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Transportation/Mass Transit: Homeland Security

Is Hazmat Safety on Track?

02/26/2009 - Two new rules impose requirements for tracking and securing hazardous materials during rail transport. Will they really reduce risks?
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

State Perspective - Alabama

01/28/2009 - An interview with James M. Walker, Jr., head of the Alabama Department of Homeland Security.
Homeland Security: Best Practices \ Case Studies

Standards for Explosives Defense

01/28/2009 - The Department of Homeland Security is drafting the first set of standards for explosives detection and response systems and training programs.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Building Biothreat Defenses

01/27/2009 - An assessment of how well prepared the United States is to detect and respond to a man-made or natural biological threat. Box: Bio-info Fusion
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

State Perspective - Connecticut

12/22/2008 -  Interview with James M. Thomas,  the first commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), serving since the agency’s establishment on January 1, 2005. 
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

FEMA's Lingering Trailer Problem

12/22/2008 -  Despite FEMA's stellar performance during Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008, one lingering black eye remains from Hurricane Katrina: its fleet of contaminated travel trailers. 
Homeland Security: Homeland Security

The New Administration's Plans

12/22/2008 -  The Obama presidency must deal with numerous security challenges, including the threat of nuclear weapons trafficking and data security.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

State Perspective - Wisconsin

11/24/2008 - An interview with Brig. Gen. Donald Dunbar, Wisconsin's adjutant general, responsible for the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard and the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management (DEM).
Homeland Security: Terrorism

New Life for Terror Databases

11/24/2008 - The University of Maryland's Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) hopes to have a unified Global Terrorism Database up and running by early 2009.
Homeland Security: Homeland Security

DHS Takes on Transnational Gangs

11/24/2008 - The U.S. government has launched a program to address gang activities that span international borders.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

State Perspective - Arkansas

10/29/2008 - Interview with David Maxwell, director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
Homeland Security: Terrorism

Mapping Terrorist Planning

10/29/2008 - Researchers at the Terrorism Research Center at the University of Arkansas have found patterns to the way domestic and international terrorists carry out their activities and attacks.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

DHS Seeks Seamless Transition

10/24/2008 - Leaders of key homeland security agencies should be chosen and vetted before the next President takes the oath of office.
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