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these days states send representatives abroad to lure foreign homeland security companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1088&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1090&source=rss Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Kenneth Mead served for nine years as the IG at DoT; he has a lot to say about transportation security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1090&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1114&source=rss Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1114&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1118&source=rss Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1118&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1123&source=rss Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1123&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1143&source=rss Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 An analysis of government-wide homeland security allocations in President Bush's proposed budget shows that transportation and border security will receive the most money http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1143&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1174&source=rss Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 A compromise is reached in the U.K. over a mandatory biometric national ID; for a while the stalemate between the House of Commons and the House of Lords threatened a constitutional crisis, but now all agree for 2010 as target date for the new ID � http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1174&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1175&source=rss Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Ronald Reagan used to say: “If you cannot make them see the light, make them feel the heat”; some chemical plants have taken plant security seriously, and Geismar, Louisiana-based Honeywell is one of them; trouble is, most of the 15,000 U.S. plants have not followed Honeywell’s example; the threat of federal legislation may concentrate their minds http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1175&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1180&source=rss Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 What do you know: These two companies were battling in court only days ago, accusing each other of intellectual property infringement; they have settled, and now are strategic partners   http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1180&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1181&source=rss Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 DHS has selected the short list companies for its SBI project – and these companies are already forming coalitions with small and mid-size firms better to prepare themselves for a successful bid http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1181&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1182&source=rss Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Few government programs were as thoroughly botched as Unisys’ handling of a 2002 $1 billion TSA airport communication contract; the DHS IG has just completed his report on this sorry saga, and Unisys does not look any better for it; what does not help, at least on the PR front, is the fact that on-his-way-to-jail Jack Abramoff helped Unisys get the contract in the first place http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1182&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1210&source=rss Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Some federal agencies are in opposition to possible new bank reporting requirements because they feel relaxing regulations may compromise homeland security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1210&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1215&source=rss Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 SOCA (Serious Organized Crime Agency) has been created to tackle organized crime in the U.K. at the tune of 400million http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1215&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1233&source=rss Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1233&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1235&source=rss Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1235&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1239&source=rss Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1239&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1248&source=rss Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Securing cargo containers is a massive -- and lucrative -- undertaking, and more and more companies want to participate, but you should see the paper work involved; there is thus a new industry emerging, one aiming to help large and small companies apply for DHS C-TPAT http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1248&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1249&source=rss Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Last Friday the compromise immigration bill was pulled because Republicans and Democrats could not agree over how many amendments would be allowed to come to the floor for a vote; some senators tried to salvage from the impasse a border-security-only bill, but it failed to garner many votes http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1249&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1265&source=rss Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 DHS issues its long-awaited SBInet RFP accompanying the release with language some industry insiders consider a bit over-drawn http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1265&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1277&source=rss Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Canadian company offers U.S. customers an improved version of booking and arrest solution http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1277&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1323&source=rss Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Bipartisan legislation proposed to review thoroughly requests by foreign entities who want to control parts of New York's critical infrastructure http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1323&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1539&source=rss Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Liberal Democrats have been granted their request to have the DWP release the a feasibility report concerning the national biometric ID card plan; the DWP says this is not a good idea, but the commissioner ruled that the people have a right to know http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1539&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1589&source=rss Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 FEMA has awarded a new $750 million contract to a joint engineering venture to provide housing inspection services -- on short notice -- to the U.S. government in areas affected by disasters http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1589&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1591&source=rss Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 After fourteen years, HGS has their first product sale; the company is experimenting in anthrax therapies and the U.S. government is buying; 20,000 doses to be exact http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1591&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1602&source=rss Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The administration wants to relax the rules prohibiting foreign ownership of U.S. airlines; critics argue that the administration’s agile word parsing with regard to the term “actual control” of airlines short-changes U.S. national security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1602&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1608&source=rss Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 More problems for UNLV -- but for a change not with its men’s basketball team: A mysterious counterterrorism institute on campus has spent nearly $9 million with but little to show for it http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1608&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1629&source=rss Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Northwestern University’s center for homeland security entrepreneurship awards three grants to innovative Chicago-area companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1629&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1637&source=rss Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 A specialist in satellite-based communications solutions receives GSA schedule http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1637&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1659&source=rss Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 In several states -- Kentucky, Missouri, Massachusetts -- there are heated debates about construction of level 3 BioLabs: There is a lot of money and many jobs in these projects, but citizens are worried about lethal pathogens escaping the labs; while these debates go on, the plans for building a large, multi-agency biolab in Fort Detrick, Maryland, are on schedule, and DHS has began construction of its own, $130 million component of the project http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1659&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1670&source=rss Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 DHS received a lot of criticism for cutting more than $80 million from New York City’s antiterrorism grants; the department has now added $10 million to the city’s transportation system’s security plan http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1670&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1686&source=rss Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The 25 EAGLE contracts DHS has awarded would help the department streamline and standardize its IT operations, but will also save it about $40 million a year it now pays other agencies for various services http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1686&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1696&source=rss Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 New York City's security grants have been cut, but not those for chickens in Delaware http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1696&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1711&source=rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 A Maryland company is suing two Virginia companies for patent infringement relating to wireless emergency-related communication technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1711&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1712&source=rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The need for interoperability and the threat of hacking will drive the steady growth in government IT spending http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1712&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1729&source=rss Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Disagreements over jurisdiction and the coming November elections threaten to derail port security legislation; of special interest: The 100 percent container inspection clause passed by an overwhelming vote (421-2) in the House – but it is the only clause in the port safety legislation which is adamantly opposed by every part and every component of the shipping industry http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1729&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1737&source=rss Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The state of Maryland has a sleek, new mobile command center which looks a bit as if it came from a Sci-Fi movie http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1737&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1754&source=rss Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 U.S. government departments and agencies and private contractors doing business with them must comply with the HSPD-12-mandated FIPS 201 by 27 October 2006; during the past year many IT companies applied to the GSA to have their products and solutions approved, and the GSA is announcing such approvals at an ever-growing rate http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1754&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1774&source=rss Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Legislators complain that investments in bus and rail transportation security pale in comparison to investments in air transportation safety; a House panels is doing something about this imbalance http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1774&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1788&source=rss Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Arizona equips its police units along the U.S.