Corporate News
DoJ sinks aircraft carrier Pier 86 bribery conspiracy
October 31st, 2008
A New York company has pled guilty in a bribery scheme involving the Intrepid aircraft carrier, one of the preeminent public symbols of American military might and national security, and a long-time tourist attraction on Manhattan’s west side.
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Frost & Sullivan likes RedXDefense’s XPAK
October 24th, 2008
Rockville, MD-based RedXDefense, LLC has received the 2008 North American Explosives Detection Product Differentiation of the Year award from Frost & Sullivan, the company known for its technology and economic analysts and consultants. The award singles out RedXDefense’s XPAK, a portable explosives detection system.
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GSA’s CPP expands for easier state and local disaster prep purchases
October 17th, 2008
The Cooperative Purchasing Program (CPP), recently expanded by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), gives state and local governments a new way to buy supplies and services to prepare for and respond to emergencies. The CPP allows state and local agencies to buy law enforcement, security and first responder goods and services off a GSA contract known as Schedule 84.
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TISP management moves to SAME
October 3rd, 2008
The secretariat for The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) has transferred from the American Society of Civil Engineers to the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME). The decision was characterized by the three groups as an “effort to support their parallel missions to improve the nation’s homeland security and disaster preparedness.”
A “secretariat” is generally defined as the clerical or administrative staff of an organization. As TISP’s secretariat, SAME will provide logistical support to the organization, according to a statement, which also noted that, “however, TISP will retain its own identity, branding and mission.”
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NRC denies petition calling for stepped-up anti-terrorist preparations
September 24th, 2008
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has tossed out a petition submitted by two nonprofit government-oversight groups that would have required the nation’s nuclear power plants to demonstrate periodically that they’re prepared to withstand severe forms of radiological sabotage inflicted on their facilities by terrorists.
Honeywell develops agricultural fertilizer that won’t detonate
September 23rd, 2008
Honeywell International has introduced a new ammonium-
nitrate-based agricultural fertilizer that can help cabbage, tomatoes, strawberries and oranges grow, but does not detonate when mixed with fuel oil.
Hyatt and GE Security inspected Democratic delegates for explosives
September 19th, 2008
As delegates were arriving last month at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Denver to attend the Democratic Party’s national convention in the nearby convention center, Hyatt personnel and employees of GE Security were undertaking the precedent-setting task of swabbing the delegates’ luggage and automobiles for any tell-tale traces of explosives.
Stanley Security using an unusual portion of the broadcast spectrum
September 18th, 2008
When Stanley Security Solutions’s newly introduced access control system communicates wirelessly between the doors it controls and its central repository for personal data, it is using a relatively under-utilized portion of the broadcast spectrum.
