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The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued a solicitation for a second generation mobile radiation detection system that can screen cargo containers at seaports for nuclear or radiological...
Here are a few of the ideas that have been posted on the new DHS “online participation tool,” which DHS is making available as part of President Obama’s push for more “open government”:
Because the nearest available drinking water is 10 miles away, in Oro Grande, NM, the Border Patrol’s checkpoint on Highway 54 -- which sits about 55 miles north of El Paso, TX – wants to hire a...
The Defense Department’s U.S. Transportation Command is requesting information from potential vendors who could perform a “source code analysis” – looking for security vulnerabilities such as cross-...
The Homeland Security (HLS) market has continued its rapid growth in spite of the global economic slowdown, and is expected to “remain strong” in 2010, according to research and consulting firm Frost...

Today's Video

Denis Monette, Assistant Commissioner of the Nassau County, L.I. Police Department, describes how the Starcom Task Force is a collaborative effort among Nassau and Suffolk County Police, U.S. Coast Guard, FBI, Secret Service, Customs, Bay Constables and private security firms to strengthen Homeland Security, Joint Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, and Information and Intelligence Sharing.

Denis Monette, Chairperson

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Ottawa, Canada-based Solace Systems reports that DHS’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has selected its Unified Messaging Platform as a “prototype integration platform to enhance threat...
New York City-based Suspect Detection Systems Inc., a developer of counter terror and crime prevention technology, has named Gil Boosidan CEO and Yoav Krill chairman of the board of directors....
Tewksbury, MA-based Raytheon Company reports that it has won a $4.3 million contract from DHS to develop next-generation panels that can scan rail cars to detect nuclear weapons and other materials....

News Analysis

The narrowly averted tragedy of Flight 253 has forced a wide-ranging reexamination of DHS' anti-terrorist activities, and it has reordered airport explosives-detection-equipment acquisition priorities. A report by the DHS Office of Inspector...
McLean, VA-based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., the strategy and technology consulting firm, has named five new Washington, D.C.-area executive vice presidents. They are Mark Herman,  Joe Logue,  Jack Mayer,  Horacio Rozanski  and...
The Office of Emergency Communications within DHS wants to ensure that the 50 state governments are spending their interoperable emergency communications grant monies in ways that comply with their approved statewide interoperability plans.To that...

Commentary and Opinion

The Internet has become the central nervous system for our networked life. As a global network of loosely connected IP-based networks, it reaches into every country, and provides governments, businesses and consumers worldwide with a common platform for communication. And now, a new kind of criminal has emerged.

By Jim Giermanski

    In 2007, I wrote two articles on why 100 percent scanning was not doable. I laid out four fundamental reasons why 100 percent scanning would not work: its foreign acceptance, its limitation to seaports only, the non-existence of required technology, and the non-inclusion of...

The federal government is increasingly taking a leadership role in improving the nation's cyber-security. But, with a threat that is quickly growing and more sophisticated each day, it's clear that the government -- for all of its good intentions -- cannot win this battle without a robust commitment from technology companies...

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Recent Webinars

Sponsored by SafeNet
Wed, 12/16/2009 - 1:00pm

In today’s rapidly changing environment, multi-level security is critical to protecting sensitive data. An effective program requires an integrated approach that includes...

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Tue, 11/10/2009 - 1:00pm

See what the combination of computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligenceis doing to the world of video surveillance by attending the GSN Webinar on Behavioral...

Sponsored by Quantum Secure
Tue, 09/29/2009 - 10:00am

Government agencies face daunting challenges in the arena of physical identity and access management. Often geographically dispersed, they utilize multiple physical access...

New Products

McLean, VA-based QinetiQ North America characterizes its SPO-7 standoff passive object detection system as the kind called for by President Obama in the wake of the attempted Christmas Day airliner...
Cambridge, MA-based MetaCarta, Inc., a provider of geographic search solutions, has announced the launch of MetaCarta Geographic Search and Referencing Platform (GSRP) version 4.5.   This...
Fairport, NY-based Bosch Security Systems, Inc. has introduced the GVS1000, which the company describes as the industry's longest active infrared imaging system for high-security applications. The...
San Diego, CA-based Sperry West, the video surveillance manufacturer, has introduced the Spyder Big Guy (SWIR900C) camera, with an infrared and camera range up to 330 feet, which the company...
Rockville, MD-based Telvent reports that it is the first vendor selected to participate in a DHS supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) testing project to ensure critical IT security and...