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IG reviews DHS contracts awarded through ‘other than full and open competition’
Wed, 2010-03-10 04:12 PM
DHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released the results of its congressionally mandated review of the department’s contracts awarded during fiscal year 2009 through “other than full and open...
Napolitano fields aviation security questions posed on Facebook and Twitter
Wed, 2010-03-10 10:50 AM
Secretary Janet Napolitano sat next to a DHS employee using an Apple laptop computer on March 9 and fielded questions for more than 22 minutes about aviation security, which were posed to her “live”...
It takes DHS about 35 seconds to collect fingerprints from all 10 digits
Tue, 2010-03-09 02:30 PM
It takes more than twice as long for the US-VISIT program to collect 10 fingerprints from each non-citizen arriving into the U.S. at an airport or land border as it did prior to 2007, when only two...
Neurotechnology’s MegaMatcher Accelerator 2.0 now available
Tue, 2010-03-09 02:28 PM
Vilnius, Lithuania-based Neurotechnology, a provider of biometric identification technologies, has released MegaMatcher Accelerator 2.0, which the company calls a packaged hardware and software...
Iscon in China distribution agreement for its scanners
Tue, 2010-03-09 02:22 PM
Woburn, MA-based Iscon Video Imaging, Inc. has reached an exclusive distribution agreement for the Chinese market for its model 1000D whole body scanner portal and its GameChangeIR handheld infrared...
Obama names retired Army major general to lead TSA
Tue, 2010-03-09 02:21 PM
Following a 33-year career in the U.S. Army, primarily in the intelligence arena, and another six years building his own professional services company, known as Harding Security Associates (HSA),...
FLIR introduces line of IP thermal security cameras
Fri, 2010-03-05 12:55 PM
Portland, OR-based FLIR Systems, Inc., the manufacturer of thermal security cameras, has introduced a line of IP thermal security cameras that it emphasizes are “affordable,” with models available...
Optelecom-NKF announces compact H.264 Siqura camera line
Fri, 2010-03-05 12:14 PM
Optelecom-NKF Inc., the supplier of video surveillance solutions, has unveiled its compact H.264 Siqura MD6x PTZ IP camera series.The mini-dome (MD) camera line offers two pan / tilt / zoom (PTZ) IP...
TSA hunting for an enterprise vulnerability scanning system
Thu, 2010-03-04 05:09 PM
TSA has issued a sources sought notice in an attempt to identify vendors whose equipment can scan, identify, report and resolve information technology vulnerabilities across TSA’s entire digital...
Civitas Group adds two new directors
Thu, 2010-03-04 12:56 PM
Washington, DC-based Civitas Group LLC, a well-known investment and advisory firm serving the homeland security and national security markets, has added two new directors.Andrew Weis has joined the...
TSA gathers info to meet August 2010 deadline for 100% cargo screening
Thu, 2010-03-04 09:36 AM
As TSA strives to meet a congressionally imposed requirement that 100 percent of all air cargo  carried on passenger aircraft be screened by August 2010, it is seeking permission to gather...
Homeland Security Policy Institute names new steering committee members
Wed, 2010-03-03 11:45 AM
The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) has appointed 14 new steering committee members.  HSPI describes the group as a “bipartisan cadre.” It includes two...

News Analysis

IDenta says explosives ID kits identify underwear bomber’s PETN
Add Jerusalem-based Identa Corp. to the handful of companies that issued statements in the wake of the failed Christmas day attack on Flight 253, saying they have technology that can detect PETN, the powerful explosive that could have brought the...
HID Global extends iCLASS for Dutch Rijkspas program
Irvine, CA-based HID Global, the secure identity specialist, reports the launch of its Rijkspas-compliant ICLASS smart card reader, designed for Dutch government agencies adopting MIFARE DESFire EV1 smart card technology.The reader features DESFire...
OPINION / Remaining attentive through the last tactical mile
 Three administration intelligence officials appeared before two separate Senate committees on January 20 to discuss specifically the failure to keep the alleged Christmas Day underwear bomber off the Northwest Airlines flight, but more...
ANALYSIS / Stopping terrorist travel: The pre-Flight 253 view
ANALYSIS / Stopping terrorist travel: The pre-Flight 253 view If you want insight into the pre-Flight 253 homeland-security and intelligence mindset, to glean how senior levels of the homeland-security bureaucracy viewed the job DHS and the...
Thermo Fisher Scientific to acquire Ahura Scientific in $145 million cash deal
Walltham, MA-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. reports that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wilmington, MA-based Ahura Scientific for $145 million in cash.The deal also includes a potential for an additional earn-out payment, based...

Commentary and Opinions

OPINION / Layered airport security needs to move beyond the checkpoint

By Don Steinman

In a recent statement, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas wrote, "Our nation’s aviation security relies on a multi-layered approach that includes information sharing, enhanced technology and security screening. On Christmas day, that system failed."

Moving beyond the checkpoint

The Fort Hood shooting and the Christmas Day bomber personify the gaps in homeland security

By John Byrnes


Current systems are failing us
Current systems in place to identify and manage individuals like Major Nidal Malik Hasan, whose alleged massacre took the lives of 13 soldiers and wounded 29 others, and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian national on Northwest Flight 253 to Detroit on Christmas Day are not working! 

OPINION / Video conferencing technology offers new opportunities for homeland security collaboration

By William Sapp

In an operating environment where threats are imminent and the response must be equally swift, video communication technology can offer DHS and its communities of interest new ways to collaborate to improve homeland security operations.

Whether responding to a natural disaster or sharing intelligence to thwart a terrorist plot, video conferencing technology allows organizations to connect quickly and collaborate meaningfully.

Security diversions at the checkpoint: A Sikh perspective

Leaving Seattle recently, I was in for a surprise. As six of my colleagues and I stood in line for an airport security check, we were all told to step aside for secondary screening. They wanted to search our turbans -- mandatory religious articles of our Sikh faith. Each of us was pulled out of line while other passengers stared at the group being corralled. As several screeners investigated our turbans, the wasted time and resources made me uneasy.

 

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