-Mexican border with wireless connection to the Internet http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1788&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1789&source=rss Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The State of Texas has established a fund to support emerging technologies offered by local companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1789&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1843&source=rss Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Senators add more money to the Department of Defense spending bill – to help the war in Iraq and to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1843&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1844&source=rss Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The numbers are staggering: In the first 6 months of 2006, U.S. forces in Iraq were subjected to 11,242 roadside bomb attacks (compared with 5,607 in all of 2004 and 10,953 in all of 2005); the U.S. experience in Iraq in the last 3 years, and Israel’s experience in Lebanon from 1982 to 2000, have led the Pentagon to create a unit dedicated to finding a solution to the IED problem; the unit has 300 employees and a budget of $3.3 billion; many companies and organizations are already working on a solution http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1844&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1864&source=rss Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Boston University’s controversial level-four biolab, which would house some of the deadliest toxins, just got some bad news: A judge says that the plan to build the lab needs to undergo further environmental review because there are several important issues that have not been addressed; needless to say in the neighborhood where the lab was to be built are thrilled http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1864&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1884&source=rss Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 It is one thing for a dispatcher to call a first response unit and tell them that there is an emergency situation developing at the corner of Main Street and First Avenue; it is another thing for the dispatcher to be able to view the scene, obtain measurements such as distance, height, elevation, and more -- and provide that information to the units en route to the scene; two companies combine their emergency solutions to offer just that http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1884&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1984&source=rss Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 A leading IT and homeland security contractor announces it had won a contract to manage financial infrastructure problems related to DHS consolidation. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1984&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2032&source=rss Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Congress gave states a May 2008 deadline to equip their citizens with driver's licenses with biometric information and RFID techonlogy; U.S. citizens without such licneses will not be able to enter federal buildings, open bank accounts, or purchase airline tickets; states balk at the cost of the project, telling the federal government to fund it or drop it http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2032&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2039&source=rss Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 More information should lead to more effective law enforcement, and DHS next month will begin to share some of the information in its files with the states; first will be the personal and biometric information collected from travelers in the US-VISIT program; DHS also said that the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. reached 11 million http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2039&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2063&source=rss Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The Unmanned Vehicles 2006 Symposium and Exposition will present latest technology, offer technical sessions; Innova Robotics to demonstrate command and control system for mutiple unmanned vehicles http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2063&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2085&source=rss Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Government grants have done little to improve municipal communications; New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Tulsa provide models of ongoing difficulties http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2085&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2100&source=rss Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Deficits projected as security costs, number of travellers, mount; government plans to hold dwindling program surplus as check against future costs http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2100&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2103&source=rss Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Christopher Darby takes the reigns at the CIA's venture capital arm; background in cybersecurity; succeeds Amit Yoran http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2103&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2149&source=rss Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Seventy-four schools will receive a total of $23 million for staff training and equipment purchases http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2149&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2162&source=rss Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Sensors immediately tell police the exact location of a fired shot; technology based on acoustic detection of muzzle blasts; data to aid criminal prosecutions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2162&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2166&source=rss Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Contributing factors are understaffing and lack of information on lost or stolen passports; report comes as U.S. delays renewing program; Europe turns on the heat http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2166&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2174&source=rss Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Award made under the Department of Justice's High Risk Metropolitan Area Interoperability Assistance Project; Smartlink I-Network platform integrates existing radios into digital networks; unlike mobile radio patches, system is always on http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2174&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2176&source=rss Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 PlateSmart uses existing on-board cameras and computers; hands-free technology a plus http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2176&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2242&source=rss Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Two New Jersey companies demonstrate a fuel cell-powered wireless camera prototype system with infrared sensing and audio capability; the device is ideal for perimeter defense, border monitoring, batlefield observation, and more http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2242&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2245&source=rss Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Companies will package recognition software with automobile and criminal records databases http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2245&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2276&source=rss Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 If a camel is a horse designed by committee, than the grants DHS gives states for terror preparedness are more a camel than a horse; the reason: The formula for allocating these grants was designed by a committee -- a Congressional committee, that is http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2276&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2299&source=rss Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Computational linguistics-based approach ideal for sorting through unstructured data to identify hidden patterns; applications range from managing insurance claims to detecting smuggling and counterfeiting; new product brings analytics and search together under a single label http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2299&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2419&source=rss Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Approach takes HSPD-5 and NIMS requirements seriously by asking agencies to abandon 10-codes; confusion often resulted during inter-agency responses due to different associated meanings http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2419&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2502&source=rss Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Knowledge is power, and two companies, one American, one Israeli, with products aiming to assist law enforcement and antiterror authorities prevent nefarious activities -- and, if not prevent, help solve them -- are given a grant to merge their solution to create a more powerful decision-making tool http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2502&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2507&source=rss Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 GPS-plus devices include sensors that monitor everything from internal temperature to vehicle speed; school districts want to avoid another Chowchilla