KNOW THE ENEMY
by STEPHEN R. ZIMMERMAN
Do you know who your enemies are? When setting up security plans, do you envision fighting off groups of armed international terrorists? If so, you may...
Security Checks Are In The Mail
Jacqueline Emigh
In the war against terrorism, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is working with industry partners on initiatives for both anthrax detection and trackable...
7 STEPS Of Highly-Effective Homeland Security
Jennifer Pero
Security of our Homeland depends on a strategic cycle of seven elements comprising deterrence, prevention, preemption, crisis management, consequence...
Can Tom Ridge make a difference?
Apr 9, 2002
No sooner had Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge returned to his office following his appointment as the first head of the newly established Homeland Security Office than the phone started ringing. An outpouring of offers of help and support to a designated hero was a natural response from public and private sector leaders still haunted by images of hijacked American jetliners searing a blue September sky with smoke and flame and ultimately causing the deaths of more than 3,000 innocent people. ...
THE FACE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
by KATE HENRY
No sooner had Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge returned to his office following his appointment as the first head of the newly established Homeland Security...
The search for answers in the rubble of the Twin Towers
Paul Rothman
The crumbled remains of the World Trade Center hold clues about how to enhance fire safety, structural engineering and security for present and future...
SETTING PRIORITIES to Protect the Nation's Infrastructure
by PAUL ROTHMAN
Fighting Terrorism: What Governors and Mayors Should Do
Jennifer Pero
Governors and mayors should be placing terrorism on the higher end of the disaster management and overall state planning spectrum, suggests the Executive...
Equipment at a Discount: Fed program offers assistance to state/local enforcement efforts
Apr 1, 2002
A federal program allowing state and local governments to buy law enforcement equipment at a discount is largely underutilized only 15 states had made...
