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If what is happening in California is any indication, gang members, fueled by drug and extortion money, are using more sophisticated means to attack specific police units. Two recent assassination
Many months after the breach and the multi-million dollar fraud, a Colorado bank has revealed that as many as 5,000 customers were at risk because of new fraudulent transactions tied
He ran away from Treasure Island Resort & Casino security but was apprehended by nuclear plant security when he trespassed on Xcel Energy property in Red Wing, Minn. Plant security
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will ask Congress for $16 billion to $18 billion to pay for building and maintaining a nationwide mobile broadband network for emergency response agencies, including
Fox.com has reported that two agencies within the Department of Homeland Security reportedly lost nearly 1,000 computers in fiscal year 2008, costing taxpayers approximately $13.3 million. According to documents obtained
After a competitive review process, the Department of Homeland Security has renewed funding for the University of Minnesota’s National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD). The anticipated funding is
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation last Friday that would require continued investigation of the 2001 anthrax letter mailings, despite the Justice Department’s decision last week to formally conclude
Media reports recently suggest it does not. “E-Verify finds only one out of two illegals” says the Homeland Security News Wire, summarizing a bylined story from the Wall Street Journal.
Mass notification systems, tied to fire systems, emergency phones or outsourced to specialty firms, have taken off for schools, colleges and universities as well as local governments. Now New Hampshire
The Government Accounting Office, for one, believes that better use of electronic passport security features could improve fraud detection. The Department of State has developed a comprehensive set of controls