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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
National Defense
November 2009
Wright & Magnuson
Government Ignores Cargo Scanning Law, Port Operator Says The Department of Homeland Security is ignoring a law that calls on it to monitor, by 2012, every container that enters a U.S. port, an executive at one of the world's leading port-operating companies charged. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2010
Keane & Park
The Terrorist Threat in Cargo Containers By 2012, all U.S.-bound cargo containers must be scanned for terrorist threats. Today, fewer than 1 percent are. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2009
Matthew Rusling
After Six Years, Still No Tamper-Proof Shipping Containers After a six-year search for a tamper-proof shipping container, no product has been fielded and one major vendor has dropped out of the race, citing a lack of progress by the Department of Homeland Security. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2010
Stew Magnuson
Former Customs and Border Protection Chief Slams Congress As deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection in the Bush administration, Jayson Ahern was the primary target of Congress' ire when it came to a mandate to screen 100 percent of all shipping containers bound for the United States for nuclear materials. 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
National Defense
November 2005
Harold Kenneddy
U.S. Customs Goes High-Tech for Cargo Security The gritty docks along the Dundalk Marine Terminal, in Maryland's Port of Baltimore, are among the last lines of defense in the multi-layered, global effort by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arm to intercept illegal cargo. 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
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
DHS Seeks Enhanced Imaging Technology for Non-Intrusive Inspection of Shipping Containers The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested proposals for non-intrusive inspection technologies to enable Customs and Border Protection agents to inspect cargo containers without opening them. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2005
Joe Pappalardo
Researchers Seek the `Perfect Shipping Container' An advanced materials container program is looking at sophisticated composites to create a sensor-studded container that would be 30% to 50% lighter than current equivalents. That would translate into savings for the shippers, as well as added security. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2009
Stew Magnuson
DHS Leaders Inherit Litany of Procurement Woes There is a new administration and a new Congress. But will it be a new day for the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires technology? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Weighing the Costs of Security A smorgasbord of legislation and policy directives aimed at patching up security at U.S. ports in recent years has resulted in expenditures of billions of dollars worth of protective systems and technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2004
Joe Pappalardo
If Ports Are Attacked, U.S. Lacks Plans to Deal With Aftermath The lack of a plan indicates the complexities of handling threats against maritime targets, and the government's emphasis on taking care of airline security and monitoring containers over planning a response in the event of a sea-based attack. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Homeland Security Policies Overlook Essential Issues, Says Shipping Executive Security industry soothsayers have been sounding alarms about the prospect of a nuclear or biological weapon reaching U.S. shores in a shipping container. mark for My Articles similar articles
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
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2007
John McHale
Homeland Security Budget and Market Show Steady Growth Nearly half a decade old, the U.S. DHS is showing moderate growth in its budget request, while funding for research and development focuses on more solutions for today than for programs 20 years in the future. mark for My Articles similar articles
CIO
March 1, 2006
Ben Worthen
Customs Rattles the Supply Chain The government wants you to secure your supply chain. Right now, its program is voluntary. It won't stay that way for long. And the responsibility for collecting the data Uncle Sam wants is going to fall on the CIO. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2013
Stew Magnuson
Napolitano Defends DHS Acquisitions on Department's 10-Year Anniversary As the Department of Homeland Security marked its first decade of existence in March, Secretary Janet Napolitano said its much-derided acquisition system had turned a corner. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2011
Stew Magnuson
Former CBP Commissioner Has Few Kind Words for Congress The "two dumbest things" Congress asked former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner W. Ralph Basham to do was build a 2,000-mile fence in the Southwest and to "inspect every maritime container coming into this country before it left its port of origin." mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2011
James R. Giermanski
Military Supply Chain Tracking System Both Inefficient and Dangerous The U.S. system of technology and regulations falls apart because the Defense Department uses RFID systems to control and monitor its global container movement. The application of this technology to track cargo overseas is inefficient, dangerous and fundamentally flawed. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2004
Geoff S. Fein
Security Beat The biggest challenge facing the maritime transportation industry is ensuring that legitimate cargo is not needlessly delayed as new security measures are implemented. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2015
Stew Magnuson
Renewed Push to Collect Exit Data at Airports, Land Crossings The United States has never required foreigners to present their travel documents before leaving so authorities can't be certain who is or isn't overstaying a visa, a flaw that Congress has mandated that the executive branch remedy. 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
