Homeland Security

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 5 days ago
A new institute started with a $7.5 million contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will funnel money to local researchers studying how social science and policy-making can fight terrorism and improve Homeland defense in other ways. ...

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 4 days ago
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Source: news.yahoo.com --- 6 days ago
HOUMA - With Terrebonne fixed firmly in the crosshairs of Hurricane Gustav, the nation's top emergency official was in Houma today pledging federal support if the storm turns out to be the catastrophe locals fear. ...

Source: abclocal.go.com --- 4 days ago
Two sites in North Carolina's Triangle are set to become centers for Homeland Security research. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 days ago
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Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 days ago
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) used to detect and report events including hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires and for military surveillance and antiterrorist activities are prone to subterfuge. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 days ago
Ogunleye, Idonije leave Nigeria with renewed desire to help people find better education, jobs September 5, 2008 BY BRAD BIGGS bbiggs@suntimes. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 days ago
Speaking to the Republican National Convention ahead of John McCain's address, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge gave a personal picture of the Republican presidential candidate and argued that he is more fit to be president than Democratic ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 9 days ago
Regarding the Aug. 20 front-page article "Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked": ...

Source: www.theregister.co.uk --- 3 days ago
Immigration Judge approves The Department of Homeland Security has attempted to justify the deportation of an asylum seeker using an entry to Wikipedia.… ...

Source: washington.bizjournals.com --- 5 days ago
Homeland Security Capital Corp.’s environmental remediation division has won a $2.4 million contract from the Department of Energy to provide decontamination services. ...

Source: www.marketwire.com --- 5 days ago
CAMBRIDGE, MA (MARKET WIRE) MetaCarta, Inc., the leading provider of geographic search and referencing solutions, today announced a partnership with Ardent Management Consulting (ArdentMC). Under the agreement, ArdentMC will integrate MetaCarta solutions with Federal, State, and Local Homeland Security systems. ArdentMC Consultants provide system development solutions for the Department of Homeland Security's Integrated Common Analytical Viewer (iCAV) Program, a geospatial-intelligence analytic tool that allows DHS and its mission partners to better prepare, prevent, respond and recover from natural and man-made ...

Source: www.marketwire.com --- 5 days ago
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Pioneering Technology Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario (TSX VENTURE: PIO), ("Pioneering") was advised today by Rhode Island's Providence Housing Authority (PHA) that they have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grant program for the purchase and installation of Pioneering Technology's Safe-T-element cooking technology. ...

Source: www.techdirt.com --- 3 days ago
While I tend to think that Wikipedia is a good thing overall, that's because I know it's not a source that should be relied on by itself for important decisions -- such as whether or not to grant political asylum to an individual. It can be useful as a starting point, if that information can be corroborated elsewhere. Apparently, the Department of Homeland Security felt otherwise in using Wikipedia to deny a request for asylum for a woman . An Appeals Court has now overturned that decision, noting the problems with using Wikipedia as a sole source of info, but the whole scenario should make you wonder. Did DHS really not have the ability to check the legitimacy of the woman's documents without resorting to Wikipedia? What sort of resources are provided to immigration officials that they're making judgments based on a Wikipedia page? Permalink | Comments | Email This Story ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
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Source: www.isnare.com --- 3 days ago
The tragic events of September 11, 2001, resulted in widespread changes for air travelers all over the world and the pet shipping industry as well Professional pet shipping firms had to achieve Known Shipper Status from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to expedite the shipping of pets and carefully follow the guidelines set forth by the TSA to maintain their Known Shipper Status What is Known Shipper Status... ...

Source: en.wasalive.com --- 10 hours ago
http://hstoday.us/content/view/4948/92/ 2008 Homeland Security Report Card ‘); document.write(’‘); document.write(’‘); document.write(’‘); document.write(’ by David Silverberg Monday, 01 September 2008 Overseas and Foreign Policy The global war on... ...

Source: www.freemarketnews.com --- 17 hours ago
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has been actively involved in shaping her state's Homeland Security-with national consequences ...

Source: www.democrats.org --- 4 days ago
68. Former Bush Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Penn. Gov., and Current McCain Vice-Presidential Prospect Tom Ridge Has Been One of Bush's Biggest Cheerleaders. For more on the Bush-Cheney-Ridge connection, go to the "100 Days, 100 Ways" web site ( www.100days100ways.com ). For more on how Ridge represents more of the same failed policies and same old politics, visit the Ridge page at TheNextCheney.com ( http://www.democrats.org/page/content/VPRidge ). ...

Source: www.rgj.com --- 3 days ago
Court tells Homeland Security not to use user-generated online encyclopedia for asylum decisions. ...