On the Road – You Have a Ticket, but Is That Your Name? – NYTimes.com A new federal initiative called Secure Flight requires that the name on the ID you use at the airport security checkpoint precisely match the name on your airline ticket. Secure Flight takes effect for domestic passengers early next year and […]
Top space scientist Stewart Nozette, who worked for the White House and NASA, has been charged with spying and trying to channel classified information about US nuclear weaponry and national defense to Israel.
As we continue to explore cloud computing, we will look at why we consider it, what cloud computing can do for an enterprise that adopts it, and briefly, a few of the different adoption models that might be considered.
The tortured saga of RT is pretty well known, but during his confirmation hearing Thursday, the nominee for Administrator for the Transportation Security Administration Erroll Southers indicated his strong support for a risk-based Registered Traveler program.
I give S&T high marks for beginning to open itself to the public and media in a transparent fashion. The roundtable gave me an opportunity to ask questions about how the Commercialization office might be tied closer with the acquisition process (something where the public and private sector would find benefit, I believe.)
AirportBusiness.com » Article » Problem-Plagued Registered Traveler Program on the Corporate Radar Registered Traveler, the system of private companies offering quicker trips through airport checkpoints that effectively collapsed this summer, is ready to make a comeback, according to corporate officials who testified before a congressional panel Wednesday. That could include a comeback for Clear, the […]
At a time when the economy is in the toilet, when we’re fighting (and perhaps losing) wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, when healthcare is becoming a fading memory, and we’ve got to worry about Ahmadinejad trying to get his hands on a nuke with all the fervor of a Wall Street fat-cat chasing down a government bailout, Congress seems more concerned about finding ways to belittle one another than fulfilling the oath to serve.
The pursuit of bureaucratic dominance after 9/11 gave us the divorce of counter-terror from counter-crime, creating a duopoly that is massively expensive in terms of money, manpower and effectiveness. Illegal immigration and smuggling are becoming a major focus of manpower, and runs the risk of the same bureaucratic wrangling that sacrifices effect and efficiency in the name of departmental primacy.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General recently released a report on DHS’ strategy to address small boat threats in U.S. waters. The threat of a small boat attack in the U.S is real and DHS leadership knows that understanding and control of small boat activity in and around the U.S. is key to addressing the small boat terrorism threat.
I had a wonderful opportunity this past weekend to gain some insights into the cyber security priorities and concerns out in the real world – beyond the Beltway and being implemented in real life.
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