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National Defense
January 2010
Stew Magnuson
Bad News All Around for DHS Cargo Technology Programs The Department of Homeland Security's advanced radiation detection portal monitor program continues to struggle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2012
Stew Magnuson
DHS' Nuclear Detection Efforts Continue on Smaller Scale The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office could never get the technology to work well enough, and estimated costs to deploy the portals swelled, so after six years with nothing to show for the millions spent, the ax fell. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2009
Magnuson & Rusling
Debate Over Next-Generation Radiation Portals Continues In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Department of Homeland Security and the Government Accountability Office were still trading barbs over the effectiveness of the next generation of radiation portals to be deployed at ports. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2006
Robert H. Williams
Mini Device Pinpoints Nuclear Threats A pager-sized device that has been introduced by Thermo Electron not only detects and identifies specific nuclear threats, but also transmits this information in real time to command centers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2006
Stew Magnuson
Plan to Protect U.S. Ports Homes In on Contraband The challenge facing the DHS, importers and the shipping industry is to prevent weapons of mass destruction, would-be illegal immigrants and contraband from entering U.S. ports -- including overland traffic from Canada and Mexico -- without disrupting the flow of goods. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006
Market for nuclear-screening portals will tally $3 billion from 2006-2010 Concerns about homeland security should generate $3 billion in business for designers of nuclear-screening portals from 2006 to 2010. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2005
Joe Pappalardo
Nuclear Detectors Tested in Nevada Desert The newly formed Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) inherited the project, dedicated to stopping a nuclear attack on U.S. soil, from the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John McHale
Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation to Thwart Nuclear Terrorism Researchers are engineering cell phones that help detect potential terrorist threats such as radiological "dirty bombs" and nuclear weapons. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 22, 2007
Aaron Pressman
Homeland Security 2.0 Five years after September 11, a new wave of smarter high-tech tools is coming to market. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2014
Stew Magnuson
Johnson Latest DHS Secretary to Waive 100 Percent Cargo Screening Mandate Despite a long string of secretaries and Customs and Border Protection commissioners speaking out against the practicality of the law, some members of Congress are still pushing DHS to fulfill the mandate. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 1, 2004
Roy Mark
Accenture Lands Potential $10B Federal Contract Company to employ biometrics as part of Department of Homeland Defense's virtual border program. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2009
Border Security The U.S. has limited ability to prevent dangerous materials from reaching the shores. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2006
Stew Magnuson
Fear of Terror Weapons Drives Tech Funding With the nation in the throes of the so-called "long war," it is no surprise that the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security's research dollars is going toward technologies designed to prevent terrorist attacks. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2005
John McHale
DHS turns to high tech to control borders Border agents cannot possibly check every car or every traveler. So U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials are relying on new technologies -- such as those noted here -- to tighten the country's borders. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2005
John McHale
Thermo releases monitoring system for nuclear plants ViewPoint, a remote monitoring software platform, provides real-time personnel and area monitoring during routine and outage operations in the nuclear power industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
November 2002
Steven Johnson
Stopping Loose Nukes Prevention is a game of odds, not certainty. Is an "atomic wall" of sophisticated sensors the answer to protecting population centers from terrorist attack by bioweapon or dirty bomb? mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
October 23, 2007
Michael Levi
In the Search for Loose Nukes, a Little Propaganda Goes a Long Way Strategic communication misleads terrorists into believing that nuclear attempts are futile. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Laurel Delaney
Ace the System Automated Commercial Environment is revolutionizing the way entries are cleared, tracked and paid for. mark for My Articles similar articles
Science News
June 20, 2009
Elizabeth Quill
Book Review: The Bomb: A New History By Stephen M. Younger Younger offers a straightforward account of nuclear weapons: how they were developed, how they work and how they forced humankind into constant vulnerability mark for My Articles similar articles
Smithsonian
January 2004
Fen Montaigne
Policing America's Ports The 19,000 cargo containers flowing into the United States each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2010
Eric Beidel
With SBInet In Limbo, Border Technology Is Anyone's Game The Department of Homeland Security's program to deploy a network of cutting-edge cameras, sensors and communication technologies along the southwest border has hit its share of snags and more recently a wall. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2006
Stew Magnuson
DHS Outlines Efforts to Protect Infrastructure The director of the infrastructure partnership division in DHS, said that the long-awaited National Infrastructure Protection Plan will detail ways the government and the private sector can work as "peers" to share and protect sensitive information. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
March 18, 2008
Erik Sofge
Homeland Adds On-the-Go Radioactive Hunter to Garage A modified Chevy Suburban XL that can detect the presence of radioactive material was delivered to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by Raytheon last month. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2008
Stew Magnuson
DHS Pressing On With Troubled Technology Programs Whether it is program delays, public uproars over its policies, court challenges or accusations of mismanagement, nothing ever seems to go smoothly for DHS. Many of these controversial programs involve the development of new technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2010
