Bush releases national strategy for Homeland Security
President Bush has unveiled the first National Strategy for Homeland Security, a 90-page guide to mobilizing and organizing the nation to secure the U.S....
VIDEO HISTORY INCREASES ACCOUNTABILITY AT MARYLAND'S SUPERMAX CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Officials at the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center (MCAC or Supermax) knew they could better manage their surveillance history if they upgraded...
Everything Old Is New Again at San Francisco City Hall
When the four-year, $300 million restoration of San Francisco's City Hall was completed, seismic protection was the main improvement, complemented by...
LAX shooting prompts call for armed guards in airports
An attack at the El Al Airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport on July 4 exposed a glaring vulnerability in airport security, according...
SMALL BUSINESSES HUNGRY FOR A PIECE OF HOMELAND SECURITY PIE
By PAUL ROTHMAN
The idea of Homeland security is grandiose and all-encompassing. It touches all levels of government, and the public and private sector alike. The government's...
GUARDING THE CITY OF ANGELS
By KATE HENRY
Los Angeles is a metropolis unlike any other: It has a population of nearly four million socio-economically and ethnically diverse residents, occupying...
On Duty In Lakewood, Colo.
Michael Fickes
The Lakewood, Colo., Police Department uses private security officers to protect the integrity of crime scenes and to guard prisoners during hospital...
U.S. Congress Pioneers Audio Search Technology
Jacqueline Emigh
The U.S. House of Representatives is one of the earliest adopters of emerging technology aimed at searching through reams of audio and video with instantaneous...
CAMERAS IN THE HEARTLAND
Teenagers have a lot to think about grades, dates, after-school jobs so it's not surprising that security at school is seldom on their minds. But thanks...
Local Governments: Are You Ready? Who Will Pay?
Jan Rabinowitz
Smaller government jurisdictions are less likely to be prepared for disaster than larger cities and counties. Among jurisdictions with fewer than 10,000...
GATEWAY TO THE WORLD
By KATE HENRY
In today's highly charged, post-Sept. 11 aviation security climate, no airport employee or airline passenger in America, no matter how innocuous, senior,...
Infrastructure On Alert
Michael Fickes
In August of 2001, just weeks before Sept. 11, Sandia National Laboratories of Albuquerque, N.M., announced the completion of two risk assessment methodologies...
Inspector General says TSA needs more time, money
Department of Transportation Inspector General Kenneth Mead says the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), while working to meet deadlines and...
Meeting Security Needs Of Leased Public Buildings
Paul Rothman
Securing a government building can become more complicated if someone else owns the building, and a government agency is leasing the space. Our biggest...
SMARTER VIDEO SYSTEMS
by MICHAEL FICKES
In the 1995 attack on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh parked a truck in front of the building and walked away. After the explosion,...
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...
Biometrics At The Border
Paul Rothman
Our nation's borders could be its most visible security risk. The United States has more than 7,500 miles of borders. Each year, more than 500 million...
GPS ON THE JOB IN MASSIVE WORLD TRADE CENTER CLEAN-UP
By JACQUELINE EMIGH
In late September of 2001, only weeks after the World Trade Center disaster, officials uncovered a criminal scheme to divert sheet metal beams from the...
WHO ARE YOU?
by JENNIFER PERO
Immigration officials and law enforcement agents arrested 24 people and seized fake documents and counterfeiting equipment near the Adams-Morgan neighborhood...
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...
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...
A Computer System To Warn U.S. Cities Of Atmospheric Releases
Michael Fickes
This fall, Ronda Mosley-Rovi plans to detonate a simulated chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon in Seattle. As director for environmental programs...
Bush Raises The Ante
Paul Rothman
We've got to focus our priorities. We've got to set clear goals. If cultures need to be changed within agencies, we'll change the cultures, because this...
PROACTIVE AVOIDANCE
Calgary International Airport is the gateway to Western Canada, Banff and the Canadian Rockies. It is categorized as a Level I Airport by Transport Canada,...
How to protect ventilation systems from attack
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released new guidelines for protecting ventilation systems in commercial and government buildings...
