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Continual Terror Threats Driving the Growth of the Homeland Security Market
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5ce84d/u_s_department_of) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "U.S. Department of Homeland Security Markets Budget Analysis" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled U.S. Department of Homeland Security Markets Budget Analysis analyzes current trends and historical spending...
Tags: BUREAU, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2008-06-23
GovSec U.S. Law and Ready 2008 Announces Stellar Keynote Line-up
America's Premier Government Security Event, April 23-24 in Washington, D.C. Will Feature World's Top Leaders on Border Security, Cyber Security, Counterterrorism and First Responders FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- GovSec, U.S. Law and Ready Conference and Exposition, which is owned and operated by 1105 Government Information Group, has announced its...
Tags: agency, conference, cybersecurity, FBI, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, ICE, secretary, SECURITY, undersecretary
Research articles 2008-02-12
FEMA back in charge of emergency response under new plan.(Federal Emergency Management Agency)(Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act)
Lawmakers and state and local officials welcomed a new federal plan outlining coordinated intergovernmental response to emergencies with the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA at the helm as a good first step toward correcting the problems exposed by the federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005....
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-01-28
FEMA's trailers
THE ARTICLE "Toxic trailers" is too simple in its blame of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Sept. 18). Dean Peerman offers no solution, only criticism. He does not say what FEMA has been doing to correct the problems in the area hit by Hurricane Katrina. To help get people...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Iraq, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-12-25
SSWM Issues LOI to Acquire Quick Quarters Manufacturing Company
- Company Makes Temporary Shelters for Emergency Response, Disaster & FEMA Use - CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Robert Brehm, CEO of Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, Inc. (OTCBB:SSWM), announced today that the company has issued a Letter of Intent and term sheet for the acquisition of Quick Quarters Kentucky, Inc....
Tags: acquisition, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FINANCE, Investment, Manufacturing, SALES, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-11-19
N. Illinois hopes to hold off surging flood waters
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. -- More rain pushed flood waters higher in northern Illinois on Friday, threatening further havoc in a region where days of torrential thunderstorms have swamped thousands of homes and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. In this Chicago suburb, about 300 people...
Tags: Chicago, Federal Emergency Management Agency, HEALTHCARE, Illinois, SECURITY, Wisconsin
Research articles 2007-08-25
N. Illinois hopes to hold off surging flood waters
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. -- More rain pushed flood waters higher in northern Illinois on Friday, threatening further havoc in a region where days of torrential thunderstorms have swamped thousands of homes and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. In this Chicago suburb, about 300 people...
Tags: Chicago, Federal Emergency Management Agency, HEALTHCARE, Illinois, SECURITY, Wisconsin
Research articles 2007-08-25
Rain pushes Illinois floodwaters higher
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. -- More rain pushed floodwaters higher in northern Illinois on Friday, threatening further havoc in a region where days of torrential thunderstorms have swamped thousands of homes and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. In this Chicago suburb, about 300 people piled sandbags...
Tags: Chicago, Federal Emergency Management Agency, HEALTHCARE, Illinois, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Wisconsin
Research articles 2007-08-25
Key Government Agencies Use ActivIdentity Card Management System at Emergency Response Demonstration
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORSContact: Tim Polakowski of McGrath|Power Public Relations, +1-408- 727-0351, timothyp@mcgrathpower.com, for ActivIdentity Corporation FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ActivIdentity Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTI), a global leader in digital identity assurance, has collaborated with Probaris, Inc. and other key system partners to provide First Responder Authentication Credential FRAC identification...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Fremont, Government, PKI, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2007-08-20
Why FEMA might deny campground fund request.(Neighbor)(Local beat)
Byline: Ames Boykin One Federal Emergency Management Agency official says the cottages at the historic Des Plaines Methodist Campground can be raised, but it might need to be done without federal money. There are questions about whether the Civil War-era campground will...
Tags: DES, Federal Emergency Management Agency, NETWORKING, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-08-02
Flood risk, so no flood fix? Early word bad for campground cottages.(News)
Byline: Ames Boykin rboykin@@dailyherald.com Dorothy Capen's century-old cottage overlooking idyllic Memory Park has its own memories. Capen speaks for it as she's perched on her white wicker chair on her screen porch in the center of the Des Plaines...
