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Private security contractors vs military in Iraq: GAO studies the comparative cost
Fri, 2010-03-19 01:32 PM
The use of Blackwater and other private security contractors in Iraq and other war zones has been controversial for years, but what has usually been left out of the debate is the “comparative cost of...
Vets to receive career and financial guidance Gradient Gives Back program
Thu, 2010-03-18 03:35 PM
The Minneapolis, MN-based Gradient Financial Group, a financial services firm, and Afterburner, a specialist in team building events and corporate training workshops, are seeking up to 50...
Avalias’ Avalanche TTX offers immersive disaster response training
Wed, 2010-03-17 03:51 PM
Sydney, Australia-based Avalias, a creator of immersive emergency training software solutions for homeland defense / response agencies and corporate continuity planners, has introduced Avalanche TTX...
SecuGen launches the iD-SERIAL fingerprint reader
Tue, 2010-03-16 02:56 PM
Santa Clara, CA-based SecuGen, an optical fingerprint device vendor, has unveiled its new iD-SERIAL fingerprint reader.The company describes iD-SERIAL as a complete biometric system that captures,...
DHS S&T is working on a chem-danger-alert app for your smartphone
Mon, 2010-03-15 02:38 PM
Would you pay an extra dollar or so for your next smartphone if it included an app that alerted you -- and DHS -- when you were near dangerous chemicals?That’s approximately the value proposition...
Andrews Int’l partners with D3 Security Management Systems
Mon, 2010-03-15 02:35 PM
Los Angeles-based Andrews International, which characterizes itself as the largest privately owned U.S. full-service provider of security and risk mitigation services, has entered into a partnership...
HTS integrates license plate recognition software with Simac’s Sphynxx
Mon, 2010-03-15 02:30 PM
Rishon LeZion, Israel-based Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd. (HTS), a developer and provider of optical character recognition (OCR) computer and vision systems, is integrating its license plate recognition (...
Eutecus unveils Bi-i V401X video analytics module
Fri, 2010-03-12 04:41 PM
Berkeley, CA-based Eutecus, Inc. has unveiled its new Bi-i V401X video analytics module, which implements Eutecus’ multi-core video analytics engine (MVE) on a single Field Programmable Gate Array (...
IG reviews DHS contracts awarded through ‘other than full and open competition’
Wed, 2010-03-10 05:12 PM
DHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released the results of its congressionally mandated review of the department’s contracts awarded during fiscal year 2009 through “other than full and open...
Denmark Defense Ministry picks NABCO for containing and mitigating threats
Wed, 2010-03-10 05:06 PM
Canonsburg, PA-based NABCO, Inc., a designer, developer and manufacturer of explosive and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) containment mitigation systems, reports that it has...
Neurotechnology’s MegaMatcher Accelerator 2.0 now available
Tue, 2010-03-09 03:28 PM
Vilnius, Lithuania-based Neurotechnology, a provider of biometric identification technologies, has released MegaMatcher Accelerator 2.0, which the company calls a packaged hardware and software...
Improved signal processing: On the battlefield and in cyber-space
Mon, 2010-03-08 10:42 AM
IvySys Technologies, a small business located in Arlington, VA, is tackling a big problem that has plagued war-fighters in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere for years: How can a tactical operator in...

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U.S. Army’s mammoth semiannual computer buy begins
The Army’s tenth semiannual Consolidated Buy (CB10), its mammoth IT buy, is underway.The CB10 ordering period, held under the auspices of Fort Monmouth, NJ-based Army Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS), the Army's primary...
IDenta says explosives ID kits identify underwear bomber’s PETN
Add Jerusalem-based Identa Corp. to the handful of companies that issued statements in the wake of the failed Christmas day attack on Flight 253, saying they have technology that can detect PETN, the powerful explosive that could have brought the...
AES joins with Siemens Government Services to protect Army installations
Peabody, MA-based AES International Corp. reported that it will become a subcontractor under Reston, VA-based Siemens Government Services, Inc., to assist with the maintenance of access control point (ACP) equipment at U.S. Army installations, both...
Thermo Fisher Scientific to acquire Ahura Scientific in $145 million cash deal
Walltham, MA-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. reports that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wilmington, MA-based Ahura Scientific for $145 million in cash.The deal also includes a potential for an additional earn-out payment, based...
Personnel issues for armed contractors protecting weapons-grade nuclear material, says GAO
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has examined the Department of Energy’s (DoE) efforts protect sites with weapons grade nuclear materials, called “special nuclear material (SNM), partly by “transforming” the sites' contractor-provided...

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OPINION / Using good technology to find bad people

By Jonathan McDonald

Many government organizations are charged with combating terrorism, identifying criminals and effectively applying immigration policies. All these activities require that persons of interests (and organizations and networks) be accurately identified. Identification is an extremely complex process that is only compounded by increasing data volumes, complex relationships, and tightly coupled application and data architectures.

OPINION / Video conferencing technology offers new opportunities for homeland security collaboration

By William Sapp

In an operating environment where threats are imminent and the response must be equally swift, video communication technology can offer DHS and its communities of interest new ways to collaborate to improve homeland security operations.

Whether responding to a natural disaster or sharing intelligence to thwart a terrorist plot, video conferencing technology allows organizations to connect quickly and collaborate meaningfully.

 

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