INFORMATION
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
06/11/2008 - One company's SCADA software could allow hackers to shutdown or take over certain critical infrastructure operations.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
06/09/2008 - DHS awards a five-year contract for upgrade of its primary situational awareness and information sharing portal for state and local partners, the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN).
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
06/04/2008 - Residents of nations who can travel to the United States without a visa will be asked to register online with the U.S. government at least three days prior to travel.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
06/03/2008 - A European prototype tests the effectiveness of CCTV in detecting terrorist threats on planes.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
05/21/2008 - The United States has fallen one place down in the 2nd annual Global Peace Index, but the index's creator says the world is more peaceful this year than last year.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
05/13/2008 - A senior adviser says President Bush will likely order development of a "comprehensive risk management paradigm" for the nation.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
05/12/2008 - The Chinese government did not say if the security checks are in anticipation of this summer's Olympic Games.
Beyond Print: Homeland Security
04/29/2008 - The RAND Corp. recommends that governments closely regulate GPS-guided mortars, as they do shoulder-to-air missiles, before terrorists acquire them.
Intelligence: Homeland Security
04/29/2008 - The Department of Homeland Security has sponsored a program that teaches high school students how to deal with fires as well as the science behind them.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security
04/02/2008 - A controversial Pentagon intelligence office may be closed down, depending on the results of an impending review by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
Legal Report: Homeland Security
03/27/2008 - A bill (H.R. 1392) designed to track the use of homeland security grant money was included in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill, which became law (P.L. 110-161) in December. The provision requires that homeland security grant recipients submit quarterly reports describing the nature and amount of each expenditure made using grant funds. This information will be published and made available to the public on the DHS Web site.
Beyond Print: Homeland Security
03/27/2008 - A government portal that helps U.S. bomb disposal technicians keep up with techniques flourishing on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq is opening to some private sector users.
International: Homeland Security
03/24/2008 - 4 The percent of cargo containers that were targeted for manual inspection at foreign ports because of red flags raised during screening but were never examined. Reasons for the oversight include difficulty getting to the container and refusals by the host government to cooperate.