http://www.gsnmagazine.com en http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/1093.html October 14, 2008 TSA has awarded a contract worth more than $600,000 to Railinc Corp., a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, to provide it with a continuous data feed about rail car movements and bulk shipments of sensitive cargo, such as explosives, toxic inhalation hazardous materials and radioactive materials. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/920.html August 1, 2008 Trade associations representing the nationâ€s chemical manufacturers, railroads, chlorine suppliers and rail tank-car builders have petitioned the Department of Transportation to issue new ™interim regulations™ that would allow newly-built rail tank cars that use todayâ€s existing safety technology to be ™grandfathered™ in for the next 25 years. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/767.html May 19, 2008 The Department of Homeland Security plans to award more than $844 million in grants this year to help secure the nationâ€s critical infrastructure. The awards are being made as part of the DHS Infrastructure Protection Activities (IPA) grant program. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/701.html April 21, 2008 The Transportation Security Administration is planning to procure commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software that would enable the agency to assess the terrorist risks and vulnerabilities affecting various modes of transportation in the U.S., including bus, rail, trucks and general aviation. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/688.html April 17, 2008 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) deserves a good grade for its effort to secure the nationâ€s transportation system, but a rather weak grade for actually implementing needed improvements, according to a GAO expert who testified on Capitol Hill on April 15. More... http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/577.html March 10, 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. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/535.html February 29, 2008 With the use of fingerprint, facial, retinal, voice recognition and other biometrics becoming more common for what is known as ™Personal Identification Verification™ (PIV), DHS has decided to establish a network of independent, third-party laboratories that can test the performance of equipment used for these biometrics purposes. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/rail-security/524.html February 26, 2008 The Transportation Security Administration wants to gather the best and brightest ideas on what it calls ™intelligent video surveillance™ systems that can enhance security at airports in the short-term and at other modes of transportation in the future.