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Homeland Security: Physical Security

Water Security on Tap

09/20/2007 - Water utilities look to security basics, drug companies gain from BioShield II, and the use of jamming technologies to thwart terrorists.
Homeland Security: Privacy

States Share Criminal Justice Information

09/20/2007 - The brief, entitled Protecting Privacy in Integrated Justice Systems, notes that some states are taking proactive steps toward privacy protection. It highlights Illinois, where the governor set up a group devoted to setting up privacy rights protection policies.
Homeland Security: Airport Security

Suicide Bombers at the Gate

09/20/2007 - Too much attention has been paid to assessing vulnerabilities and reacting to each new accident. We need to rethink risk mitigation in the light of the new threat paradigm.
Homeland Security: Terrorism

Worldwide Terrorism by Region

09/19/2007 - Quarterly Target, Region, and Tactic data on terrorist incidents from the MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

State Perspective - Missouri

09/19/2007 - Interview with Paul H. Fennewald, Missouri's homeland security coordinator.
Homeland Security: Integrated Systems

New Council to Help FEMA Look Beyond the Beltway

09/19/2007 - A new council is intended to give state and local entities a better way to communicate their needs to FEMA and to avoid past problems with top-down policies that were formulated without local input.
Homeland Security: Airport Security

Airports and the Inside Job

09/19/2007 - The current methods of screening airport employees may fail to weed out terrorists. But what are the alternatives?
Homeland Security

Annual World Terrorism by Region

09/19/2007 - Target, Region and Tactic data on terrorist incidents.
Homeland Security: Risk Management

DHS Grant Process Reviewed

09/19/2007 - The recently revised risk- and needs-based grant allocation process for the Department of Homeland Security needs oversight to ensure its effectiveness, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) entitled FY2006 Homeland Security Grant Distribution Methods: Issues for the 109th Congress.
Homeland Security: Maritime Security

Port Security Fix Proposed

09/19/2007 - Approximately 95 percent of U.S. trade enters or leaves through the nation’s 361 seaports. Despite renewed attention on ports, security efforts continue to fall short of stated government goals.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Database Drills Public Health

09/19/2007 - The database is part of a larger initiative to evaluate public health preparedness and educate officials on methods for improvement. Rand has also produced studies that evaluate public health preparedness, test public health disease reporting systems, and create best practices for public health officials.
Homeland Security: Terrorism

Defending the Homeland: A Military Priority?

09/19/2007 - “The Department of Defense over the next four years must begin a fundamental shift in military doctrine and priorities so that this country is better positioned to respond to the threats of a post-Cold War and post-9/11 world,” say the report’s authors, Lawrence J. Korb, Caroline P. Wadhams, and Andrew J. Grotto.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Keeping Track of Firefighters

09/19/2007 - When the Twin Towers fell after the 9-11 attacks, many firefighters lost their lives because there was no way to electronically pinpoint their locations or to tell them that the buildings were about to collapse. Since then, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) has been seeking solutions to the communication and tracking problems that firefighters face in high-rise buildings.
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