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- Homeland Security: Key Cargo Security Programs Can Be Improved
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP has in place two programs to help address the threat posed by terrorists smuggling weapons of mass destruction WMD into the United States: the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the Container Security Initiative CSI. In July 2003, GAO reported that these programs had...
- White papers 2005-05-26
- Cargo Security: Partnership Program Grants Importers Reduced Scrutiny With Limited Assurance of Improved Security
- This report addresses the following issues: what benefits do U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP provide to Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members? Before providing benefits, what approach does CBP take to determine C-TPAT members' eligibility for them? After providing benefits, how does CBP verify that members have implemented their...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Cargo Security White Paper: Independent Verification of C-TPAT Cargo Security Controls
- A private sector, third-party verification process has been successful in several government policy initiatives. This white paper proposes a similar solution to reduce the risk that terrorists will exploit legitimate trade and the intermodal container to attack the United States using a weapon of mass destruction. By embedding a private...
- White papers 2005-05-26
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- Senate panel slams cargo security programs.(Update)
- Port and cargo security is in the spotlight again. The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations last month released two critical Government Accountability Office GAO reports detailing problems with key homeland security cargo security p Port and cargo security is in the spotlight again. The U.S....
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- The Coalition for Luggage Security and Government Accountability Office Still Concerned With Cargo Security
- NEW YORK -- The Coalition for Luggage Security regrettably must comment on today's Associated Press article which stresses that those agencies protecting our citizens still are unable to prevent our vulnerability from suitcases and cargo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051116/ap_on_go_co/air_cargo_security_1
- Research articles 2005-11-16
- Cargo Tracking and Security Market: Two Themes in Need of a Major Catalyst, Says ABI Research
- NEW YORK -- While there is healthy activity in cargo tracking and security, it is difficult to determine where the market is headed, as it hinges on whether or not a set of requirements and mandates is placed on shippers. Which entities will provide the push when there is little...
- Research articles 2007-12-19
- Former DHS Official Urges Industry To Upgrade Cargo Security Programs
- WASHINGTON - A former business liaison for the Department of Homeland security said the government "can only do so much" to prevent terror attacks, and the private sector needs to "participate as a partner" to upgrade security and keepWASHINGTON - A former business liaison for the Department of Homeland security...
- Research articles 2005-12-12
- Congressional investigators press for cargo security improvements.
- Two reports from the Government Accountability Office plus a Congressional investigation have revealed "crippling flaws" in Customs and Border Patrol cargo security programs, according to Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Dingell was part of a...
- Research articles 2005-06-07
- NCSC and RFID Journal Co-Host World's First Major RFID Seminar on How RFID Addresses Supply Chain and Homeland Security Threats
- ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Leading Global Cargo Security and RFID Groups Convene 22 Authorities on Real-Time Security Solutions from Industry, Government, and Solution Providers
- Research articles 2004-10-19
- TSA Sets Air Cargo Security Rules
- The government last week announced new security requirements for air cargo that include criminal background checks for more than 100,000 airline and freight workers.The government last week announced new security requirements for air cargo that include criminal background checks for more than 100,000 airline and freight workers.
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- OSI Systems Receives $4.6 Million Contract from U.S. Government Agency for Cargo & Mobile X-Ray Inspection Systems
- HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), a vertically integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, announced today that its Security and Inspection division, Rapiscan Systems received from a U.S. Government agency a $4.6 million contract for multiple Cargo and Vehicle Inspection...
- Research articles 2006-09-28
- Active RFID is the Leading Technology in Cargo Container Security, but the Match Isn't over Yet, Says ABI Research
- NEW YORK -- Although the ISO committee concerned with cargo container security has finally released a standard based on active RFID, many end-users would prefer to employ passive RFID solutions, or none at all. In the absence of a mandate from the United States government, amid continuing questions about the...
- Research articles 2007-10-08
- American Science and Engineering, Inc. to Discuss Innovative Cargo Screening Techniques at Maritime Homeland Security Summit
- AS&E's OmniView Gantry Deployed at the Port of Charleston will be Featured on a Port Tour and Exclusive Briefing by Port Security Officials BILLERICA, Mass. -- American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E[R]) (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today that it will present a cargo inspection...
- Research articles 2008-03-31
- Cargo Security, Good Business Practices May Go Hand In Hand
- It has been seen that what is good for the nation's security in the post-9/11 era might turn out to be equally beneficial to global supply chains. Business executives who complain about the cost and burden of new security measures in the post-9/11 era ought to think again. Most companies...
- White papers 2003-02-01
- OSI Systems Awarded Approximately $30 Million in U.S. Government Contracts for Cargo and Vehicle Inspection Systems
- HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the security and healthcare industries, announced today that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded contracts totaling approximately $30 million from two U.S. Government Agencies for its Rapiscan Eagle Mobile, Rapiscan...
- Research articles 2007-10-03
- Independent Verification of C-TPAT Cargo Security Controls
- A private sector, third-party verification process has been successful in several government policy initiatives. This white paper proposes a similar solution to reduce the risk that terrorists will exploit legitimate trade and the inter-modal container to attack the United States using a weapon of mass destruction. By embedding a private...
- White papers 2005-05-26
- SAE to Feature Technology For Heavy-Truck Security
- The Society of Automotive Engineers is sponsoring a symposium titled "Enhancing Heavy-Truck Safety, Security & Efficiency Through Technology" Dec. 1-2 in Phoenix.Presenters from industry and government will discuss technologies related to engine control; vehicle, trailer and cargo tracking; communications; and driver-vehicle interaction.Topics are expected to include onboard computers with remote...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- ADVISORY/Silicon Valley's Savi Technology, U.S. Senator, Singapore Ambassador, U.S. Coast Guard, Major Port and Port Operators Announce Trans-Pacific Initiative to Improve Ocean Cargo Security
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- Research articles 2002-07-15
- Innofone.com Inc. Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Florida-Based TranData Inc., a Developer of Information Systems for Homeland Security Act Cargo/Shipping Compliancy
- Innofone.com Inc. (OTC BB: INFN) is a development stage company engaged in a strategic roll-up and development of information systems technologies for rapidly developing markets in e-Education, Homeland Defense and Business Intelligence for corporate, consumer and government markets.
- Research articles 2004-08-19
- US government orders freight inspections by cargo and passenger airlines
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The US government has reportedly ordered cargo and passenger airlines to randomly inspect a certain amount of freight before it is loaded on aircraft. A spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration TSA has said that the airlines will conduct the inspections under...
- Research articles 2003-11-18
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