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Trust the FIPS 201 Specialists: Hirsch
HSPD-12, FIPS 201, PIV questions? Hirsch Electronics has your answers.
Specialists in securing high-risk government facilities for more than 25
years. Winner of SIA's Special Achievement Award for technical
innovation: the Hirsch Verification Station for FIPS 201 compliance.
GSA Contract #GS-07F-7733C. Tel: 888-809-8880 x140, www.hirschelectronics.com/Government_programs.asp?adid=gs2
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In the News
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Requirement To
Report Chemicals To DHS On Hold
Homeland security officials are cutting farmers some
slack by indefinitely postponing extensive chemical reporting
requirements meant to deter terrorism.
Tens of thousands of companies nationwide must soon register their
chemical use with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Following
numerous complaints, though, department officials have exempted farms
from the looming Jan. 22 reporting deadline.
"We continue adding more and more requirements on business," Stanislaus
County Agricultural Commissioner Dennis Gudgel said according to the
Sacramento Bee. "It's like stacking bricks on a stick; eventually, the
stick is going to break."
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Ammonium
Nitrate Law Passes With Hesitation
More than 12 years after Timothy J. McVeigh used
ammonium nitrate fertilizer to blow up the Oklahoma City federal
building, Congress quietly passed legislation this month to regulate
sales of the explosive, reports The Los Angeles Times.
But the Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007, part of an
appropriations measure signed by President Bush, falls far short of the
strict law that some in the counter-terrorism community and federal law
enforcement were hoping for.
"The bill really does not guarantee anything for the security of the
citizens of the United States," says Bill Albright, a Defense Department
consultant who spent his career at what is now known as the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
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GAO Report and
Lawmakers Question Port Security
The Coast Guard lacks the resources to meet its own
security standards to protect against terrorist assaults at American
ports, even as the nation is to dramatically expand imports of liquefied
natural gas (LNG), the Government Accountability Office has found.
A recent report from the GAO recently made public notes that while U.S.
intelligence officials know of no specific threat to American ports,
captured terrorist training manuals have cited seaports as potential
targets.
And terrorism trainees are instructed to try to obtain surveillance
information on ports for use in a possible attack.
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Landowners Vs.
Border Patrol Lawsuits Being Prepared
The government is readying 102 court cases against
landowners in Arizona, California and Texas for blocking efforts to
select sites for a fence along the Mexican border, a Homeland Security
Department official told the Associated Press.
With the lawsuits expected soon, the legal action would mark an
escalation in the clash between the government and the property owners.
The Bush administration wants to build 370 miles of fencing and 300
miles of vehicle barriers by the end of the year.
A number of property owners have granted the government access to their
land. But others have refused. The agency sent letters to 135 of them
last month, warning they had 30 days to comply or face court action.
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Procurement Watch
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- Tri-S Security Corp.'s subsidiary,
Paragon Systems Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., a provider of equipment
and security services, was awarded a five-year, $58 million contract
from the Department of Homeland Security for the state of Georgia.
- Vicon Industries Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., a designer and
producer of digital and IP video surveillance systems, has been awarded
state bid contracts in New York and Ohio.
- LaserCard Corp., Mountain View, Calif., a provider of secure
ID solutions, has been awarded a contract by the government of Costa
Rica to supply an ID management system for the country's Foreign
Resident program.
- CACI International Inc., Arlington, Va., a provider of IT and
network solutions, has been awarded an estimated $60 million task order
to support the U.S. Army Installation Command's Fort Bliss Directorate
of Logistics.
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