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Homeland Security: Privacy

U.S.-European Union Information Sharing

11/30/2009 - The United States are working toward a broad information-sharing agreement that addresses the question of redress, specifically whether all persons, not just legal U.S. residents, would be able obtain data about them held in government databases and correct errors. The two sides have issued a series of statements highlighting the two sides' common ground: May 2008: US-EU High Level Contact Group Report December 2008: US-EU Statement on Common Data Privacy and Protection Principles October 2009: US-EU Joint Statement
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Urban Area Perspective - Baltimore

11/23/2009 - Security Management interviews Robert Maloney, director of the Baltimore Mayor's Office of Emergency Management.
Homeland Security: Privacy

Transatlantic Privacy Concerns

11/23/2009 - While the United States has signed information-sharing agreements with many allies, privacy concerns have slowed negotiations with the European Union.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Urban Area Perspective – Houston

10/30/2009 - An interview with Dennis Storemski, the director of the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the City of Houston.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Should DHS Quantify Collaboration?

10/27/2009 - Congress' watchdog recommends that FEMA establish a system of metrics to assess the quality of collaboration within the Department of Homeland Security's Urban Area Security Initiative.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Listening Through Walls

10/27/2009 - Consumer telecommunications technology could help government agencies improve the interoperability of their emergency communications systems.
Homeland Security: Port Security

Protecting the Nation From a Distance

10/02/2009 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection is doing everything it can to screen cargo and passengers before they ever arrive on American shores. (Online Exclusive)
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Federal Perspective - TSA

09/28/2009 - An interview with Lee R. Kair, assistant administrator for security operations at the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. 
Homeland Security: Terrorism

Scanning Crowds for Bombs

09/28/2009 - A new screening technology developed by students at the University of Michigan aims to detect suicide bombers in security lines.
Homeland Security: Port Security

Passenger Screening Progress?

09/28/2009 - A government plan could prevent innocent travelers from being targeted as terrorists, but experts warn that security risks remain.
Government: Terrorism

Fusion Centers Forge Ahead

09/28/2009 - Eight years after 9-11, how close are state, regional, and urban fusion centers to achieving information-sharing objectives?
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

State Perspective-South Dakota

08/28/2009 - Interview with Alan Bock, director of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety's Office of Homeland Security.
Homeland Security: Best Practices \ Case Studies

Visualizing Safer Evacuations

08/28/2009 - Two new tools may help people get out of a building quickly and safely during an emergency.
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