while keeping eyes on their drivers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2507&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2545&source=rss Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The FBI has launched an ambitious data-collection project -- Investigative Data Warehouse, or IDW -- which already has more than 560 million items of information in its possession, to which more than 12,000 law enforcement agents have access http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2545&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2557&source=rss Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Rapiscan and Smiths Detection complain about losing an X-ray contract with Chemonics after deal goes to AS&E in partnership with a Chinese firm; deal is legal, but seems to violate spirit of “buy American rules” http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2557&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2578&source=rss Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Four-legged members of the National Explosive Detection Canine Team to begin specialized training for mass transit situations; 35 teams currently exist in 11 transit systems, but TSA is hoping to boost that number with improved training http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2578&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2587&source=rss Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Gunshot detection system informs police when shots are fired and directs them to the scene; three D.C. homicides have so far been detected, and one suspect arrested, due directly to the technology; company takes technology to Iraq to help in the fight against snipers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2587&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2608&source=rss Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0500 No Lie MRI and Cephos are hoping to take over the polygraph market, but for now they will have to focus on marital discord and business impropriety; technique measures changes in brain activity when confronted with untrue statements; critics call it modern day phrenology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2608&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2624&source=rss Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Intent is to improve information sharing between federal and local authorities; agency has already invested $380 million in centers in New York, Illinois, Maryland, and elsewhere; 55 more to come on-line by the end of next fiscal year; facilitating security clearances another critical objective http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2624&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2638&source=rss Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Intent is to improve information sharing between federal and local authorities; agency has already invested $380 million in centers in New York, Illinois, Maryland, and elsewhere; 55 more to come on-line by the end of next fiscal year; facilitating security clearances another critical objective http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2638&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2724&source=rss Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Improving communication among first responders and rescue units is a pressing topic, and one proposal, advanced by Cyren Call, calls for allocating 30 MHz in the 700 MHz band for public safety purposes; the wireless industry opposes the plan, and the FCC says it contradicts the wishes of Congress http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2724&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2759&source=rss Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Experts say the state is well-positioned to take advantage of increased spending on missile defense and other advanced systems; should these receive the axe under the new Democratic congress, older contracts for ATK and General Dynamics, among others, will keep the economy afloat http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2759&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2785&source=rss Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 New rules will streamline security classifications from 100 to six, removing a major obstacle to the implementation of an effective information sharing environment; new Interagency Threat Assessment Coordination Group to be based at DHS http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2785&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2788&source=rss Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Unique deal bolsters Louisiana State Police communications while also serving poorer rural areas; local banks, who will also have access, will foot most of the bill, but the police will provide the towers; a unique financing arrangement provides a model for other company's seeking a PR boost http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2788&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2828&source=rss Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 With net income down 94 percent, the electrical fence company goes through growing pains as it attempts to shift from controlling livestock to controlling prisons and oil refineries http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2828&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2849&source=rss Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 With net income down 94 percent, the electrical fence company goes through growing pains as it attempts to shift from controlling livestock to controlling prisons and oil refineries http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2849&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2858&source=rss Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Contract covers a range of explosives detection needs, including parcel, personnel, and cargo; no ZBVs in this deal, despite company's oft-reported success http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2858&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2882&source=rss Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Contract covers a range of explosives detection needs, including parcel, personnel, and cargo; no ZBVs in this deal, despite company's oft-reported success http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2882&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2922&source=rss Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 New technology allows rent collectors to quietly raise the alarm during a confrontation; push a button and an open channel is created; conversations are recorded for legal purposes; Connexion2, Vodafone, and Identicom provide the technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2922&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2927&source=rss Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 DoJ inspector general sees progress, at least in comparison to the failed Virtual Case File program; $150 million needed, but congress will likely give much less; Lockheed Martin stands to gain if budgetting issues are resolved http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2927&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2945&source=rss Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Team hopes for a $1 million grant for further development of cooling and breathing apparatus; system designed with biological and chemical emergencies in mind; cryogenic air a key component http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2945&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2964&source=rss Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Development with Coast Guard seems to have paid off; hand-held system, launched from a helicopter, uses a ballistic net to tangle a boat's engine; 100 percent success rate claimed; Moscow Mills Manufacturing lends a hand http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2964&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3012&source=rss Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Insulation often prevents full immobilization; new technique takes advantage of instinct to pull out the barbs; once touched, an extra shock is transmitted to the criminal's bare hands http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3012&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3123&source=rss Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Transit Security Grant Program, the Port Security Grant Program, the Intercity Bus Security Grant Program, the Trucking Security Program, and the Buffer Zone Protection Program see mostly gains http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3123&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3232&source=rss Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Long overdue and overbudget, the system is troubled by widespread interference and decrepit cabling; E.A. Technologies and Petrocelli Electric struggle to explain the problem http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3232&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3234&source=rss Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3234&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3236&source=rss Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 State is first in the nation to pass a resolution demanding the act be repealed, but eight others are considering it too; legislators upset over $185 million cost and doubt the program's utility; privacy advocates call it a national nightmare http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3236&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3258&source=rss Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Developed with a USMC grant, New York, Chicago, and other cities show interest in a chemical sensing system that can be worn on the clothing or attached to a robot; Chameleon system relies on armbands and disposable cartridges to provide a reading http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3258&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3267&source=rss Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Forensic Science Service asks shoe manufacturers to provide sole impressions; more than 1,000 Nike trainers are enrolled already; Cinderella analysis guides police to the suspect http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3267&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3307&source=rss Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Effort to stop sexual predators now seen as an effective anti-illegal immigration measure; millions of DNA samples to be processed, but FBI labs lag behind; business opportunities abound, especially in the robotics field http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3307&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3310&source=rss Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 What with the firestorm over the NSA domestic eavesdroping campaign, broadband providers have a 14 May deadline to allow law enforcement agencies to intercept and capture suspicious data transmission without compromising the privacy of innocent cstomers; a California company comes up with a solution