DHS directs funding to radiation detection
Oct 5, 2006
Congress passes port security legislation
Oct 5, 2006
New York transit to upgrade chemical detection system
Oct 5, 2006
Two years after a chemical detection system was rushed into place at Grand Central Station in time for the Republican National Convention in the summer of 2004, officials at New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority are satisfied that they can use the equipment properly and have decided to spend $3.9 million to further upgrade the network of sensors at Grand Central Terminal and install a similar system in Pennsylvania Station....
Transportation systems receive large grants
Oct 5, 2006
Bush signs Homeland bill; border fence coming
Oct 5, 2006
Standing before a mountainous backdrop in Arizona, a state that has been the center of debate over secure borders, President Bush this week signed into law a $35 billion Homeland security spending bill that could bring hundreds of miles of fencing to the busiest illegal entry point on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Among other things, Bush said the Homeland security funding bill deploys nuclear detection equipment to points of entry, raises safety security standards at chemical plants, provides better tools to enforce immigration laws and provides vehicle barriers, lighting and infrared cameras to help catch illegals trying to cross the border....
Cyber Storm results released
Sep 21, 2006
TWIC ID cards will be ready; readers will not
Sep 21, 2006
Texas unveils interoperable communications network
Sep 21, 2006
D.C. region officials finalize strategic security plan
Sep 21, 2006
Two years of planning and effort have led officials from the Washington region to approve a Homeland security strategic plan that includes steps to improve disaster response....
Boeing wins SBInet contract
Sep 21, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Boeing Co. a contract to implement SBInet along the United States northern and southern borders.
The goal of the SBInet program -- a component of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) plan assigned to Customs and Border Protection -- is to integrate personnel, infrastructure, technologies and rapid-response capability for border security....
States agree to cooperate on D.C. evacuation plans
Sep 7, 2006
Homeland security advisers from West Virginia and other states likely to receive refugees from a disaster in the Washington, D.C., area have agreed to work together on regional evacuation plans, state Military Affairs and Public Safety Secretary James Spears tells The Associated Press....
Computer game to train first responders
Sep 7, 2006
A Maryland company has developed a computer game to train emergency responders who are forced to make split-second, life-and-death decisions...
September is National Preparedness Month
Sep 7, 2006
More than 1,150 national, regional, state and local organizations have joined the Department of Homeland Security in support of National Preparedness Month -- a nationwide effort to encourage Americans to prepare for emergencies of all kinds in their homes, businesses, schools and communities....
Special Report: Airline Terror Plot Foiled
Sep 7, 2006
Click here for our breaking news coverage of the terrorist plot against U.S. airlines....
