Large defense contractors look for cyber-security business – HS Daily Wire Cyber attacks on U.S. government networks and private companies have grown exponentially; the result is a vast increase in the attention paid to, and money spent on, cyber security; the biggest U.S. military contractors are counting on winning billions of dollars in work to […]
On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, will host a Summit at Tougaloo College in Mississippi entitled Continuing America’s Promise: Doing Business with the Department of Homeland Security.
What’s with members of Congress beating up on the front line officer’s of the Department of Homeland security in recent days? Yesterday contributor Chris Battle wrote about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s tirade against ICE agents on this blog, and this morning the Washington Post details Rep. Pete DeFazio’s impatience with transportation security officers in Portland, Ore. and just last week it was Senator David Vitter’s antics at Dulles that made the papers.
Federalizing the air cargo screening process is a drastic and short sighted solution that would further erode our proven risk-based inspection strategy. We need to find flexible, common-sense solutions to meeting the new mandates that don’t totally disregard the important role that risk-based security plays in our national security model.
Secretary Napolitano stated in her January confirmation hearing and her recent testimony before the House Homeland Committee that she wants the Department to re-examine what interoperability means and who should be talking to who and when. Paraphrasing her words, “Not everybody needs to be talking to one another at the same time.” It was a theme echoed by several of the Subcommittee’s Members during today’s hearing as well.
Hearing topics include the congressional mandates to screen 100 percent of air cargo; Human trafficking; FEMA preparedness and response; and DHS intelligence infrastructure.
Checked Baggage, Security Checkpoint Screening Equipment to be Funded by Stimulus Money The department plans to use the funds to accelerate the implementation of optimal checked baggage solutions and the enhanced detection of liquid threats in carry-on baggage. To support this strategy DHS is proposing a plan to allocate $700 million to checked baggage explosive […]
We found this course description for a four-day university course designed to “increase the participants’ understanding of Congress’s role in the creation and oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).” … Uh-huh. Four-day course? Seems like a four-year degree would be more appropriate.
DHS plans enhanced interoperability standard — Federal Computer Week The Homeland Security Department expects to complete an enhanced version of its Bridging Systems Interface technical standard in the this summer to better enable interoperability among emergency response agencies, a senior official said at the GovSec conference today. The enhanced standard will allow for better connections […]
This week, Thomas Frank of USA Today reported on the decision of DHS’ Office of SAFETY Act Implementation (OSAI) to award the NFL SAFETY Act Certification. To see mention of the SAFETY Act in USA Today was a great and positive surprise. After spending several years as the lead technical evaluator to DHS for the SAFETY Act where one of my duties was “outreach,” it was a thrill to finally see a major newspaper give it the attention it deserves.
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