Magnuson & Fugate
Monitoring Small Vessels Still a Challenge for Coast Guard, Says GAO The Government Accountability Office has found that few resources are being devoted to the small vessel threat. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2007
Stew Magnuson
DHS Technology Chief to Focus on Explosives Threat The Pentagon will have some help in its ongoing effort to defeat improvised explosive devices if Jay Cohen, director of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, gets his way. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004
Briefs T.F. Green Airport testing explosive trace- detection technology for pilot program... DHS UAVs operating in Arizona support border security... DHS launches Office of Inter-operability and Compatibility... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2005
Joe Pappalardo
Coast Guard Regaining Focus on WMD The Coast Guard is trying to regain its Cold War proficiency in dealing with weapons of mass destruction attacks and outfitting crews to be better prepared for possible toxic exposure while conducting security missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Clark A. Murdock
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: How Realistic Is Obama's Vision? Debating the realism of trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons is a pointless exercise. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2014
Christina Munnell
Government Urged to Rein In Radiological Materials A government watchdog said the three agencies charged with securing radiological materials that can be used to make dirty bombs need to collaborate more closely. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007
Hans Kobler
From DARPA to Main Street Technologies developed for Homeland Security are moving into the public sector. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2013
Insinna & Parsons
United States Remains Concerned About Nuclear Weapons The number of nuclear weapons in circulation worldwide has been slowly but steadily declining in recent years because the United States and Russia are scaling back their nuclear arsenals. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2014
Valerie Insinna
New Technologies Boost Radiation Detector Effectiveness As the neutron-detecting material Helium 3 grows ever more expensive and scarce, companies that make radiation detectors are looking for alternatives offering better performance at a comparable price. mark for My Articles similar articles
PC World
May 2005
Lincoln Spector
Hide Your Internet Ports From Snooping Hackers Closing open ports... Turning off Windows new program notification... Printing fonts and saving paper... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2008
Stew Magnuson
Public Still in the Dark When it Comes to Dirty Bomb Threat The federal government has come up short in public information campaigns to educate the public on what to do in the event of a radiation attack mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 24, 2011
Rebecca Trager
Flights from Japan trip US airport radiation detectors Low levels of radiation have been detected on planes arriving at US airports from Japan, but experts say that overly sensitive detectors are culpable and the public should not be concerned. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2006
Stew Magnuson
Homeland Security Tussles with GAO Over Radiation Portals A DHS official said he was confident that the next generation of portals designed to find nuclear materials in shipping containers will work despite a withering GAO report questioning performance data and their high price tags. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Stew Magnuson
New Northern Border Camera System to Avoid Past Pitfalls The Border Patrol will be begin work this year to install a series of cameras north of Detroit with one motto in mind: keep it simple. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson
Fisher Scientific Reels In a Deal A fair price and impressive market leverage give this merger between Fisher Scientific and Thermo Electron a better-than-average chance. Shareholders, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
Erwin & Magnuson
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
December 29, 2008
Jeremy Jacquot
3 Projects We Hope to See From the DOE's Next Nuclear Research Facility Studying rare nuclear isotopes with unstable, short-lived nuclei has plenty of practical and commendable applications in medicine, national security, and cosmology. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
December 16, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner
Sun Portal Server Hits With SOA Touch The new free portal server takes aim at Web 2.0 app deployment. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 24, 2010
JBoss Portal 5 Release Easier to Use With features that include a revised user interface, the JBoss Portal 5 release is designed to make it easier for users to create, manage and build sites. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Moore & Aurilio
The Great Nuclear Debate Here are some compelling arguments both for and against pursuing nuclear power as an answer to the country's energy problems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2005
NIOSH-Validated Gas Mask Emerges Developed for first responders, the Millennium Gas Mask is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agent protection. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2014
Dan Parsons
Predators Allow Border Agencies to Reallocate Resources Monitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbors has always been a tall order for Customs and Border Protection and the Border Patrol. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Nuclear Testing Goes Virtual The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration officially dedicated two state-of-the-art supercomputers that should allow the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal to be kept in working order without the need for underground testing. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Slakey & Tannenbaum
What About The Nukes? The U.S. nuclear stockpile is showing its age, but building new warheads isn't the solution. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
March 2002
Evan Ratliff
This Is Not a Test A decade after America's last nuclear test, the US arsenal is decaying and its designers are retiring. Now a new generation of scientists is trying to preserve bomb-building knowledge before it's too late... mark for My Articles similar articles
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Robert Scheer
When in doubt, nuke 'em The Pentagon's secret plan to fight terror with nuclear weapons shows just how dangerous this administration is... mark for My Articles similar articles