Tags: DES, Federal Emergency Management Agency, memory, NETWORKING, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-07-27
Des Plaines looks to go green via bulbs, vehicles.(Neighbor)(Local beat)
Byline: Ames Boykin Des Plaines could be going green. Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten has been pushing the city to pursue more environmental initiatives in the month he has held office. He is chairing a new environmental committee - dubbed...
Tags: E-mail, Federal Emergency Management Agency, NETWORKING, scholarship, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-06-28
Revamped FEMA expected to improve UASI grant process.(Federal Emergency Management Agency, Urban Area Security Initiative)
The congressionally mandated overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA promises improvements in programs for local governments, including grants to larger cities under the Urban Area Security Initiative UASI. Under the reorganization, FEMA now will administer emergency management and terrorism grants to local governments....
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, security, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2007-04-16
Corps Assesses Federally-Constructed Levees in New England as Part of Nationwide Levee Safety Program
To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORSContact: Tim Dugan of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, +1-978-318- 8264, or Timothy.J.Dugan@nae02.usace.army.mil CONCORD, Mass., Feb 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is continuing its ongoing inspection program of federally-constructed flood protection projects in New England. As part of the Corps' nationwide...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, SECURITY, Strategy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Research articles 2007-02-02
Alabama Woman Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Katrina Fraud
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Charlie McNichol of the U.S. Department of Justice, +1- 251-415-7131 MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lawanda T. Williams, also known as Lawanda Johnson, was sentenced today to more than six years in prison for defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA of more than $267,000 and...
Tags: Alabama, attorney, Federal Emergency Management Agency, fraud, Litigation, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2007-01-24
Protecting buildings against bioterrorism—review of guidance and tools
ABSTRACT Ever since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the subsequent anthrax incidents in the US, attempts have been made to thwart further attacks and other forms of terrorism. Attacks involving chemical and/or biological agents CBA are among the most dreaded because of the ease with which they...
Tags: agent, airflow, attack, bioterrorism, Construction, contaminant, Federal Emergency Management Agency, HVAC, occupant, particle, SECURITY, standards, tool, training, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2007-01-01
Officials Commend Dam Safety Act.
Compiled by Carl Molesworth Civil engineers and dam safety officials hailed the passage of the Dam Safety Act of 2006 (H.R. 4981) in the House of Representatives as a crucial step forward in protecting the public from the increasing number of deficient...
Tags: Dam, Federal Emergency Management Agency, SECURITY, U.S.
Research articles 2006-11-20
Slidell mayor promises no healthy trees to be cut
Armed with industrial chainsaws, federal contractors in Slidell have started cutting down an estimated 3,000 dead and dying trees, mostly pines, killed off by saltwater intrusion from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge, city officials said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency awill remove the trees from residential properties up to...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FINANCE, Insurance, NETWORKING, SECURITY
Research articles 2006-10-26
Belleville, Ill. Woman Pleads Guilty to Hurricane Katrina Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Public Benefit Frauds
To: National DeskContact: Randy Massey of the U.S. Department of Justice Southern District of Illinois, 618-628-3700FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill., Oct. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Tina Marie Winston, a.k.a. Tina Marie Gilmore, 34, of Belleville, Ill., today entered a plea of guilty to four counts of mail fraud, three counts of making...
Tags: benefit, Federal Emergency Management Agency, fraud, Government, Illinois, Litigation, SECURITY, Social Security Administration
Research articles 2006-10-06
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL: THE MARKET STATE, DIVIDED POWER, AND THE RESPONSE TO 9/11
ABSTRACT:The 9/11 attacks demanded a response from the U.S. government, but designing and executing that response was not easily done. The United States is an advanced market society in which power is highly dispersed. Federal policymakers were confronted with challenges that we now regardas typical of the network form of...
Tags: American Airlines, attack, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, Government Accountability Office, network, president, security, U.S., U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-09-01