Yesterday Secretary Napolitano reached out to the public with a message to encourage citizen participation in the fight against terrorism. (Yes, I said it: terrorism. And so did she.) The message isn’t a new one but it is good to hear repeated.
Yet another embarrassing situation for TSA occurred earlier this week when TSA screeners at Fort Lauderdale airport decided to confiscate a toy sword and bright red wooden gun from two young boys on the way back home from Disney World.
Mickey McCarter of HS Today spoke with Security Debrief contributor Randy Bearsworth about his recent appointment to Secretary Napolitano’s 60-day task force regarding the current terror alert system. Breadsworth, who most recently co-chaired the Presidential Study Directive-1 (PSD-1): Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, spoke with HS Today about the goals of the system and future of notifying both the public and government partners in the case of an emergency.
Memo To ‘Color Alert’ Task Force: Put Your Citizen Hats On, Design With/For Public, Integrate Into Overall Citizen Preparedness Program, Consider All-Hazards Approach (Maybe Starting With H1N1), Replace Changing Colors With Consistent Communications, Advisory Should Be Two-Way, Let Public In ‘The Bubble’, Utilize Social Media The Department is now accepting comments on the future of […]
Absent an identity tool tied to E-Verify, employers have been left to serve as document detectives. Senator Schumer’s suggestion for a biometric employment card doesn’t sound all that different than enhanced security goals hoped to be achieved by Real ID. Regrettably this identity solution received a major blow in the past few weeks when the Administration announced that it was retreating from Real ID’s implementation.
National Level Exercise 2009 – NLE 09 Terror Exercise : Homeland Security News National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident […]
Lamar Smith, Jim Sensenbrenner, Peter King and Darrell Issa – Pass ID Act Would Be a Real Threat to National Security – washingtonpost.com Despite the fact that a unanimous Senate — including then-Sen. Barack Obama — passed the Real ID Act, several senators recently introduced legislation known as the Pass ID Act, which promises to […]
Real lD vs. PASS ID turns on technology debate — Washington Technology States have complained about provisions of the Real ID law that require them to upgrade their driver’s license programs with new technology at their own expense. Real ID requires states to store data electronically and make it accessible to other states. Advocates of […]
The G-20 will not just affect Pittsburgh. This has significant implications for corporations and government alike, for whom the time to identify this issue as a posing a threat, and finding a solution, is rapidly running out.
It is obviously way too soon to articulate possible recommendations; after all the strength of a task force is that we bring diverse perspectives and experiences to bear on the problem. However, for those of you who know me, you know that I am an advocate of resilience as foundational principal on how we should think about homeland security.
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