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DHS Shares 2007
Highlights From A Tough Year
The terrorist threat to the United States has not
abated despite government steps in the past year to tighten rules for
people and goods that enter the country, the nation's chief of Homeland
security concedes.
"The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack on this country in the
last six years is not a cause for complacency or a time to celebrate,"
said Michael Chertoff during a year-end speech. "The threat is not going
away. The enemy has not lost interest. And if you have doubt about it,
look at [the recent] reports about bombings in Algeria."
However, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its
notable 2007 achievements.
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Canada Trade
Minister Says Security Is Stifling Trade
Washington's overriding concern for security and its
heightened protectionism are hurting the world's largest trading
relationship, Canada's Trade Minister David Emerson said.
In the prepared text of a speech he was delivering to the Miami
Conference, Emerson had tough words for his country's top trading
partner, criticizing Washington for "escalating protectionist rhetoric"
and a "rigidity of mindset" that he says is damaging cross-border
business, Reuters reports.
"We see 'security' trumping all else in ways that are now hurting
cross-border trade, and the legitimate and beneficial movement of
people," Emerson said.
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Investigations
Under Way On U.S. Lab Cyberattacks
A computer security breach at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, in which hackers stole a database of visitors' personal
information, was a highly sophisticated cyberattack and part of a
concerted effort to penetrate numerous U.S. labs and other scientific
facilities reports, United Press International (UPI).
Although the identity of the attackers remains unclear, security
researchers have linked some Internet addresses recently used in similar
attacks to computers in China.
In an e-mail message sent to staff, Oak Ridge Director Thom Mason said
the breach "now appears to be part of a coordinated attempt to gain
access to computer networks at numerous laboratories and other
institutions across the country."
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Focus Slipping
Away From Intel Centers, Says Survey
Local intelligence-sharing centers set up after the
Sept. 11 attacks have had their anti-terrorism mission diluted by a
focus on run-of-the-mill street crime and hazards such as hurricanes, a
government report concludes.
Of the 43 "fusion centers" already established, only two focus
exclusively on terrorism prevention, the Government Accountability
Office found in a national survey obtained by The Associated Press.
Center directors complain they were hampered by lack of guidance from
Washington and were flooded by often redundant information from multiple
computer systems.
Administration officials defended the centers and say encompassing all
sorts of crimes in the intelligence dragnet is the best way to catch
terrorists.
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DHS Moves
Forward on Border Fencing and Technology
Improvements
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is
moving forward with multiple advancements in the construction of
pedestrian and virtual fencing along the Southwest border. These
advancements will add to more than 284 miles of fencing already in place
and enable construction of roughly 670 miles of fencing by the end of
December 2008.
"The American public has been loud and clear in their call for secure
borders," says Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. "We will
continue to use every tool, resource and authority we have to answer
that call. Without the participation of border residents and the
technology to span remote areas, we place an unfair burden on our
frontline personnel and will have difficulty meeting the expectations of
the American public."
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Procurement Watch
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- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Inc., San Diego, a national defense and security solutions provider,
has been awarded an additional $15.5 million in new business on its
contract with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center.
- International Biometric Group (IBG), New York, has been
awarded a research grant by the Department of Homeland Security to
develop next-generation biometric screening technology.
- Flir Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., has received multiple
awards totaling $2 million during 2007 to supply thermal security
cameras to airports around the United States.
- The Tauri Group, Alexandria, Va., an innovator in analytical
consulting, for Homeland security, defense, and space enterprises, has
been selected as the prime contractor to provide Advisory & Assistance
Services for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chemical and Biological
Technologies Directorate (DTRA-CB).
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