http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3310&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3341&source=rss Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 After an FCC rejection in November, the Commerce committee revisits the idea of creating a national wireless network for first responders; John McCain offers his support; critics, angry about the idea of giving away valuable spectrum, gird for battle http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3341&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3350&source=rss Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Iowa State researchers show that allowing the witness to dictate the drawing rarely leads to success, even when using software; new approach presents witnesses with a random selection of faces; through process of elimination, a more accurate rendering is created http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3350&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3366&source=rss Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Government Security News provides its annual rankings; Hurricane Katrina may have skewed the results toward environmental cleanup companies; Shaw Environmental, Bechtel, and C2HM Hill Constructors lead the pack http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3366&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3374&source=rss Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 UAVs are growing in popularity, and an Italian company offers a vehicle which is especially designed for urban warfare and special operations: It is an electrically powered UAV which is so small it can be carried in a backpakck http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3374&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3378&source=rss Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Company will build out N-Dex information sharing network; system will operate alongside R-Dex to facilitate rapid exchange of critical data; Raytheon programmers to rely on Global Justice XML Data Model and the National Information Exchange Model http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3378&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3385&source=rss Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Intended for first responders, the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender uses the capstan effect to pull a firefighter carrying one hundred pounds of equipment up a thirty-story building in thirty seconds; students have already sold units to Army and look to commercialize http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3385&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3394&source=rss Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Company CEO pays $3 million in cash for MSM after the personal security business fails to evolve into a technology services industry; deal follows spin-off of NetWitness and the breakup of Vosper-ManTech http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3394&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3432&source=rss Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Interim director resigns as CIC confronts looming budget problems; calls mount to take the center under private management; new leadership reaches out to Northrop Grumman and others; loss of NSA contract a major blow http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3432&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3452&source=rss Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 States can use the money for equipment, training, and salaries; California, Texas, and New York are the big winners http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3452&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3459&source=rss Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 High salaries in the private sector and reserve call-ups drain local police forces; Springfield police department finds itself thirty-five officers short of authorized strength http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3459&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3465&source=rss Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 High salaries in the private sector and reserve call-ups drain local police forces; Springfield police department finds itself thirty-five officers short of authorized strength http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3465&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3480&source=rss Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 The Freedonia Group estimates 7 percent annual growth through 2010, with estimated revenues at $160 billion; contract guarding makes up 40 percent of total; India and China marketplaces expected to explode http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3480&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3506&source=rss Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Homeland Security Research Corporation issues a hefty report; individual sectors scrutinized by size and growth potential http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3506&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3544&source=rss Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 New York Society of Security Analysts kicks of conference with confidence; Federal Reserve weighs in http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3544&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3567&source=rss Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Agency sends 160 officers to Florida after drug runners infiltrate Orlando airport http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3567&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3582&source=rss Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 On-demand TV can now be used not only for HBO specials, but also for homeland security programming http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3582&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3598&source=rss Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Winning companies will receive up to $100,000 to refine their ideas; contracts given in WMD detection, ground sensors, mobile biological assays, emergency pre-planning software systems, and simulation training http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3598&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3628&source=rss Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Explosives detection and video surveillance among segments under consolidation; M&A increased 50 percent overall last year, says research firm http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3628&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3637&source=rss Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Cities from Miramar to Pembroke Pines get ready to spend their Urban Areas Security Initiative dollars; metal detectors and mobile traffic light manufacturers will find opportunities in the Sunshine State http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3637&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3639&source=rss Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Companies such as Ceradyne and Armor Holding post large gains after DoD spends $5 billion in five years to protect troops; smaller companies find niche markets in custom-wear, police http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3639&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3688&source=rss Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 A fresh approach to an old concept, ZymeQuest tests a machine capable of treating eight units in ninety minutes http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3688&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3693&source=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Federal government has spent $2.15 billion on expensive but uncompatible radios; a lack of strategic vision http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3693&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3703&source=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Auditors criticize Anti-Terrorist Intelligence Section for failuring to properly screen officers; management criticized for failing to excercise appropriate supervision of this controversial unit http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3703&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3718&source=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Nomination comes as company announces a deal to supply unstructured text management software to Virginia's Chesterfield County Police Department http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3718&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3721&source=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Multi-disciplinary panel of blast-related injury experts takes a close look at common triage, scene security, and communications difficulties; researchers hope to identify best practices http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3721&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3730&source=rss Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Over two-thirds of teams are not participating in what William Arkin calls a "sophomoric and wasteful" effort http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3730&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3739&source=rss Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Local technology initiatives take off nationwide, with planners attracted by low start up costs and big payoffs; South Carolina sees $14 in local economic activity for every dollar invested http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3739&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3740&source=rss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Announcement puts Texas in the forefront of radio compatibility efforts; recent success at Dallas Love Field provides a welcome model http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3740&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3752&source=rss Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Facing a life of civil commitment, Russian-born Arizonan earns his creature comforts http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3752&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3760&source=rss Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 A departmental report card criticizes the agency for stinginess and suggests holding off on bonuses for supervisors; DHS morale an ongoing problem http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3760&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3762&source=rss Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 New physical fitness standards upset older workers; Energy Department tries to mold guards into a "combat effective protective force" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3762&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3763&source=rss Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Flush with federal grants, psychologists use the Web to share data, best practices; American School Counselor Association reports a doubling of membership since 9/11 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3763&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3765&source=rss Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Funds