http://www.gsnmagazine.com en http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/other/907.html July 22, 2008 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the primary Department of Justice agency for the training of explosives-detection canines (EDCs), or bomb-sniffing dogs, is conducting the National Odor Recognition Test (NORT) at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/other/595.html March 14, 2008 If a terrorist group has the potential to commit a specific type of attack â€" but has not proven it can do so â€" does that justify major changes in homeland security spending? Not necessarily, according to a new RAND Corp. study. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/other/544.html March 4, 2008 Advanced Concepts, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Stamford, CT-based L-1 Identity Solutions, was awarded a blanket purchase agreement from the Department of Defense, with a potential value of $50 Million, to support the program management office of the Defense Travel System. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/other/532.html February 29, 2008 The American Society for Industrial Security, better known as ASIS International, announced that its Commission on Standards and Guidelines is soliciting comments on suggested revisions to the Preemployment Background Screening Guideline. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/other/15.html July 16, 2007 A simple theoretical point is fundamental to an understanding of the struggle against terrorism. It is that analysis of terrorist threats and counterterrorist responses must be framed in terms of probabilities -- even when probabilities cannot be computed. We do not know the probability of another major terrorist attack on the United States, or its likely magnitude, or the consequences if there is an attack.