Rail Security
Sophisticated surveillance planned for DC rail corridor
December 20th, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security, which has procured a slew of video surveillance and remote sensing equipment to monitor the miles of railroad tunnels and tracks leading into and out of Washington, DC, is now looking for a contractor to engineer and install that equipment.
RFI issued for new conveyance security devices
December 17th, 2007
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued technical specifications for what it sees as a "Conveyance Security Device" (CSD) that would be able to detect any intrusion through the rear door of a cargo container while it was being transported along the global supply chain.
DHS technology advisors to examine IED threat
November 20th, 2007
Improvised explosive devices, known as IEDs, will be thrust into the spotlight at an upcoming meeting of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, slated for December 4 through 6 in Washington, DC.
Sophisticated surveillance planned for DC rail corridor
November 7th, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security, which has procured a slew of video surveillance and remote sensing equipment to monitor the miles of railroad tunnels and tracks leading into and out of Washington, DC, is now looking for a contractor to engineer and install that equipment.
Rail security brings up the rear in Amtrak authorization legislation
October 29th, 2007
The reauthorization of Amtrak may be the locomotive for legislation chugging through the Senate this week, while a section of the same bill devoted specifically to rail security seems to be the caboose.
Stopping intruders from entering an airport’s "exit" lane
October 22nd, 2007
In an effort to prevent people from entering secure areas of an airport by penetrating through an "exit" lane -- which can cause huge disruptions, delay flights and cost airlines millions of dollars -- TSA is gathering information about new technologies that might help thwart such human breaches.
Management support for critical info program
October 15th, 2007
The Department of Homeland Security might be looking to replace Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. as the contractor providing program management services in support of its Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) program.
TSA and Coast Guard overrule their own advisory committee
September 25th, 2007
In the development of technical specifications for the new Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC), two components of DHS -- the TSA and the Coast Guard -- have decided not to follow the primary recommendation of their own maritime security advisory committee and instead insisted that TWIC cards should encrypt the fingerprint data they transmit to card readers.
