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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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- Savi Technology recently received both the National Infocomm and the Frost & Sullivan Leadership awards--for enhancing global supply chain security and homeland security respectively.(Security/Wireless in brief)
- Savi Technology recently received both the National Infocomm and the Frost & Sullivan Leadership awards--for enhancing global supply chain security and ... Savi Technology recently received both the National Infocomm and the Frost & Sullivan Leadership awards--for enhancing global supply chain security and...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- 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
- iControl Incorporated Awarded U.S. Department of Homeland Security Contract for Worldwide Tracking and Secure Communications of Cargo Containers
- SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a Phase III Marine Asset Tag Tracking System MATTS contract to iControl Incorporated. MATTS is one of the DHS Science and Technology's Cargo Security programs that will enable communication of container security device alarm data to secure shipping...
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- 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
- Louisiana ports receive $26.5M from Homeland Security
- Ports in south Louisiana will be the beneficiaries of six Department of Homeland Security grants totaling $26.5 million. The money is being directed to upgrade security at the facilities. "I am very pleased to announce these grants to help ensure the protection of our ports," said Rep. Bobby...
- Research articles 2006-09-25
- WiFi Wireless, Inc.'s Cargo Container Tracking System Presentations to Homeland Security
- WiFi Wireless, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WFWL) (OTCBB: WFWL) WiFi Wireless, Inc., in its efforts to protect the U.S. ports, has been in contact with the Department of Homeland Security and its different divisions located in California, some of which divisions include: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Detention and Removal Operations,...
- Research articles 2006-07-18
- US Senate passes mammoth homeland security bill
- WASHINGTON AFP — Democrats on Friday hailed the passage by the US Senate of a huge homeland security bill including key recommendations of a probe into the September 11 attacks in 2001. The bill requires the introduction of a system to screen all cargo loaded onto passenger jets within...
- Research articles 2007-07-27
- U.S. stepping up efforts to secure ports.(Security beat: homeland defense briefs)
- The biggest challenge facing the maritime transportation industry is ensuring that legitimate cargo is not needlessly delayed as new security measures are implemented, said retired Coast Guard Adm. James M. Loy, deputy secretary of homeland security. According to Loy, every year more than 7,500...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Container initiative gains toehold in Middle East.(Security beat: homeland defense briefs)(Brief Article)
- The first Middle East organization to participate in a global port security program has just signed up, the Department of Homeland Security announced. Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corp. joined the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's container security initiative in December, said...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Unisys Awarded Department of Homeland Security Managed Services Contract; Unisys to Continue Working with DHS to Provide a Secure, Customer Service-Oriented Environment for Its Operations
- BLUE BELL, Pa. -- Unisys Corp. (NYSE:UIS) today announced that the Transportation Security Administration TSA of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS has awarded the company a "bridge" contract to continue building, securing and managing the information technology infrastructure for TSA, and for DHS headquarters facility. Unisys services will...
- Research articles 2006-01-04
- U.S. beefs up security on railway systems.(Security beat: homeland defense briefs)
- In the aftermath of the March terrorist attacks on Spanish rail and mass transit lines, the Department of Homeland Security is stepping up safeguards on U.S. rail systems. Many of these efforts began after 9/11, but they are getting more emphasis following the bombings in Madrid, ...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- Are your trucks a target for terrorism? Homeland Security measures may ultimately include GPS tracking of bobtails, transports.
- Alone and in the dark, bobtail drivers and bulk transport operators cover their routes around the clock, providing service well into the wee hours. Isolated conditions and an explosive cargo carry Homeland Security risks that are aggressively being addressed by government regulators, politicians and trucking industry...
- Research articles 2003-11-01
- Nano-Proprietary, Inc. Awarded Homeland Security Contract for Cargo Shipping Container Sensor
- Nano-Proprietary, Inc. (OTCBB: NNPP) announced that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. ANI, has been awarded an SBIR Phase II contract for the continued development of a "Dual Sensor Module for Human Detection" from the Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency HSARPA. This two-year contract is for approximately $750,000 and...
- Research articles 2007-08-16
- American Science and Engineering, Inc., has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
- American Science and Engineering, Inc., has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to develop and deliver a next-generation cargo-inspection system designed to detect shielded nuclear threats at the nation's points of entry.
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Homeland security contracts.(with American Science and Engineering Inc., Defense Group Inc. and Ameritex Guard Services)(Brief Article)
- Homeland Security Contracts AWARDEE AMOUNT PURPOSE American Science $5.4 million Cargo and vehicle x-ray inspection...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security has changed the operating hours for the U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Otay Mesa
- Gradual Transition: The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security has changed the operating hours for the U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Otay Mesa, and will leave it open 24 hours a day later this summer. Until June 15, it was open from 6 a.m....
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Homeland Security: Process for Reporting Lessons Learned From Seaport Exercises Needs Further Attention
- Seaports are a critical vulnerability in the nation's defense against terrorism. They are potential entry points for bombs or other devices smuggled into cargo ships and ports' often-sprawling nature presents many potential targets for attack. The paper examines the emerging framework for coordinating entities involved in security responses, legal and...
- White papers 2005-01-01
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