can be used for a host of different products, including IT, thermal imaging, and video surveillance; applications due 29 May http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3765&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3880&source=rss Fri, 04 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Communication problems during 9/11 and Katrina have prompted calls for dedicating a portion of the 700 MHz spectrum for public-sfatey use; commercial interest have other ideas, and the FCC is caught in the middle http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3880&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3974&source=rss Fri, 18 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Howard Ludwig is 10-month old (height: 2 feet, 3 inches; weight: 20 pounds), and he now has a permit to carry 12-gauge Beretta shotgun http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3974&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4062&source=rss Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 DNA spit-kits will allow bus drivers to exact their revenge against teenage hoodlums; big opportunities in Singapore? http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4062&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4157&source=rss Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 The need for emergency communication interoperability has prompted calls for using part of the 700 MHz band for public safety; industry heavyweights object, and the FCC is divided http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4157&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4179&source=rss Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 The House and Senate versions of the proposed DHS budget are similar in many ways, but also contain important differences on funding for programs, technologies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4179&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4208&source=rss Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Since 9/11, the federal government has allocated $16.04 billion in grants to states; trouble is, to date almost $5 billion of it has not been spent http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4208&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4213&source=rss Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 DHS had to hit the ground running in 2003, so it awarded a no-bid contract for Booz Allen to get intelligence operations going; costs soared, and the original $2 million contract grew to $124 million http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4213&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4291&source=rss Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 CRS says the terrorism intelligence fusion centers, funded in part by DHS's $380 million, are doing other things http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4291&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4305&source=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 UK mulling travel restrictions on suspicious terrorists, criminals to prevent them from going to Pakistan, other countries for terrorist training http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4305&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4323&source=rss Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 SKRM's analyst explains acquisition, and shows how move relates to deeper trends in the market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4323&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4331&source=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Perhaps it is the state's proximity to Washongton, D.C., perhaps it is not, but one thing is for sure: Virginia can not complain about being stiffed by the federal government http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4331&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4336&source=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 More than half the money is allocated to six high-risk urban areas http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4336&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4351&source=rss Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Chertoff said DHS would pay the salaries of counterterrorism officers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4351&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4367&source=rss Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 U.K. homeland security market to grow steadily until 2012, then contract; emphasis on securing mass transportation, urban areas http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4367&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4377&source=rss Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Some of DHS's big projects -- EAGLE and non-EAGLE -- are underway and they offer opportunities for specialists http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4377&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4390&source=rss Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Since 9/11 there have been calls for making part of the 700 MHz spectrum a dedicated public-safety band; the FCC is inching toward a ruling on the issue http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4390&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4484&source=rss Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Intelligent Optical Systems unveils its LED Incapacitator, a non-lethal defense system for law enforcement and antiterrorism http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4484&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4487&source=rss Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Taser International, not a stranger to controversy, unveils a new -- and controversial -- designer taser gun; some of the nation's top police authorities are concerned that the gadgets could easily wind up in the wrong hands http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4487&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4488&source=rss Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4488&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4586&source=rss Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 The technology of dispatching law enforcement quickly to disaster zones is a growing business, and two specialists will market their solutions jointly to U.S. localities http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4586&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4784&source=rss Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Senate passes a record $459 billion budget for the Pentagon; budget, even adjusted for inflation, is more than 20 percent higher than the average cold war budget; it has gone up more than 40 percent since 9/11 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4784&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4812&source=rss Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 President says "The purpose of our Strategy is to guide, organize, and unify our Nation's homeland security efforts" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4812&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4838&source=rss Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Opponents of DHS's tightening of no-match rule say this is not a good way to control illegal immigration; AFL-CIO estimates that 600,000 of its workers could be vulnerable to firing http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4838&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4854&source=rss Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Checking on immigrants’ paperwork http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4854&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4855&source=rss Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Who’s in charge at DHS? http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4855&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4870&source=rss Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 GAO says DHS spends too much money on contractors who do work which is usually reserved for government employees; as a result, DHS’s decision making may be unduly influenced by contractors http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4870&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4939&source=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Crime statistics do not support claims that illegal immigrants spread crime in the U.S.; percentage of incarcerated and charged illegal aliens reflects percentage in population http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4939&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4992&source=rss Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 GAO criticizes DHS for profligate use of outside contractors; employees in other agencies write to say their agencies, too, are culpable http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4992&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5012&source=rss Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Aussie soldiers in Afghanistan are just as exposed to IEDs as U.S. soldiers; in 2004 the Australian government canceled a project aimed to detect IEDs, and Australians want to know why http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5012&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5027&source=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 The UDA specialized in revenge murders of innocent Catholics after IRA attacks; it killed hundreds of people and extorted vast sums from its own community; in the last decades, many of its members turned to drug dealing and other crimes; leaders say that, as of yesterday, the "war is over" and that the organization will stand down; UDA say it will purge criminals from its ranks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5027&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5029&source=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Foreign students applying for graduate study in the U.K. in 41 science and engineering subjects now must pass extra security screening http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5029&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5047&source=rss Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Kevin Rudd, leader of Australia's opposition Labor Party, has proposed the creation of a DHS-like agency to coordinate responses to terrorism and natural disasters; critics say that the current, decentralized Australian first-response system is better http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5047&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5074&source=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:35:30 -0500 U.K. Home Office organize a meeting of 150 scientists, venture capitalists, chief executives, and academics to exchange ideas on new capabilities and future research priorities in the figh against terrorism http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5074&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5148&source=rss Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 New York politicians slam administration's plans