Site Map - Homeland Security

11/14/2007 - Prime Minister Brown's new counterterrorism plan seeks to protect the nation's transportation infrastructure.

11/14/2007 - The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $9 million in grants to 12 information technology projects under the Information Technology and Evaluation Program (ITEP), which aims to improve information-sharing capabilities. The projects, selected from 113 proposals, include an Arizona program to enhance wireless security for first responders, a port security communications network in Rhode Island, and an XML-based facial imaging system for use by law enforcement and other first responders in North Carolina. @ Learn more about ITEP by visiting SM Online. @ Link to the project and a research paper from NIST via SM Online.

11/14/2007 - Federal Appeals Court Judge Michael Chertoff was nominated to be the next head of the Homeland Security Department.

11/13/2007 - A recent report from the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research & Development of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Homeland Security has proposed six recommendations for consideration by the Department of Homeland Security. These include the creation of an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security in the department; and the development of a program and budget that will help the nation reach the goals of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. @ Cybersecurity for the Homeland is available at SM Online.

11/13/2007 - A recent report from the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research & Development of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Homeland Security has proposed six recommendations for consideration by the Department of Homeland Security. These include the creation of an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security in the department; and the development of a program and budget that will help the nation reach the goals of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. @ Cybersecurity for the Homeland is available at SM Online.

11/13/2007 - If, as the saying goes, a camel is a horse designed by committee, then the only question unresolved by critics of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is whether the agency has one hump or two. But it's not too late to reengineer this domestic dromedary, according to a new paper by the Heritage Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

11/08/2007 - Prison officials say new high-security prisons will need to be built if estimates are correct.

11/06/2007 - Companies planning to compete for homeland security funds through government grants and contracts must first make sure they have a strong fraud prevention program in place.

11/06/2007 - Here’s what companies need to know to compete successfully for homeland security projects.

11/02/2007 - Companies holding these chemicals beyond a certain quantity will have to submit to DHS' Top-Screen, an online risk assessment tool.

11/02/2007 - The Coast Guard and port security.

11/02/2007 - Centralizing U.S. intelligence operations.

11/01/2007 - Chart - Regulator Update