Site Map - Government

07/08/2010 - The Wall Street Journal Thursday broke news of the federal government’s new plan to monitor cyberspace for attacks on critical infrastructure.

06/29/2010 - Security Management interviews Tony Carper, director of the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency.

06/28/2010 - The latest G8 and G20 global economic summits wrapped up in Toronto and nearby Huntsville, Ontario, Canada over the weekend, amid the largest mass arrests in the country's history, and the troubling revelation that two protesters were caught emerging from a city manhole, according to press reports.

06/23/2010 - As part of its effort to protect U.S. intellectual property rights, the White House's new strategy emphasizes the government's responsibility for interdicting pirated products before they make it to consumers.

06/21/2010 - A U.S. Army-financed research institute, combining the skills of Hollywood and the video game world, is helping to train soldiers in winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond by developing virtual reality games that blur gaming and real life.

06/11/2010 - Drug and illegal alien smuggling. Bribes. Kickbacks. Possession of child pornography. Attempted child sex abuse. These are just some of the crimes employees of the Department of Homeland Security were convicted of in fiscal year 2009, according to an internal report released today.

06/02/2010 - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may formally merge its units that oversee critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity in light of their closely intertwined missions, a senior agency official told Security Management.

06/01/2010 - A nonprofit advocacy group claims that a appellate court decision guts the Freedom of Information Act by applying its privacy protections to companies.

05/25/2010 - The political conflicts that contributed to Dennis Blair’s pending resignation will hamstring his successors for years to come, a defense scholar said today during an expert panel on the threat of homegrown terrorism.

04/30/2010 - A new Indiana law (formerly H.B. 1065) signed by Governor Mitch Daniels makes it illegal for a company to prohibit employees from keeping firearms locked in their cars on company property. The bill would also apply to contract employees. Exemptions are provided for schools, penal institutions, childcare facilities, and domestic violence shelters. Companies that violate the law could face liability in a civil court. However, the bill stipulates that, if employers comply with the law, they cannot be held liable for injuries or damage resulting from the policy.  

04/30/2010 - New Hampshire legislators have defeated a bill (H.B. 1409) that would make it illegal for government agencies or private businesses in the state to issue cards, other than employee IDs, containing biometrics. The bill would prohibit the use of fingerprint recognition, facial recognition, handwriting, voice data, keystroke analysis, hand geometry, and iris and retinal scans. The bill would also make it illegal for state government or businesses to request biometric data from employees, patrons, or contractors. (For fuller coverage of the bill's defeat, read "Biometrics Defeated by New Hampshire Legislature.")

04/29/2010 - King County, Washington, has achieved a rare level of public-private partnership, in which 10 private entities signed onto its Regional Disaster Plan. Read about the plan and view supporting documents.

04/29/2010 - New York City’s police commissioner does not have to consult the police union before changing the department’s drug testing methods, according to the state’s highest court. The commissioner plans to phase out the use of urinalysis and to begin using other methods including analyzing hair samples.