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Tips for Creating a Plan that Addresses the 3 Key Phases of Business Continuity There are three key phases of business continuity: the plan, implementation and follow-up.
Alaska Rep: Arrest the TSA!
Legislator feuds with TSA over scanners: Aviation Industry | Alaska news at adn.com Alaska state Rep. Chris Tuck is running TV ads telling people they can skip the new body scanners at Alaska airports and should call airport police if the Transportation Security Administration gets too frisky with the resulting pat-downs.
Obama withdraws troops from US-Mexican border
Obama to slash National Guard force on U.S.-Mexico border – Washington Times Citing budget cuts, the Obama administration early next year will cut the number of National Guard troops patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border by at least half, according to a congressman who was briefed on the plan.
House to pass bill giving cybersecurity authority to DHS
CQ Homeland Security In the final weeks before Congress is expected to conclude its business for the year, nine lawmakers, including House Homeland Security Chairman Peter T. King, announced a new a cybersecurity bill aimed at protecting critical infrastructure.
AUTHORITIES MISTAKENLY ARREST FOUR U.S. CITIZENS FOR BEING UNDOCUMENTED
Authorities in Southern California wrongly arrested four U.S. citizens through the Secure Communites federal immigration enforcement program, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
Senate bill would offer temp student visas to some illegal immigrants
CQ Homeland Security A new effort from Sen. Michael Bennet would offer temporary student visas to young people brought to the country illegally as children who enroll in college.Bennet’s bill would primarily create a new green card category for graduates in science, technology, engineering and math — known as the STEM fields — that would […]
DHS BULK CASH SMUGGLING CENTER FOLLOWS THE MONEY
A small Department of Homeland Security office in Vermont helped disrupt one of the largest cocaine smuggling operations ever broken up by US agents, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said yesterday.
TSA ANNOUNCES ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY AT U.S. AIRPORTS
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Monday announced 16 airports which are set to receive recently purchased millimeter wave Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units. The machines will be deployed with new automated target recognition (ATR) software designed to enhance privacy by eliminating passenger-specific images while improving throughput capabilities and streamlining the checkpoint screening process.
US FUNDS RADIATION DETECTION PROJECT
Research is continuing research and development of gamma and neutron radiation detectors with funding from the U.S. government.
Funding came in two contracts from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office worth a total $3.65 million, said Dynasil Corp., parent company of RMD.
