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In the News
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Boeing wins SBInet
contract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded
Boeing Co. a contract to implement SBInet along the United States
northern and southern borders.
The goal of the SBInet program -- a component of the Secure Border
Initiative (SBI) plan assigned to Customs and Border Protection -- is to
integrate personnel, infrastructure, technologies and rapid-response
capability for border security.
SBInet aims to combine existing investments and current security
initiatives with new technologies. While SBI focuses more on the
comprehensive strategy of border control and immigration enforcement,
SBInet's need to integrate technology into border enforcement applies
directly to the security industry.
Click here for
the rest of the article
(see govtsecurity.com/mag/opportunity_borders/
for more on SBI and the SBInet plans).
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D.C. region officials finalize
strategic security plan
Two years of planning and effort have led officials
from the Washington region to approve a Homeland security strategic plan
that includes steps to improve disaster response.
The 118-page plan takes aim at one of the main problems in coping with a
disaster: the fragmentation of the region, which includes more than 20
cities and counties and scores of federal agencies, spread out over two
states and the District, the Washington Post reports.
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here for the rest of the article
For more on the emergency response in the National Capitol Region,
see Michael Fickes' article in the June issue of GOVERNMENT SECURITY, NCR's Rapid
Response
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III systems in a smaller, less-expensive package. Whether for in-ceiling
installations or with pendant and wall mounts, you'll be able to use
this powerful PTZ 4.1 inch dome system in most any government
application -- big or small. www.pelco.com
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Texas unveils interoperable
communications network
Texas has implemented a fully interoperable
communications service at Dallas Love Field that enables police, fire,
federal agencies, private industry and airport personnel to communicate
with each other over their existing networks and equipment.
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here for the rest of the article
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TWIC ID cards will be ready;
readers will not
The United States will begin issuing high-security
biometric identification cards for port workers as planned at the
year-end, but the roll-out of card readers will be postponed to next
year, the Department of Homeland Security says.
Click here
for the rest of the article
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Cyber Storm results
released
After long analysis, the Department of Homeland
Security has released the results of its Cyber Storm exercise, help in
early February.
The first Government-led, full-scale, cyber security exercise of its
kind, Cyber Storm was a coordinated effort among international, federal
and state governments, and private sector organizations to test
response, coordination, and recovery mechanisms in reaction to simulated
cyber events.
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here for the rest of the article
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Procurement Watch
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- The Department of Homeland Security has
awarded a contract to American Science and Engineering,
Billerica, Mass., SAIC, San Diego, and L-3 Communications,
Woburn, Mass., for the Cargo Advanced Automated Radiography System
(CAARS). The system is part of DHS' border security strategy to
implement automated technologies to better detect radiological and
nuclear threats at U.S. ports of entry.
- The U.S. State Department has deployed a video surveillance system
from ioimage, Hackensack, N.J., at a compound in Kabul,
Afghanistan to protect the facility from security breaches. The
intelligent video appliances enable dozens of pan/tilt/zoom and fixed
cameras to monitor activity outside the compound and to alert security
guards to suspicious events and insurgent attacks.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded Northrop Grumman
Corp., McLean, Va., a contract to provide border security
surveillance for land ports of entry along the southwest U.S. border. As
part of the contract, Northrop Grumman's Information Technology (IT)
sector will design, develop, test and install a surveillance solution to
secure more than 40 official border crossings from San Diego, Calif.,
to Brownsville, Texas. The company will also train personnel.
- Bioscrypt Inc., Toronto, has announced that its fingerprint
algorithms have been qualified by the General Services Administration
(GSA) for use in the U.S. government's Personal Identity Verification
(PIV) program.
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Events
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Sept. 25-27
IT Security World Conference & Expo 2006
The Fairmont Hotel, San Franciso, CA
Organizer: MIS Training Institute
www.misti.com/itsecurityworld2006
Sept. 25-28
ASIS International 51st Annual Seminar and Exhibits 2006
San Diego, CA
Sponsor: ASIS International
Information: (703) 519-6200
asisonline.org
asis@asisonline.org
Oct. 1
Call for Papers Deadline
Homeland Security: The Ripple Effect Symposium
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Sponsor: American Public University System
www.apus.edu/disaster
Questions: (603)377-0711
Oct. 3-6
Smart Card Alliance 14th Annual Conference "Preparing for a Smart
Future"
Hyatt Regency Hotel La Jolla, San Diego
Information: 1-800-556-6828
www.smartcardalliance.org/alliance_activities/next_meeting.cfm
Oct. 19
ASG Security Summit & Expo
Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
Organizer: ASG
www.asgsecuritysummit.com
Oct. 20-21
2006 Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Review Course
New York Athletic Club, New York, NY
Sponsor: ASIS International NYC Chapter
www.asisnyc.org/cpp/
Oct. 24-25
ISC East
Javits Convention Center, New York
www.isceast.com
Oct. 25-26
Interview and Interrogation Techniques
Charleston, SC
Sponsor: ASIS International
Information: (703) 519-6200
asisonline.org
asis@asisonline.org
Oct. 26
The Global Security Challenge 2006
London
www.globalsecuritychallenge.com
info@globalsecuritychallenge.com
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