April 2008
Stew Magnuson
DHS Will Miss Deadline to Set Up Port Security Hubs The future of pilot port security hubs remains uncertain as security officials wait for answers from the Department of Homeland Security. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Michael Arndt
Globalization In A Can "The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" makes a strong argument that without the box, the global economy might not exist today. 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
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
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
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
September 2011
Stew Magnuson
Radiation Detection Portal Program Comes to an End One of the Department of Homeland Security's most troubled technology development programs came to an end in July, when the Advanced Spectrographic Portals, which were designed to ferret out nuclear material at ports, was terminated. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 18, 2004
Roy Mark
House Approves $10B Accenture Deal One last effort to kill a potential $10 billion deal between Accenture and the Department of Homeland Security failed Friday on a largely partisan 221-182 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2012
Stew Magnuson
Firms That Help DHS Save Money Will Make Money, Analysts Say The days of big price tag, cutting-edge technology acquisitions at the Department of Homeland Security are over. 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
Fast Company
October 2008
Chuck Salter
Rebuilding the Port of Los Angeles Shipping is a filthy, dangerous business, but Los Angeles, America's largest port, is making it greener, cleaner, and more secure. mark for My Articles similar articles
Food Engineering
May 1, 2005
Increasing the safety of the global food supply The US Bioterrorism Act may be the most familiar legislation to address the safety and security of the global food supply, but it is certainly not alone. There's also the CBP, C-TPAT, FAST, AMR, OSC, SST, WCO, and other European Union and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation activities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
John McHale
Aircraft countermeasure, Coast Guard DeepWater see big budget increases The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year 2006 budget request has significant increases for commercial aircraft countermeasures technology and the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater System program. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 17, 2014
Emma Stoye
'Smart boxes' for greener, cheaper shipping Steel shipping containers may one day be scrapped in favor of lightweight, tamper-proof alternatives made of composite materials with embedded sensors. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jill Jusko
Gotcha! Catching Counterfeits Seizures of counterfeit goods climbed 83% in 2006. 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
National Defense
July 2011
Stew Magnuson
DHS Sharply Reduces Ambitions For Cybersecurity Surge The need to ramp up the DHS' cybersecurity expertise may become more acute after the White House in May proposed expanding the department's responsibilities. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Security Beat Coast Guard Ponders Future, Delivers New Mission Statement... Border Patrol Reaching Out to Fill 6,000 Slots... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2005
Joe Pappalardo
U.S.-Canadian Border Crossings to Tighten Security The bridges and border control stations on the U.S.-Canada border are undergoing strategic overhauls, not only to increase security but also to ensure rapid throughput of commercial traffic, leaders from both nations recently announced. mark for My Articles similar articles
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2003
John S. McClenahen
Shape Up To Ship Out New anti-terrorism rules will affect air, rail, ship and truck cargo beginning Oct. 1. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Kennedy & Tiron
Securitybeat U.S. Beefs Up Security On Railway Systems... Budget Amendment Good News for DHS... Air Force Adopts Biometrics Security Systems... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
Harold Kennedy
Blueprint For Homeland Security The Defense Department is working on a comprehensive homeland defense strategy that will detail the Pentagon's emerging role in protecting the United States from terrorist attack mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Stew Magnuson
DHS Inspector General Slams Secure Border Initiative Oversight The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has faulted Customs and Border Protection for failing to properly oversee work on the Secure Border Initiative. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2007
Stew Magnuson
Port Worker ID Card Criticized as Wasteful and Ineffective The Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard in October began enrolling port workers in a long delayed identity card program even though the technology to read the cards may be years away. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2010
John Keller
DHS Heads-up Initiative to Develop Revolutionary Homeland Security Technologies The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington is asking industry for revolutionary technologies to improve homeland security missions and operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2010
Stew Magnuson
DHS Technology Chief to Reduce Number of Programs Eight months after taking over the division, Tara O'Toole's conclusion is that there are too many technologies in the pipeline, with most of them never reaching the hands of the first responders in the field who need them. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 26, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner
Coverity Expands DHS Scans With Java Homeland security-backed effort expands to include more projects, including Java. mark for My Articles similar articles