Show Us The Money
Paul Rothman
Has your state gotten its share of the money? Since Sept. 11, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has provided funding for...
TECHNOLOGY EXPOSING TROUBLE
By Michael Fickes
Suppose a man hid a gun made of composite plastic in his suit coat and walked through a security portal at the front door of a courthouse. Today, the...
Who Goes There?
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Even before the kamikaze pilots of Sept. 11 shattered everyone's illusions of security, officials at Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, knew they needed a...
MANPOWER FOR HIRE
By DAVE WESTRATE
Under pressures to improve security in a time of scarce resources, government agencies are searching for ways to increase their efficiency and free up...
An Evolving Role
Paul Rothman
It took nearly a year and a half for the Bush Administration to create the Department of Homeland Security. It took just a week for the new department...
All Eyes And Ears On Public Transit
By KATE HENRY
These days, people in transit via foot, car, bus or train more often than not have a lot on their minds places to go, people to see and schedules to maintain....
Monitoring Freight On TheU.S.-Canada Border
by JACQUELINE EMIGH
Along the U.S.-Canada border, a public/private initiative dubbed the Northwest Trade Corridor Project is developing a multi-pronged asset tracking system....
How Westchester County, N.Y., Controls Access To Its Complex
Recently, a fire alarm led to the evacuation of everyone in the main government executive building in New York's Westchester County. Using an integrated...
Are You Compliant?
by JO'EL ROTH
The Americans with Disabilities Act, commonly known as the ADA, became law on July 26, 1990. The ADA guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with...
GAO Report: Transit Agencies Still Addressing Vulnerabilities
Transit agencies have taken a number of steps to improve the security of their systems since Sept. 11, such as conducting vulnerability assessments, revising...
U.S. Postal Service Deposits At Risk
U.S. Postal Service deposits totaling $65 billion a year are vulnerable to theft, robbery and mishandling because of inadequate security and failure to...
Homeland bill has states scrambling for money
With the passage of the Homeland Security Bill, all U.S. states have begun to re-address security issues and try to find the funds to pay for them. In...
WHAT WORKS
Compiled by JENNIFER PERO
A Hands-On Approach LOCATION: Boise, Idaho USER: Boise Airport TECHNOLOGY: Biometric hand reader Boise Airport is using a hand reader from Recognition...
Is The TSA Up To The Technology Task?
By MICHAEL FICKES
The magnitude of the technology system being deployed in support of the nation's new air-travel security system defies comprehension, and observers are...
Airport Demand Boosts Smart Cards
Paul Rothman
Smart card shipments to the U.S. and Canada have doubled in the past year from 14.77 million in January through June 2001 to 31.2 million in the same...
Is Air Cargo Still Vulnerable?
Paul Rothman
Despite unprecedented attention to air security, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has found that vulnerabilities still exist when it comes...
The Long Road To TSA Certification
Paul Rothman
It may seem at first glance that the federal government is committed to use only a few supplier companies for explosives detection, but a closer look...
DARE WE TRUST?
BY BILLIE H. VINCENT
Much has been made since the attacks on Sept. 11 about merging technology and biometrics to establish a Trusted Traveler program. This immediate leap-to-technology...
Q&A
PARTICIPANT Jim Hahn, Mayor of Los Angeles After a fatal shooting on July 4 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn announced...
SECURITY CATCHES THE BUS
Security has become the a hot topic for all forms of public transportation. It takes intense effort to protect lives and property in public environments...
THREATS TO AMERICA'S CITIES
Types of Terrorist Attacks Addressed in Homeland Security Plans (100,000+ pop.) All Cities Cities Biological 70% 89% Chemical 69% 88% Airplane Use as...
Presidential board releases cyber-security plan
The President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (PCIPB) has issued a draft plan for upgrading security protections for the nation's cyberspace...
IMAGEWARE SYSTEMS SECURES COLORADO'S NORAD FACILITY
NORAD U.S. Space Communications, Colorado, and Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, have installed the Winbadge ID system from ImageWare Systems Inc., San Diego....
SHOW YOUR CARDS
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
In the post-Sept. 11 environment, security and access control have been more than just buzzwords across the nation. Nowhere has that been more apparent...
Wireless Locks in Defense of Fort Lewis
By Kate Henry
Shoring up 86,000 acres adjacent to Washington's pristine Puget Sound and midway between Tacoma and Olympia, Wash., sits U.S. Army post Fort Lewis, much...
