The ultimate goal of homeland security is to prevent terrorist attacks—and should an attack occur, to minimize injuries, loss of life and property damage. If homeland security strategies fail in these goals, the results can be dramatic and catastrophic. The work of homeland security involves a complex partnership between federal, state and local governments.
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Applications for the 2004 State Homeland Security grants, administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), were due to DHS by November 30, 2003. As most first responders probably know by now, the states are required to pass through 80 percent of these funds to the local level. What you may not know is what exactly “pass-through” means, and what the implications are of your state’s pass-through approach on your ability to seek and obtain funds from the program.
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DHS’ research chief—and his agency—are trying to carve out their own identities
Dr. David Bolka has a bone to pick with folks who confuse his shop with DARPA.
An experiment now being conducted in Tennessee could mean greater security for the entire country.
A network of sensors being deployed across the state of Tennessee could prove to be the forerunner of a national defense system alerting authorities to the first signs of a bioterrorism attack.
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A pioneer in homeland security, UK-based Smiths Industries has developed an innovative approach of growing in the homeland security field through an aggressive acquisition drive in the United States and Europe and through careful selection of key growth areas such as a new screening system to detect anthrax in the mail.
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Vice President of Homeland Security, Northrop Grumman Corp.
In January, Northrop Grumman Corp. scored amajor success when the US Naval Criminal Investigative Service awardedthe company a contract for the Law Enforcement Information Exchange(LInX), a data exchange system for first responders in the Puget Soundarea of Washington state.
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Around the country, in different areas of homeland security, individuals, companies and government agencies are taking innovative actions to better prepare for the unthinkable. The early results are very promising.
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President, Homeland Protection Division, Perot Systems
Mike Phillips was in his office in Annandale, Va., talking to a business associate in nearby Crystal City that clear Tuesday morning. As they spoke, the associate watched a plane slam into the Pentagon, describing it on the telephone.
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Northrop Grumman Corp., headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., is strengthening its homeland security business by applying technologies and systems integration expertise developed in its defense business.
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Northrop Grumman Corp., headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., is strengthening its homeland security business by applying technologies and systems integration expertise developed in its defense business.
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In 1993, David Boyd participated in the first federal interoperability project in San Diego County, Calif., while working at the Justice Department. He learned then that “it might take 30 days to get the technology in place, but two years to get everyone on the same sheet of music.”
Potential grant applicants need to be aware that in fiscal 2005 all state and local preparedness grant funding will be administered by the Office of State and Local Government Coordination (OSLGC) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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When HSToday last looked at the world’s first injectable radio frequency identification chip specifically designed for human use in September’s article “Security under the skin,” VeriChip was still awaiting clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for medical use within the United States.
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Republican National Convention in New YorkCity, 66 federal, state and local agencies, led by the US SecretService (USSS), prepared for the worst: a possible terrorist attack;violent protests; and anarchists who could have brought the cityto ahalt.
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The danger from uninspected maritime cargo containers was the focus of election charges, but issues confronting border and port security go much further—and are getting new attention.
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We asked state directors for their perspectives on DHS and the status of homeland security. The results were surprising.
James W. McMahon could easily see himself slipping into Secretary Tom Ridge’s shoes that March 1, 2003, morning. McMahon may be director of the New York State Office of Public Security today, but he brings 38 years with the state police office to the chair, 10 of which were spent as the head of 5,600 employees.
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AT&T is committed to keep its customers connected during the upcoming hurricane season – before, during and after storms – and has one of the industry’s largest and most advanced business continuity and disaster response programs to make sure its networks stay up and running. No one knows when the next tropical storm or hurricane… Keep Reading
With good reason, the 9/11 Commission called for tightening driver licensing procedures after its finding that many of the terrorists used fake IDs to board and hijack airplanes in the attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
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Indiscriminate use of antiviral medications to prevent and treat influenza could ease the way for drug-resistant strains of the novel H1N1 virus, or swine flu, toemerge, public health officials warn -- making the fight against a pandemic that much harder.
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