to cut antiterrorism funds to New York and other large cities; if Bush includes the cuts in his annual funding request to Congress, "They'll be dead on arrival," Representative Peter King (R-New York) vowed http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5148&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5160&source=rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Last year the United States attracted $180 billion in foreign direct investment; U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies employ 5.1 million Americans with a payroll of $336 billion; this translates into annual average worker compensation of $66,042 -- well above the national average; one analyst argues that we should not allow protectionist sentiments and misplaced security concerns disrupt this contribution to the U.S. economy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5160&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5165&source=rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 U.S. teenagers continue to fall behind students from other industrialized countries in science and math; tests conducted among students in the 30 industrialized OECD countries place U.S. students at 23rd in math and 17th in science; when compared to tests conducted among students from two dozen non-industrialized countries, U.S. students fell in the middle of the pack in science and did somewhat worse in math http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5165&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5169&source=rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 IG predicts that the number of FEMA investigations outnumber those planned for any of the ten other DHS divisions; for 2008, the IG plans to produce 173 management reports -- 53 on FEMA and 31 on the department's management division http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5169&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5176&source=rss Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 China is engaging in a broad effort to obtain Western technology, and has instructed its intellignece agencies to engage in industrial espionage in the West; a California resident is sentenced to two years in prison for selling China night-vision cameras http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5176&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5197&source=rss Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 The U.K. government and a couple of research associations are seeking bids from universities interested in hosting new Innovation and Knowledge Centers (IKCs); each center will be funded with £9.5 million spread over five years http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5197&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5200&source=rss Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 If the flashing blue lights, ear-piercing sirens, and blazing headlamps of a police car or an ambulance do not manage to attract your attention, then shaking the earth under your feet surely will http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5200&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5231&source=rss Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 House backs a slimmer version of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) -- but this version is still broader than the one favored by the Senate and White House; TRIA will expire on 31 December unless renewed, and insurance companies, big cities are increasingly anxious http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5231&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5272&source=rss Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Fermilab's 2008 budget will be 17 percent smaller than the 2007 budget; 200 of its 1,900 scientists will be laid off next month; NOνA's neutrino experiment, Tevatron collider, other programs to be halted; one scientist says: "Effectively, Fermilab is put on a glide-path to shut down after 2011" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5272&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5295&source=rss Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The energy efficiency portions of the energy bill which passed the Senate save U.S. consumers and businesses more than $400 billion between now and 2030; this is triple the savings from legislation passed by Congress in 2005 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5295&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5296&source=rss Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 In the last three decades, the lives of more than 3,000 officers were saved by body armor; many, though, lost their lives or were injured when they were wearing ineffective body armor; NIST, Justice create program for accrediting labs which test and certify body armor http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5296&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5312&source=rss Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Respected annual report ranking countries on privacy protection gave the four nations the lowest possible rating; concern over terrorism, immigration, and border control continue to erode privacy and increase surveillance http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5312&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5324&source=rss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Worried about ever-more-powerful IEDs, the Army is providing soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division with helmets equipped with sensors which measure the energy wave generated by an "event" and the acceleration or jolt that follows http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5324&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5333&source=rss Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Advisory group says theft of trade secrets (did somebody say China?), cyber attacks, and home-grown radicalism were among the major 2007 threats to U.S. businesses operating abroad -- and that 2008 will see intensification of these threats http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5333&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5347&source=rss Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Global hunger for inventions and new technologies sparks an explosion in patent applications, threatening to swamp the system responsible for dealing with them; another problem: Massive, systematic Chinese campaign, encouraged by the Chinese government, to steal Western trade secrets and violate intellectual property rules http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5347&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5353&source=rss Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 FBI servers occupy an underground facility the size of two football fields; the organization's database now contains 55 million digital prints; the plan is not only to increase this number, but also add palm patterns, iris patterns, face shapes, scars, and data on people’s voices and walking patterns http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5353&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5354&source=rss Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 There is Generation X and Generation Y; now there is Generation ID: Thousands of children across the U.K. have had their fingerprints and DNA taken without explicit informed parental consent; children -- and privacy -- advocates say this is dangerous http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5354&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5359&source=rss Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The FBI's Server in the Sky project would allow countries to search and swap biometric data on some of the world's most wanted criminals; project is similar to the EU's Prüm Treaty http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5359&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5370&source=rss Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 New York City wants more bioterror sensors installed on city streets; DHS, which funds 90 percent of the program, says it is willing to install a few of the units now, at a cost of $100,000 each, but that it would rather wait for new, improved sensors before paying for a city-wide roll out http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5370&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5371&source=rss Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Solutions to the food safety problem fall into two broad categories: government-mandated reforms and reforms generated by the food industry itself; the three major recommendations for government action: Creating a food-supervision superagency; giving the FDA mandatory food recall authority; and tightening supervision of imported food http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5371&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5381&source=rss Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 FBI, U.K. National Policing Improvement Agency in talks over the U.K. joining the FBI's ambitious Server in the Sky database project; new database, in which the FBI plans to invest some $1 billion, will track down the world's most wanted criminals and terrorists http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5381&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5399&source=rss Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 U.S. government agencies will have to provide more details about the privacy reviews they conduct as part of annual reporting in compliance with FISMA http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5399&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5415&source=rss Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 In 1994, the U.S. Department of Energy established the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) program to engage former Soviet weapons scientists in nonmilitary work in the short term and create private sector jobs for these scientists in the long term; GAO finds problems in how the program was managed, and questions accuracy of reported achievements http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5415&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5420&source=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Prepare for another heated NSA-domestic spying debate: The Bush administration issues secret directive on 8 January -- informally known as the "cyber initiative" -- expanding the intelligence community's role in monitoring Internet traffic; the goal is to protect against a rising number of attacks on federal agencies' computer systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5420&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5425&source=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Billions of dollars have been invested in shoring up security for ports, railways, motor coaches, and air travel -- but practically nothing has been done to improve security of buses carrying millions of children every day to and from school; President Bush gave TSA a year to develop a national assessment of school bus security, but TSA has yet to develop such a plan