In a test to get medication to local citizens in the case of a bioterror attack, USPS personnel seemed to have scored high in an experiment started in Minneapolis and elsewhere this summer.
It has been five years since the Department of Homeland Security introduced the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), a program designed to secure the nation's chemical infrastructure by identifying high risk chemical facilities and requiring them to implement risk-based performance standards.
Municipal governments present a challenging atmosphere for security. There’s the potential for leadership turnover at each election, and there are “politics,” which may manifest in strained relationships and difficulty accomplishing goals. Procurement rules and bureaucratic red tape can slow down even simple processes in some city governments, and then there are the challenges of zero-balance budgets.
About 40,000 Minnesota residents will go to their mailboxes Sunday, May 6, for a rare delivery: an empty pill bottle representing a powerful antibiotic that would be delivered in the event of a bioterrorism attack. More than 300 mail carriers will participate in the test, fanning out across four neighborhoods
The ongoing cost of a dirty bomb in downtown Los Angeles would measure around $16 billion, a University of Southern California research study concluded.