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DHS has made
America only "marginally safer," new book says
The Department of Homeland Security has made the
nation only "marginally safer" than it was before the 2001 terror
attacks that spawned its creation, the agency's former internal watchdog
says in his memoir.
The book, released Monday by former Homeland Security inspector general
Clark Kent Ervin, also accuses Tom Ridge, the department's first
secretary, of shutting down critics instead of focusing on terrorists,
The Associated Press reports.
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the rest of the article
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Background checks implemented
for port workers
The Department of Homeland Security will begin
conducting name-based background checks on nearly 400,000 port workers
within the United States. These checks will be an initial measure as DHS
expedites the rollout of a comprehensive nationwide biometric-based
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) in 2006.
"It is fundamental that individuals who pose a security threat do not
gain access to our nation's ports," says Homeland Security Secretary
Michael Chertoff.
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U.S. may not be equipped to
deal with pandemic
If pandemic influenza hits in the next year or so, the
few weapons the United States has to keep it from spreading will do
little, a new computer model indicates.
A pandemic flu is likely to strike one in three people if nothing is
done, according to the results of computer simulation published in the
journal Nature.
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Report: Federal security not
being helped enough by private sector
The nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations has
released a report finding that the federal government has failed to
mobilize the private sector on Homeland security.
The report, written by "America is Vulnerable" author Stephen E. Flynn,
and the director of the Homeland Security Center at the Reform
Institute, Daniel B. Prieto, says that "the federal government is not
doing enough to harness the capabilities, assets and goodwill of the
private sector to bolster our nation's state of preparedness," The Hill
reports.
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Procurement Watch
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- Middle Atlantic Products, Riverdale,
N.J., has provided Advanced Video Surveillance, Fairfield, N.J.,
with a WRK Series enclosure for installation at the Cranford, N.J.
police department. The enclosure will house equipment, including DVRs
and rack-mount power supplies.
- The Hoover Public Safety Complex in Hoover, Ala., has deployed an IP
digital video system from Vicon Industries Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y.
The technology is to protect a newly constructed building that combines
the city jail, municipal courts, permits and engineering facilities, MIS
and fire administration.
- The Smartcatch 2.5 software system from Vidient Systems Inc.,
Sunnyvale, Calif., has been added to the General Services Administration
(GSA) Schedule 70, enabling the intelligent video surveillance
technology to be approved for government purchase.
- The military unit of Smiths Detection, Edgewood, Md., has
been awarded a contract to build Chemical Biological Protective
Shelters, Model 3 (CBPS-M3) for the Department of Defense. CBPS-M3 is a
mobile, self-contained shelter that provides a contamination-free,
environmentally controlled working area.
- Saflink Corp., Bellevue, Wash., has teamed with Datastrip
Inc., Exton, Pa., to deploy a mobile biometric security system for
Florida's Seaport Gate Control Project. Under the project, dockworkers,
longshoremen, truck drivers and others who require on-site visitation at
Florida ports are issued biometrically protected contactless smart cards
that are encoded with information including each cardholder's name,
digital photo, two fingerprint templates and card expiration
date.
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Events
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May 8-11
DODIIS Worldwide Conference
Dallas, Texas
www.ncsi.com
May 9-11
2006 National Hardware Show
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas
www.nationalhardwareshow.com
May 9-11
51st Annual Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar (CASS) 2006
Phoenix, Arizona
www.Flightsafety.org
May 9-12
New York State Association for Incarcerated Education Programs
Lake Placid, New York
www.corrections.com
info@nationalcia.org
May 9
ASIS International NYC Chapter's 2006 Trade Show
Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City, NY
www.asisnyc.org
May 10-11
Homeland Security Symposium
Columbus Convention Center, Ohio
www.homelandsecurity.ohio.gov
May 10-12
Emergency Preparedness and Service Restoration for Utilities
Atlanta, GA
www.infocastinc.com
May 10-13
PSA-TEC 2006
St. Charles, Ill.
Organizer: PSA Security
303-252-8607
www.psasecurity.com
tracey@psasecurity.com
May 10-16
SANS Security 2006
San Diego, CA
www.sans.org
May 14-17
Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference (TRISC)
Houston, Texas
www.trisc.org
May 15-18
Assets Protection Course II: Practical Applications
St. Pete Beach, FL
Sponsor: ASIS International
Information: (703) 519-6200
asisonline.org
asis@asisonline.org
May 16-18
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Expo 2006
San Antonio, Texas Convention Center
www.expo.gsa.gov/
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