POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY STRONGER RESPONSE 1st February 2005 When emergency responders immerse themselves into the scene of a disaster or terrorist incident, they do not stop to check their tool bags to see if they
Meet Homeland Security’s New Face 1st February 2005 President Bush has named federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff to be Homeland Security secretary, filling the last hole in his second-term Cabinet
A Failure of Imagination 1st February 2005 The biggest challenge in protecting America’s people, territory and infrastructure is the failure of imagination cited by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.
Disaster Hospitals 1st February 2005 What would happen if casualties from a bio-terror attack overwhelmed the capacity of hospitals in the surrounding area? Conventional disaster plans authorize
SECURE COLLABORATION USING WEB SERVICES 1st February 2005 Government agencies, which continue to struggle with integration and information-sharing challenges complicated by aging and siloed legacy systems, are
Verifying Personal Identity 1st February 2005 The gap between physical and information security remains wide, but a Presidential directive called HSPD-12 and a resulting standard dubbed PIV (Personal
Making sure first responders have tools for success 1st February 2005 Recent increases in worker productivity among American workers are a well-known business success story. Writing in Stanford Business Magazine, for example,
Montana Logs On 1st February 2005 One of the key benefits of Montana’s new Mobile Data Terminal System is that it is keeping communications open among Montana’s law enforcement agencies.
DHS Budget Undergoes Facelift 1st February 2005 President Bush, in crafting the Department of Homeland Security’s budget for 2006, has shortchanged programs such as port security and local municipalities,
Connecting the Dots 1st February 2005 When Wayne Comer retired from the FBI, he took his 28 years of experience to an anti-drug program in Philadelphia and stumbled across an idea that may
Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina 13th October 2020