http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5425&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5428&source=rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Government watchdog organizations say the cost of the war in Iraq has ballooned, in part, because of the dearth of trained acquisition professionals assigned to the theater and the failure of federal agencies to establish a uniform set of procurement policy guidelines http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5428&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5434&source=rss Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Editors of new book on Darwinism in a dangerous world argue we can learn from nature how better to protect ourselves against terrorists: "Biological organisms have figured out millions of ways, over three and a half billion years of evolution, to keep themselves safe from a vast array of threats,” they say http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5434&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5437&source=rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Arizona school district began to fingerprint students without notifying parents, or asking for the parents' permission; the parents rebelled, the State Senate is discussing a bill to outlaw such fingerprinting, and the school district retreated: Fingerprinting will stop, and the fingerprint database will be deleted http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5437&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5448&source=rss Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Lawmakers charge FEMA with manipulating scientific data about the potential danger posed by a toxic gas emitted in trailers still housing tens of thousands of survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita; more than 40,000 trailers are still being used by families displaced by Katrina in August 2005 and Rita weeks later http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5448&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5454&source=rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:35:30 -0500 CCAT is seeking funding applications for technologies which support the smart unmanned ground robotics initiative; technologies of interest to the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC); and force health protection http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5454&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5463&source=rss Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Depending on the assumption we bring to the issue, additional 36 billion barrels of oil and 137 trillion cubic feet of natural gas would be added over current reserve estimates; this would result in limiting oil imports and increase America's energy security; but -- and this is an important "but" -- many assumptions must hold for this to be the case http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5463&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5465&source=rss Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 TSA launches a blog -- Evolution of Security -- aimed at encouraging conversations and exchanges between the traveling public and the agency's experts on matters pertaining to air travel security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5465&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5475&source=rss Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 DHS efforts to develop technologies for detecting dirty bombs run into criticism of the feasibility of the technology and questions about the cost-benefit analysis used to justify the deployment of the systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5475&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5477&source=rss Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Texas state senator offers legislation, with the support of state police chiefs, which would help in fighting crimes -- and terrorism: Legislation would require prepaid cellphone customers to present ID and limit purchases to three phones at a time; it also would require prepaid cellphone service providers to make phone records accessible to police http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5477&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5497&source=rss Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 DHS requests $50.5 billion in funding for FY 2009, an increase of 6.8 percent over FY2008; big ticket item: $1.3 billion request for department-wide efforts to counter IED threats http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5497&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5499&source=rss Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 DHS's Custom and Border Protection agency says that Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program made major contributions to U.S. security in 2007 by keeping a close eye on the supply chain bringing goods into the U.S. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5499&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5506&source=rss Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 India is worried about China's growing military might; Indian companies see an opportunity here, and more and more of them are looking to enter the defense market -- with U.S. companies as partners; the U.S. government, too, is intensifying its defense cooperation with India http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5506&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5525&source=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 U.K. company launches body-worn CCTV aiming to help security agents in the field; the equipment comes in both overt and covert configurations; devices help field agents gather information and evidence -- and it also helps supervisors at HQ to monitor the situation in the field http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5525&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5526&source=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The Chinese government has embarked on a massive industrial espionage campaign aimed to hasten China's rise to global technological and economic dominance while at the same time weakening Western companies; Aussie intelligence says Australia is now also a target of that campaign http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5526&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5533&source=rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The Bush administration, as part of a new approach to producing clean cole, has ended government participation in the FutureGen project; government says that the private sector can now pick up the tab; the administration unfolds new clean cole initiatives http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5533&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5534&source=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 DOE restructures FutureGen approach; under the new plan, DOE's investment would provide funding for no more than the carbon capture and storage (CCS) component of the power plant -- not the entire plant construction; the original 2003 FutureGen concept called for the federal government to cover 74 percent of the cost of the entire project; DOE requests $648 million in FY2009 budget for coal research, development, and deployment http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5534&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5535&source=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The Department of Energy restructures its approach to FutureGen -- the ambitious plan to develop clean coal technology which produces hydrogen and electricity and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5535&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5537&source=rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 U.K. government agency injects £6 million into research aiming to halve the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells; in the first four years of the project, scientists created platform technologies in crystalline silicon, thin film silicon, thin film cadmium telluride, and thin film copper indium diselenide; now they will narrow down the research http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5537&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5541&source=rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 TSA is launching a new employee screening program at seven airports; new screening procedure mandated by Congress last month http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5541&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5542&source=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Chinese spy ring based in New Orleans broken up; two individuals of Chinese origin bribe Pentagon official d=to deliver sensitive information concerning Taiwan http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5542&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5543&source=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Modeling and simulation are growing in importance, and a new certificate program provides training in applying M&S to military and business challenges http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5543&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5545&source=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department adds 3D laser scanning technology from Leica Geosystems to support forensic and investigative activities -- but also to help prosecution in impressing juries: "Due to the all of the CSI-type programming on television, jurors these days have much higher expectations about the quality and clarity of information that prosecutors present to them,” says Leica's Tony Grissim http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5545&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5546&source=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The tidal farm scheme would be capable of generating 10.5 MW of power drawn entirely from the sea’s major tidal currents; project will be built off the north-west coast of Anglesey, north Wales http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5546&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5577&source=rss Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Connecting different renewable energy sources to the national grid may be a costly proposition; new study aims to find community generation schemes which are able to connect to the grid without the need for expensive cable upgrades or digging up roads http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5577&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5593&source=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Experts say that the U.S. needs to invest $1.6 trillion over five years to shore up the country's crumbling infrastructure; estimates show that each billion dollars invested in infrastructure creates between 40,000 and 50,000 new jobs, and that every $1 billion invested in transportation infrastructure generates $2 billion in economic activity throughout our economy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5593&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5595&source=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Bain Capital and a Chinese partner