Emergency Preparedness
Preventing a catastrophe generally includes careful emergency preparedness, business continuity planning, data recovery and disaster recovery, often with the use of GPS, Wi-Fi and other communications technologies that offer alert systems, backup solutions and interoperability.
Security "clarification" exempts thousands of propane users
March 21st, 2008
In the ongoing struggle to beef up security at chemical facilities across the country, chalk up a victory for the National Propane Gas Association.
What’s inside a First Responder Bag?
March 20th, 2008
Ever wonder what supplies might be found inside a "First Responder Bag" used by Customs and Border Protection?
It turns out CBP is planning to procure 3,000 such first responder bags, made of red nylon, measuring 10 inches high by 20 inches wide by 15 inches deep, which will contain the following...
FCC: Communications carriers must now report their outages
March 17th, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission has been given approval to require providers of wireline, wireless, paging, satellite and cable communications to submit explanatory reports to the FCC whenever their communications services have been seriously disrupted.
Terror response: RAND study evaluates "novel" threats
March 14th, 2008
If a terrorist group has the potential to commit a specific type of attack – but has not proven it can do so – does that justify major changes in homeland security spending? Not necessarily, according to a new RAND Corp. study.
DNDO to test portable maritime radiation detection devices
March 12th, 2008
The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office within DHS is planning a major test program for portable gamma-ray and neutron detection systems which can be mounted on small boats at the Savannah River National Laboratory test site in Aiken, SC, this May.
Coast Guard prohibits nearby vessels during papal Mass in DC
March 11th, 2008
Hoping to avoid the "catastrophic impact" that a terrorist attack could have on the papal Mass scheduled by Pope Benedict XVI at the Nationals Park baseball stadium in Southeast Washington, DC, on April 17, the U.S. Coast Guard plans to prohibit all vessels from the adjacent Anacostia River during a six-hour period that day.
Cyber Storm II kicks off: Prepping for disaster, practice makes perfect
March 10th, 2008
Sometime this evening, in the still of the night, an incident will occur in Australia. It will cause government and private security officials on three continents to scramble. A potential terrorist cyber attack will be underway.
Who will process terrorism insurance claims?
March 5th, 2008
The Department of the Treasury is thinking about the unthinkable.
To prepare itself for another terrorist attack, Treasury is seeking a capable small business that can develop and operate the management system that would process claims from insurance companies for the federal government’s share of compensation under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP) if another terrorism event occurs.
