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The federal judiciary is requesting $22 million in fiscal 2011 to cover expected costs associated with “high-threat” trials of suspected terrorists. The request, the first of its kind according to
All it took this month was a Spanish president of the European Union to visibly hobble the pirates. An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying pirate vessels closer
USDA officials and animal agriculture representatives set priorities and discussed new strategies for animal identification and traceability at the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s annual meeting held Wednesday in Kansas
The U.S. Postal Service, which is charged with screening mail for safety, failed to detect bullets that were sent with threatening letters to at least two Baltimore judges in the
Homeland Security’s push to deploy body imaging scanners at airports will cost U.S. taxpayers roughly $3 billion over eight years, Congressional investigators with the Government Accounting Office (GAO) report. And
A federal grand jury has indicted two computer programmers on fraud and conspiracy charges for developing programs used by the now imprisoned fraudster to cook the books in his billions-dollar
School boards and districts are now facing a similar challenge that their college and university colleagues faced. Do you depend on the local law enforcement or do you employ a
When there is a train car derailment, it is often local first responders who must make accurate decisions very quickly based on information they have on hand or must gather
Following growing incidents – the IRS pilot suicide attack in Texas and the Pentagon Metro station shootings in Washington, D.C., to name a few – and the increased belief that
By Bill Zalud, Security Magazine Editor Emeritus The U.S. issued a stop work order on a "virtual fence" on the U.S.-Mexican border. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the freeze