The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act the Stafford Act authorizes the President to issue a major disaster declaration to speed a wide range of federal aid to states determined to be overwhelmed by hurricanes or other catastrophes. Financing for the aid is appropriated to the Disaster...
The United States Border Patrol USBP has a long and storied history as our nation's first line of defense against unauthorized migration. Today, the USBP's primary mission is to detect and prevent the entry of terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and illegal aliens into the country, and to interdict drug...
This report outlines the issues involved with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) completion of a three-tiered, 14-mile fence, along the border near San Diego, California. The state of California has delayed completion of the fence due primarily to legal and policy conflicts with its federally-approved, state-run Coastal Management Program....
The national preparedness system NPS under development within the Department of Homeland Security DHS holds significant implications for the operations and priorities of homeland security officials, emergency managers, and first responders. This report provides background information on the six NPS documents, and identifies related issues that may be the subject...
The Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 ("CIIA"), to be codified at 6 U.S.C. ??131 - 134, was passed on November 25, 2002 as subtitle B of Title II of the Homeland Security Act (P.L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, sections 211 - 215), and regulates the use and disclosure of...
MIPS OKs 22 research projects The Maryland Industrial Partnerships program announced the approval of 22 research projects partnering Maryland companies with university researchers to develop high-tech products. Worth $3.6 million, the projects combine $1.8 million from participating companies and $1.8 million from MIPS,...
Company Exhibited and Presented Technical Paper on Semiconductor Lasers for High Energy Laser Weapon Applications at 21st Annual Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review 2008 SYLMAR, Calif. -- QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB:QPCI), "QPC," a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness,...
GILBERT, Ariz., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GLAST observatory, designed and built by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GLAST is a next-generation high-energy gamma-ray satellite designed to make observations of...
Life in the USA is difficult for legal immigrants, too. My wife and I live in Virginia. We are experts in educational assessment. I work legally with approval from the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. But we are Canadians, and...
Distinguished Leaders to Provide Strategic Counsel to Rajant for Global Expansion in Wireless Mining Communications MALVERN, Pa. -- Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of portable wireless mesh networking solutions, announced today a newly formed Mining Advisory Board that will provide strategic counsel to the company...
ABSTRACT Alaska's students directly observe their high-latitude landscape changing in response to both active tectonics and warming temperatures. Alaska's secondary school teachers must increasingly provide Earth systems science education that integrates these personal observations with geospatial datasets and satellite images using Geographic Information System GIS technology. Alaskan job...
President Bush has sent a $3.1 trillion budget to Congress for fiscal year 2009, which begins October 1, 2008. The amount projects a budget deficit of $407 billion. The Washington Post reports that the plan "omits several costly features, including tens of billions of...
Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAI has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide global network managed services to INEOS, a manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. The single-award, time and materials, firm-fixed-price contract has a 42-month base...
On January 8, 2008, Leslie G. Sarasin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Frozen Food Institute AFFI, addressed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce audience regarding the state of American business and issues that will dominate this year's legislative agenda in the...
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- ISM International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ISML) today announces that the GotchaGPS[TM] Engineers are developing sophisticated products to enhance personal safety and to protect the United States oil industry. This advanced technology will help the U.S. Homeland Security Department fight undesirable enemies with advanced knowledge and technology. ...
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, Turkey and Japan have created a compact device that could lead to portable, battery-operated sources of terahertz radiation, or T-rays. The development marks the successful bridging of the "terahertz gap"-scientists' term for the range...
The opportunity exists for many developing countries to become active participants in science, technology, and innovation, but to succeed they will need the support of the international scientific community. When it comes to the global state of science, technology, and innovation (ST&I), there's more than one...
Angela Jimenez was just another New Yorker making her way through Manhattan's crowds getting her weekly banking done. Or so it might have seemed. Instead, Jimenez was a key link in a chain helping to keep drugs on...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:IRBO) today announced the appointment of Pranela Rameshwar, Ph.D., to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Rameshwar has been directing academic research programs for over 15 years and is an internationally-recognized thought leader in...
Members Contribute Extensive Scientific and Professional Backgrounds in Product Development, Government, Marketing and Industry Trend Analysis HERNDON, Va. -- Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB:GDTI), innovators of groundbreaking threat detection technology with critical and immediate applications for the homeland security and healthcare markets, has announced the...
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