http://www.gsnmagazine.com en http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/899.html July 17, 2008 The Governor of Louisiana has tapped a local company, Shreveport-based ArcMail Technology, to ensure that the stateâ€s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP)is prepared for the increase in e-mail traffic during and after disasters, and can better respond to legal discovery orders and requests for information during emergencies. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/896.html July 17, 2008 You might have heard by now of the network administrator for the City of San Francisco who allegedly has effectively ™hijacked™ that cityâ€s FiberWAN network by changing the passwords of all of his colleagues in city government, such that he is the only person who can gain access to a vital portion of the cityâ€s computer network. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/895.html July 15, 2008 The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), a unit of FEMA that is based at the former Fort McClellan in Anniston, AL, wants to identify commercial contractors who can help it develop and manage a broad range of training courses it offers to the nationâ€s first responders. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/894.html July 15, 2008 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is moving ahead with its Secure Communities initiative, under which it hopes to ™revolutionize™ the way in which it shares information with state and local correctional facilities to identify high-risk criminal aliens who can be deported. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/892.html July 15, 2008 The Coast Guard intends to extend the life of two temporary safety zones that surround the submerged turret-loading buoys about 18 miles offshore, east of Boston, MA, known as the Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port. The buoys enable liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to unload their gas, so it can be transferred underwater and merged into New Englandâ€s gas pipeline network. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/871.html July 1, 2008 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new grant program under which it plans to award up to $40,000 to each of six different state or local food regulatory agencies to develop innovative ways to integrate food defense strategies -- aimed at thwarting terrorist attacks on the food supply -- into more traditional food safety and inspection methodologies. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/852.html June 20, 2008 The Department of Homeland Security announced fiscal year 2008 REAL ID demonstration grant awards totaling nearly $80 million to assist states in improving the security of state-issued driverâ€s licenses (DL) and identification documents (ID). http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/state-local-govt/811.html June 1, 2008 The pendulum at the U.S. southern and northern borders seems to swing regularly between tightening restrictions on vehicular and pedestrian border crossers in order to enhance security and loosening restrictions on the same border crossers in order to speed the flow of legitimate trade.