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Daily Headline : Crime

Morning Security Brief: Fraud Trends, Police Layoffs, and Cybersecurity

06/22/2011 - Latest corporate crime trends revealed. Study shows police layoffs are penny wise and pound foolish. And Secret Service testifies on cybercrime role.
Daily Headline : Crime

Morning Security Brief: Nuclear Plants, Food Safety, Criminal Sentencing, and More

06/21/2011 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission criticized; FDA announces plans to focus on safety of imported foods; Sentencing Reform in the U.K. And more.
Daily Headline : Government Reports (GAO etc.)

CBO Outlines Options for Expanding Military Drone Programs

06/10/2011 - The Department of Defense (DoD) wants more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, because they've proven their worth in strikes against al Qaeda targets in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas. How to afford them is the question that the Congressional Budget Office addresses in a new report.
Daily Headline : Crime

Morning Security Brief: DHS Unit Hamstrung, Organized Retail Crime, Bogus DHS Letter, FISMA

06/08/2011 - The DHS unit on domestic terrorism unrelated to Islam has been effectively silenced. Metro New York City and North New Jersey are hotbeds for organized retail theft. Scam letters are falsely threatening people with arrest. The DHS has released new reporting metrics for FISMA.
Legal Report: Legislation

U.S. Congressional Legislation: Trespassing

05/27/2011 - A bill (H.R. 347) that strengthens penalties for trespassing on certain federal properties has been approved by the House of Representatives and is now pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues

Protected Speech

05/27/2011 - A government agency is not liable for retaliation for firing an executive for insubordination. The executive had launched an investigation into corruption without permission and continued it after being told to stop. A federal appeals court ruled that the executive would have been “suspended and then terminated even absent any retaliatory intent.”
Beyond Print: Legal Issues

Secret Information

05/27/2011 - The government may not use the Freedom of Information Act exemption allowing the government to keep personnel and human resources issues secret to deny requests on other issues, such as the location of explosives on a military base, the Supreme Court ruled. But it left open the possibility that other exemptions could yield the same result.
Beyond Print: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Built-In Resilience

04/23/2011 - The American Society of Civil Engineers offers a guidance document for policymakers and practitioners with an eye toward having resilience capabilities built into the next generation of critical infrastructure (.pdf).
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Urban Area Perspective - Dallas

04/23/2011 - Security Management interviews Kenny Shaw, director of the Office of Emergency Management for the city of Dallas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daily Headline : IT Security

White House Releases Plan to Protect Identities and Grow Businesses Online

04/15/2011 - The Obama administration today unveiled its strategy to safeguard transactions in cyberspace by helping to create voluntary "secure, efficient, easy-to-use, and interoperable identity solutions."
Daily Headline : Food Safety

Morning Security Brief: Food Safety, Energy Sector Security, and Robots to the Rescue.

04/07/2011 - U.S. Agriculture Department proposes rule to reduce meat recalls and avoid illness from contaminated meat. Energy sector survey finds IT security still not a priority, and the U.S. Navy hopes robots can be doctors.
Daily Headline : International

Morning Security Brief: Japan's Nuclear Plant Problems, WikiLeaks Fallout, Malware, and More

04/06/2011 - Progress and remaining concerns at Japan's Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power facility. WikiLeaks fallout continues for U.S. State Department. Web-based malware attacks up 93 percent. DARPA seeks multilingual robot, and more.
Legal Report: Legislation

State Legislation: Michigan: Background Checks

03/30/2011 - A bill (S.B. 15) introduced in Michigan would prohibit certain convicted felons from being employed by the state. Under the bill, the state could not hire anyone who had been convicted of a felony involving dishonesty, deceit, fraud, or a breach of public trust in the previous 20 years to any position in which the employee would set policy or have discretionary authority over public assets.
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