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Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

The Law of Emergencies

09/29/2010 - Nan Hunter's The Law of Emergencies is an excellent primer on how federalism complicates public health and disaster management.
Homeland Security: Web-based Threats

Guiding Control System Cybersecurity

09/28/2010 - The U.S. government helps protect critical infrastructure by providing owner-operators with IT security research and support.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security

Senate Bill to Reform Federal Protective Service Introduced

09/20/2010 - Leadership of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at reforming the beleaguered Federal Protective Service, which is responsible for the security of roughly 9,000 federal sites nationwide.
Daily Headline : Physical Security

Bill Would Require FPS to Examine Federalizing Contract Guards

09/13/2010 - Legislation set for introduction Tuesday would require the Federal Protective Service to evaluate federalizing its mismanaged 15,000-member contract guard force, according to the bill’s co-authors.
Legal Report: Crime

U.S. Congressional Legislation: DNA

08/31/2010 - A bill (H.R. 4614) introduced by Rep. Harry Teague (D-NM) that would provide grants to states for DNA collection has been approved by the House of Representatives. The bill is now pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.The bill would increase existing grant funds for states that have DNA collection programs.
Technofile: Web-based Threats

Numbers

08/31/2010 - 10 The number in millions of cyberattacks launched against U.S. Energy Department systems daily, the former agency CIO told Forbes.
Daily Headline : Homeland Security

Biosurveillance Fusion Center Faces Information Sharing Hurdles

08/04/2010 - The National Biosurveillance Integration Center faces the same stovepipes and turf battles that plagued earlier information-sharing efforts.
Legal Report: ID issues \ Identity Theft

State Legislation: Oklahoma: RFID

07/28/2010 - Oklahoma’s governor has vetoed a bill (H.B. 2569) that would have prohibited the use of RFID technology in state drivers’ licenses or state identification cards. The bill would have outlawed RFID tags as well as “any type of RFID ink in any format or configuration.”
Legal Report: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

U.S. Congressional Legislation: Disaster Management

07/28/2010 - A bill (S. 3249) that would renew a grant program designed to help state and local governments prepare for disasters has been approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. To proceed, the measure must now be taken up by the full Senate.
Intelligence: Security Management

Threats in the Mail

07/27/2010 - Suspicious letters sent to Baltimore officials have raised questions about U.S. Postal Service procedures for dealing with potentially threatening mail.
Book Reviews: Legal Issues

Protecting Court: A Practitioner's Guide to Court Security

07/27/2010 - Need to know about courthouse security, look no further than this book.
Daily Headline : ID issues \ Identity Theft

White House's Trusted Identities Strategy Doesn't Inspire Trust

07/26/2010 - The White House's draft plan to create trusted identities in cyberspace has met with skepticism if not outright hostility in some electronic privacy quarters.
Daily Headline : Intelligence

Bombshell's Fake Facebook Page Shows Ease of Cyberespionage

07/26/2010 - Phony social networking pages, riddled with red flags, attracted dinner offers, invitations to apply for jobs, and sensitive national security data.
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