Security Services
RoboGuard V 1.0
January 27th, 2009
Robots may be on the verge of muscling into the security guard industry.
Not surprisingly, the first prototype robot security guard, who goes by the moniker T-34, hails from Japan.
Developed jointly by two Japanese companies -- one a security specialist and the other a robotics manufacturer -- T-34, who looks less like a hulking RoboCop than a child's toy, was unveiled in a demonstration last week.
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TSA’s general aviation rules meet nearly universal condemnation
January 6th, 2009
A panel of TSA officials from Washington traveled on Jan. 6 to Westchester County Airport, in the suburbs north of New York City, to hold the first of five all-day public hearings planned across the country to hear comments about TSA’s proposed new security regulations for general aviation aircraft.
The reception was polite, but almost universally negative.
U.S. Marshals Service to procure 1,000 surveillance kits
January 6th, 2009
The U.S. Marshals Service plans to purchase 1,000 Kevlar reinforced professional grade 2-wire surveillance kits for its Investigative Services Division in Springfield, VA.
GAO denies protest by Detica over $17 million FEMA contract to CNA Corp.
December 23rd, 2008
The Government Accountability Office has tossed out a bid protest mounted by one Northern Virginia-based company against another, in a dispute that grew out of a FEMA solicitation for R&D support services.
Army wants security guard companies for duties in Iraq
December 23rd, 2008
The U.S. Army is planning to issue a solicitation in late January in search of several security guard companies who can provide personnel and equipment for various security guard task orders in Iraq under a contract vehicle known as Theatre Wide Internal Security Services, or TWISS.
First responders need more training and equipment, says Intelagard exec
December 22nd, 2008
The nation’s firefighters and all first responders should have full spectrum radiological detectors, according to Lorraine Cope, an executive with Intelagard, Inc., a company that supplies chemical and biological personal protection gear and decontamination products.
GSA wants to check its mail security operations
December 22nd, 2008
The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking a commercial contractor who can evaluate the effectiveness of the mail security plans in place at GSA's headquarters and about 10 regional offices, and suggest ways to improve those plans.
DHS may need a vendor to collect BioWatch air samples in DC area
December 12th, 2008
The DHS Office of Health Affairs wants to identify prospective vendors who could collect air samples on a daily basis from locations in the National Capital Region (NCR), Baltimore, MD, and Richmond, VA, as part of the department’s ongoing BioWatch monitoring program.
