Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Staying On Track
U.S. expands security rule for Canadians
(Canadian Press story)
First-responder network requirements issued
(Washington Technology story; NSPTC statement of requirements)
Bush administration to fund fusion centers
(Washington Technology story)
SBInet demo planned for northern border
The Homeland Security Department plans to showcase its SBInet border surveillance system in an upcoming Northern Border Demonstration in the Detroit and Great Lakes areas. Customs and Border Protection officials recently met with Canadian authorities, and separately with Michigan and Ohio law enforcement agents, to develop the plans for the first demonstration of the surveillance system along the Canadian border, DHS officials said. SBInet, which stands for Secure Border Initiative Network, is the department’s program to use radars, sensors, cameras and other technologies to create 24-hour networked surveillance system along the U.S. borders. Boeing Co., the prime contractor for SBInet, is installing the first 28-mile section along the Arizona-Mexico border.
(Washington Technology story)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
$3B border security amendment dropped
(Washington Technology story)
Homeland Security’s high-tech gamble
(Federal Computer Week story)
DHS tries to coordinate anti-bomb efforts
Sometimes when he hears the telephone, Charlie Payne has a scary thought. "Every time my phone rings at an odd time, I wonder if it's started," he says. Payne, chief of the Office for Bombing Prevention at the Homeland Security Department, is referring to terrorist bombings in the United States. For all the attention on potential dirty bombs, biological agents and chemical weapons, the tactic government leaders most expect terrorists to use in this country is the conventional explosive. "The attack weapon of choice still is the IED," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said at a Sept. 10 hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
(Government Executive story)
Chertoff in Iraq for Veterans Day
The ceremony took place at Camp Anaconda, some 50 miles north of Baghdad.
(Michael Chertoff bio)
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Technology, integration fuel secure border opps
(Washington Technology cover story)
New technology for IDs?
(Government Computer News story)
New York DMV, DHS tout Real ID
(WXXA Albany report; DHS Real ID proposed guidelines)
DHS shows success in senior-level hiring
(Government Executive story)