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In the News
     Water Utilities First To Measure Security Progress Under Plan
     DHS Scans Incoming Cargo At Airports
     TSA Officers Don New Uniforms And Badges
     Civil Rights Group Sues NYPD Over City Surveillance Plan
Procurement Watch
 
Events
 
New Announcements from GOVERNMENT SECURITY magazine
 
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In the News
Water Utilities First To Measure Security Progress Under Plan
The water sector is set to become the first of the country’s 18 critical infrastructure and key resource sectors to develop a metric and launch a tool to gauge security progress under the National Infrastructure Protection Plan framework.

“We’ve got a lot of great stories and anecdotes about utilities that are really doing a lot to safeguard not just the hazardous materials they have, but to enhance their ‘all hazards’ security posture,” says L. Vance Taylor, manager of security policy for the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.

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DHS Scans Incoming Cargo At Airports
The Homeland Security Department will put all incoming air cargo through radiation detectors at the nation's airports to try to prevent terrorists from smuggling radioactive bombs into the United States.

The new initiative aims to close what the 9/11 Commission's final report called a major security vulnerability -- cargo on airplanes as a potential avenue for terrorism. Any cargo shipped on passenger planes will also be scanned, USA Today reports.

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TSA Officers Don New Uniforms And Badges
Starting Sept. 11, 2008, transportation security officers at airport checkpoints nationwide began wearing new uniforms and badges, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The new uniforms and badges are another step in the ongoing evolution of TSA, an agency that was created in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001 to federalize airport security.

The most striking change is the color of the shirt – from white to blue – and a gold metal badge will replace the embroidered patch. This will better align the officer's uniform with the other security professional positions in the Department of Homeland Security.

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Civil Rights Group Sues NYPD Over City Surveillance Plan
A civil rights group sued the New York Police Department seeking to learn more about a plan to use license plate readers and a network of 3,000 surveillance cameras to help protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats.

The New York Civil Liberties Union claims the NYPD has moved forward with its plan without explaining how the department will use and store images and data captured by the video cameras, license-plate readers and other security devices.

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Procurement Watch

  • GE Security Inc., Bradenton, Fla., has announced that the Tennessee Meth Task Force has purchased three of its portable MobileTrace narcotics and explosive detection systems.

  • The transportation unit of ICx Technologies, Arlington, Va., a technology and sensor company, has been awarded a $4.25 million contract to provide system manager services to the Oahu district of the Hawaii Department of Transportation.

  • Raytheon Co., Waltham, Mass., a company specializing in defense and homeland security, has been awarded a $27.6 million U.S. Army contract to deliver its infrared surveillance systems.

  • During Hurricane Gustav, Gulf Coast emergency management officials used Cooper Notification, Sarasota, Fla., emergency text alerting systems.


Events

Sep. 18
Realizing IPv6: Next Generation Government Networking Conference & Expo
Ronald Reagan Building; Washington DC
Organizer: Digital Government Institute
Information: E-mail info@digitalgovernment.com or call 703-752-6243
www.digitalgovernment.com

Sept. 22-Oct. 3
Reducing Firefighter Deaths & Injuries: Changes in Concept, Policy, and Practice
Organizer: Public Entity Risk Institute
Information: Call (703) 352-1846
www.riskinstitute.org/symposium

Sept. 29-Oct. 2
2008 Building Industry Consulting Service International Fall Conference
MGM Grand; Las Vegas, NV
Organizer: BICSI
Information: Call (800) 242-7405 or e-mail bicsi@bicsi.org
www.bicsi.org

Sept. 30-Oct. 1
SecureWorld Expo
Washington D.C. Convention Center; Washington, D.C.
Information: Contact Brooke Moore at 503.245.4064 or e-mail brookem@secureworldexpo.com
www.secureworldexpo.com


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