wanted to buy 3Com for $2.2 billion; 3Com's TippingPoint unit sells security software used by U.S. government agencies, and persistent questions were raised over the national security ramifications of the deal; Bain and Huawei Technologies have now withdrawn their application to CFIUS http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5595&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5600&source=rss Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 California company, working with DHS funds, develops a blinding flash light which may well replace taser guns, pepper spray, and rubber bullets as law enforcement's non-lethal weapon of choice http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5600&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5651&source=rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Simulation and virtualization are becoming more popular as tools for preparedness; MPRI, a subsidiary of L-3 company, will use its simulation and training expertise to help CDC prepare for all-hazard disasters, including bioterrorism and pandemic outbreaks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5651&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5662&source=rss Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Because of its proximity to the nation's capital, the Baltimore metro area and Washington suburbs are particularly vulnerable to terrorist activity, Maryland leaders say; they want attention to security increased, not decreased http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5662&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5663&source=rss Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 DHS received the keys from Boeing -- behind schedule, it should be noted -- to Project 28, only to find out that it fell short of the promise the department made to Congress, and that Boeing made to the department; Boeing has now received a three-year extension; the Arizona Republic says the failure of Project 28 has deeper meaning for technology and policy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5663&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5682&source=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 About $72 billion in drugs and active ingredients were imported into the U.S. in 2006; the FDA that year spent a mere $12.75 million inspecting foreign production plants; between 3,250 and 6,800 non-U.S. plants export drugs and drug ingredients to the U.S. (the FDA's two main databases each gives a different figure), and are thus subject to FDA inspection; in the last five years the agency has conducted only 1,445 foreign inspections; main reason: In the face of growing drug and food imports, the Bush administration steadily cut the agency's budget and resources since 2001 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5682&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5694&source=rss Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The worries about how the U.K. government protects sensitive data continue: A report to parliament admits that the government has lost or had stolen more than 1,000 laptops in recent years http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5694&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5700&source=rss Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Ever since the 2006 Dubai Ports World's takeover of management operations in major U.S. seaports, Congress has shown increasing irritation with attempts by foreign companies to own U.S. critical infrastructure assets; there is a growing resistance in Congress to U.K.-based TCI to take control of rail operator CSX http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5700&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5715&source=rss Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Decline and fall: In FY 1981, FSIS spent $13.22 per thousand pounds of meat and poultry inspected and passed; by FY 2007, the figure had fallen to $8.26 per thousand pounds; in FY 1981 FSIS employed about 190 workers per billion pounds of meat and poultry inspected and passed; by FY 2007, FSIS employed fewer than 88 workers per billion pounds http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5715&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5717&source=rss Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The 9/11 attacks demonstrated the need for more information and intelligence sharing among law enforcement services a the local, state, and federal levels; more and more intelligence sharing systems are being put in place by private companies to help law enforcement cope with -- and meaningfully and effectively use -- the vast new sources of data now open to them; privacy advocates worry http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5717&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5723&source=rss Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 There are 17 million students who live in open environments on college campuses across the United States; a year after the deadly Virginia Tech shooting, there are growing calls for Congress to help fund campus security; high-tech alert systems, such as text messaging, are seen as crucial to warn students of possible threats http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5723&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5746&source=rss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The shared goal of both the United States and the United Kingdom is safeguarding our citizens and the security of key national assets. Our governments are working collaboratively and have long recognized the need to work closely on science and technologies for security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5746&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5751&source=rss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Most EU countries have visa waiver agreements with the United States -- but not 11 of the 12 states which joined the EU since 2004; the EU wants to negotiate a package deal for these countries, but the United States prefers bilateral deals so it can pick and choose among the new EU members; the EU says this violates the EU rules http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5751&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5755&source=rss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 In February Hallmark/Westland Meat was forced to recall 143 million pounds of meat -- the largest recall in U.S. history -- after it was revealed that the company processed cows which were potentially sick; a week after the recall, the company went out of business; company's president admits company was at fault http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5755&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5757&source=rss Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 This week was National Science and Engineering week in the United Kingdom -- and the London events and exhibit emphasized the contribution scientists and engineers make to the defense of the kingdom; a venerable engineering magazine says we should be just a bit cautious here lest we turn the battlefield of the future into a publicly funded industrial testing ground, where commercial pressure would overwhelm the sober considerations of defense decision makers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5757&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5758&source=rss Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 As the debate over nonlethal weapons continue -- are they more humane because they do not kill? Are they instruments of torture? -- DHS funds the development of flash-light-based system which incapacitates by flashing LED lights at several specific frequencies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5758&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5759&source=rss Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 You may want to think twice before ordering spinach next time: Inspections of sixty-seven facilities found inadequate restroom sanitation, litter piles, and indoor condensation posing a risk of food contamination by microorganisms; the bad thing is that the FDA has taken no action to correct these breaches http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5759&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5771&source=rss Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The United States allows millions of little-educated, low-skill immigrants to come to the country, while allocating a tiny number of visas to high-skill scientists and engineers; this is going to change, but critics complain that bill still leaves major problems -- chief among them: setting wage floor for H-1B employees -- unaddressed http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5771&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5772&source=rss Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Since being absorbed into DHS in 2003, the Federal Protective Service's budget and staff have been steadily cut, with DHS transferring many of the service's assignments to outside contractors; critics say this has gone too far http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5772&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5775&source=rss Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 The annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology is being held in Seattle this week; among the major topics: Pharmaceuticals contaminating the U.S. water supply; 7,000 scientists and regulators from 45 countries attend http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5775&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5776&source=rss Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5776&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5787&source=rss Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Robotic competition among high-school students aims to promote and reward students' engagement in innovation and engineering, and encourage youngsters to become curious and interested in science and mathematics http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5787&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5803&source=rss Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 DHS wants all states to incorporate biometric and RFID technologies into the driver licenses they issue -- or risk having citizens of states which fail to do so being barred from flights and federal buildings; the states argue that they do not have the funds to implement this mandate; DHS says it may be willing to be flexible, but at the end states would have to comply http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5803&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5812&source=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 Department of Energy penalizes Battelle $250,000 for lax worker safety procedure at Idaho National Laboratory; this is the latest in a series of penalties imposed on contractors operating national labs http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5812&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=5817&source=rss Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:35:30 -0500 System detects the sound of an initial guns