center to help all security executives – including many former ASIS members – find employment in this...
Rep. Jackson Lee wants to strengthen the Federal Air Marshal Service
Mon, 2010-07-19 09:29 AM
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
A bill has been introduced in the House to increase the number of federal air marshals by 1,750 positions, train new recruits in criminal investigative techniques and establish an ombudsman...
Louisiana Republican worries about terrorist threats against offshore drilling rigs
Wed, 2010-07-14 09:27 AM
With images of exploding offshore oil rigs and gushing undersea wells no doubt in his mind, a Louisiana congressman has introduced legislation that would establish a national commission to examine...
CDC to review applications for $12.7 million in public health preparedness grants
Fri, 2010-07-09 02:55 PM
A panel of specialists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will take its initial look at a group of applications from accredited schools of public health to win CDC grants of up...
Report: is critical infrastructure protected against high impact low frequency events?
Wed, 2010-07-07 01:12 PM
In a report issued on June 2, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) studied the impact of high-impact low frequency (LIHF)  events,...
Beaver Valley nuclear drill shows cracks in emergency preparedness
Thu, 2010-07-01 11:00 AM
FirstEnergy’s Beaver Valley nuclear power station found communication and operational problems in responding emergency agencies in to Ohio and West Virginia during an emergency preparedness exercise...
Force Protection Equipment Demonstration set for next year in Virginia
Wed, 2010-06-30 03:04 PM
Stafford Regional Airport
The eighth edition of the United States’ federally produced Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED VIII) will be held at the Stafford Regional Airport in Stafford, VA, next May 17-19. The...

Commentary and Opinions

Afghanistan, Islam and the origins of a global jihad

The invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in 1979 opened the door that had been closed since 1258, when the Mongols destroyed Baghdad, the political and cultural center of the Muslim Abbasid dynasty. It gave the Muslim fundamentalists an opportunity to finally make their cause a global call for justice and unite the Muslims throughout the world into one unified group, the “Umma.”

The case for “all hazards” education

By Jonathan M. Walsh

Far too often, the concept of “homeland security” is understood through a filter designed to capture only the meaning imparted to it by 9/11. That is, “homeland security” is looked upon as a way to secure the homeland from terrorist attacks.

CASE STUDY -- When the unthinkable happens, Delaware SWAT teams don’t miss a beat

Day to day, most citizens do not think twice about the routine activities that their local law enforcement agencies complete in order to ensure their safety. Things like issuing citations for minor offenses or patrolling the neighborhood to prevent vandalism simply equate to another “day in the life” for law enforcement officers. Ideally, these routine activities keep neighborhoods all over the country relatively safe and quiet.   

But what if the unthinkable happens?

Company News

Dramatic improvements in training simulations

When the U. S. Government needs help from the military, the armed forces must be fully trained and prepared for anything that might happen. One way to accomplish this is for the military to use lifelike simulations in its training. 

The training technologies that have been used in the past have made this process very time consuming, almost to the point of not being worth the time and trouble to use the simulations, experts say. 

Hawk Network Defense to present at Black Hat USA 2010

Hawk Network Defense, of Dallas, TX, announced in June that Tim Shelton - Hawk Network Defense’s vice president of research and development - has been selected to speak at the Black Hat USA 2010 Briefings that will take place at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV, on July 28-29.

SightLogix launches outdoor video security blog

A newly launched blog from SightLogix provides a forum to help users, designers and integrators learn more about how intelligent video can best be used to secure large outdoor areas and facility perimeters.

AppTek announces enhanced PlainSpeech automated speech recognition engine for Farsi and Urdu

AppTek, a leader in human language technology (HLT), has announced the addition of Farsi and Urdu automated speech recognition (ASR) engines to its PlainSpeech platform. The enhanced ASR engine also processes several other key languages such as Arabic and English, and is compatible for use with machine translation, providing a complete solution for customers without integration costs or complex development.

Harris gets cyber support contract from military

On May 20, Harris Corporation of Melbourne, FL - an international communications and information technology company - announced that it had been awarded a $12 million Enterprise Security Support (ESS) prime contract by the U.S. Air Force to secure the command and control systems of Headquarters Air Mobility Command (AMC).

TSA procures a cutting-edge multi-media presentation system called Orator Plus

TSA has announced that it has awarded a sole source contract worth $242,330, if all options are exercised, to Orator Plus, Inc., a six-year-old company based in Monterey, CA, that has developed a multi-media presentation system that TSA intends to use to display panoramic photos and videos of buildings, transportation systems and venues it wants to secure.

 

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