August / September 2006
Articles
The Next Generation
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM, BY ERIN SEMPLE
Virginia Commonwealth University, a research university, offered Homeland security and emergency preparedness degrees for the first time to attract students...
Faux Fido
Sep 13, 2006 12:00 PM, By Ashley Roe
As 500,000 people shuffled in and out of the National Mall gates in Washington, D.C., on July 4, National Park Police officers were testing a new method of screening for explosives — one that doesn't bark....
Barracks Lockdown
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Fort Lewis Army base, near Seattle, has been a busy place in recent years. It is one of the last stopovers for American troops on their way to Iraq, and,...
Accessing Convenience
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA), which assists local governments, state agencies and non-profit organizations with waste removal...
Front-Line Targets
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Paul Rothman
On an otherwise quiet Tuesday evening in July, the Indian financial capital of Mumbai is rocked by seven explosions on crowded commuter trains and in train stations. At least 464 people are injured — 174 are killed....
What's Wrong With Transportation Security?
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Michael Fickes
R. William Johnstone takes a different view of what went wrong with aviation security on 9/11. Instead of blaming intelligence failures that did not “connect the dots” in the months before the attack, Johnstone fingers failures of the security system in place that day. “That's my opinion,” he says. “It isn't necessarily a majority opinion.”...
Smart Card Update: Two Months to PIV II
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Michael Fickes
Just two months before the Oct. 27 deadline for the implementation of the federal government's new smart card ID and access control system, federal agencies are racing to test and tweak the technology underlying their applications....
Products
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM
All-terrain survival system The mobile trailer provides assistance to emergency management personnel and those needing a self-contained living unit in...
Notable & Quotable
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM
This has really been a defining test for the DHS organization. And in a remarkably short period of time less that six to eight hours we were able to implement...
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