Site Map - Homeland Security

08/21/2007 - TSA to deploy 500 by end of 2008

08/20/2007 - How the U.S. hopes to protect critical infrastructure and key resources through public-private partnerships is in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and seven unclassified sector-specific plans.

08/16/2007 - "Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., along with Senator Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, House Committee on Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., and Congressman James Langevin, D-R.I., Wednesday called on the Department of Homeland Security to hold off on a $1.2 billion acquisition of nuclear radiation monitors until questions about their reliability, performance, and effectiveness have been addressed," according to a press release from the committee.  

08/16/2007 - Planning guidelines, templates, and checklists are available from a number of sources to assist companies in developing programs.

08/16/2007 - Government and private institutions will find this a valuable tool to help them plan for those situations in which evacuation is impossible or ill-advised. If the purchase price for the video is too high, it is worth renting.

08/16/2007 - An outstanding text for students and a good source of information for anyone wanting to improve their fundamental knowledge of the subject.

08/16/2007 - The release of a report detailing the path to radicalization and the threat of homegrown jihadists by the NYPD has led Muslim American organizations to denounce the report.

08/15/2007 - The New York Police Department's Intelligence Division has released a report on the homegrown terrorism threat facing the city and the United States. The report says that while the threat from al Qaeda's core still persists, a new threat has emerged from radicalized local residents or citizens or both.

08/15/2007 - The Houston Chronicle reports that the Port of Houston is close to creating its own free market security district that could be a model for the rest of the country.

08/14/2007 - The Iraq War has not drawn out a fixed number of jihadists but has instead grown their ranks globally according to a new report.

08/13/2007 - Read a critical intra-agency review of the Department of Homeland Security handling of suspicious passengers on board a flight in 2004, which has been called a terrorist 'dry run' by the media.

08/13/2007 - A bill (H.R. 1680) that would regulate the sale and purchase of ammonium nitrate has been approved by the House Homeland Security Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology. Ammonium nitrate is a critical ingredient used in making explosives.

08/13/2007 - A bill (H.R. 1680) that would regulate the sale and purchase of ammonium nitrate has been approved by the House Homeland Security Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology. Ammonium nitrate is a critical ingredient used in making explosives.