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Border Security Awards 2013: John Procacci, Business Development Manager, Integrated Microwave Technologies
John Procaccio, Business Development Manager of Integrated Microwave Technologies, reveals that the company is a designer and manufacturer of mission critical transmitters and receivers used in...
GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Dubhe Beinhorn, VP Public Sector, AtHoc, Inc
Dubhe Beinhorn describes AtHoc, Inc, winner of GSN’s 2012 award for “Best Mass Notification Solutions,” as a company that operates in one sector only: critical communications for crisis management....
GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Covia Labs, David Kahn, CEO
Covia Labs received the award for “Best Interoperable First Responder Communications” in the 2012 Awards Program for its “Alert & Respond” software platform and application that provides voice/...
GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Drew Morin, Chief Technology Officer, TeleCommunication Systems
TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), which entered its “Commercial Mobile Alerts System” in the 2012 Awards Program, was named a Finalist in the “Best Mass Notification Systems” category. Drew Morin, who...
GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Detective Robert Shilling, Seattle Police Departmen
Detective Bob Shilling describes the Seattle PD’s winning entry in the category of “Most Notable Municipal/County Security Program” for its “Common Operating Program (COP)” that took five different...
IACP Conference, 2012: Dr. Frank Trocki, Aspen University, Denver, CO
Categories: Education/Training, Law Enforcement, Military/Force Protection, State/Local Security, Federal Agencies, CommunicationsAspen University was founded in 1987 and is the oldest virtual...
IACP Conference, 2012: Stephen Meer, Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Intrado, Inc,
Stephen Meer, one of the founders of Intrado, Inc of Denver, Colorado, indicates that his company provides services and products to the 9-1-1 infrastructure, which he says is a very complicated...
IACP Conference 2012: Mike Bostic, Director of Customer Advocacy, Security and Transportation Service, Raytheon
Mike Bostic of Raytheon points out that he spent 34 years as an Assistant Chief in the LAPD, where he worked about a third of that time in technology  and communications. And one thing he...
IACP Conference, 2012: Rob Wolf, VP Public Safety and Emergency Response, NC4
Rob Wolf tells GSN that NC4 products focus on situational awareness, and the company is at the IACP show to demonstrate its new NC4 SAFECOP product for state and local law enforcement. NC4 SAFECOP...
IACP Conference 2012: Dave Snyder, Spillman Technologies, Inc.
Spillman Technologies is a vendor of public safety software used by law enforcement, fire and emergency management agencies, according to Dave Snyder. The company provides an integrated solution and...
GSN 2011 Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors: Cosmo Perrone, Principle, Cosmo Perrone & Associates and former Security Director, Port of Long Beach, CA:
The Port of Long Beach, CA, was named Winner of GSN’s 2011 award for “Most Notable Maritime/Port Security Program”. Cosmo Perrone, Director of Security for the Port from 2006 to 2011, tells GSN about...
GSN Awards Dinner 2011 - Winners and Sponsors Interviews: Howard Ryan, Founder, CEO Total Alert Systems
According to Howard Ryan, Total Alert Systems is a one-stop shopping mass notification portal used by government agencies, DOD, industrial and health care users. It is capable of sending alerts to...
GSN 2011 Awards Winners and Sponsor Interview: Travis Scott, VP of Agency Relations, Nixle, Inc
Rapidly growing Nixle, which has signed up 4500-plus municipal, county, state and federal agencies in all 50 states – mainly law enforcement and public safety agencies -- and developed an opt-in...
GSN 2011 Award Winners and Sponsor Interviews: James Norton, Director of Homeland Security and Federal Strategy, General Dynamics C4
James Norton, who served as a DHS official before joining GSN Awards Sponsor General Dynamics C4, describes the 8-year collaboration that took place between GDC4 and DHS in developing GDC4’s Rescue...

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Secret Service wants software vendor for its wiretaps, ‘pen registers’ and ‘trap & trace’ devices
Fri, 2013-05-17 01:00 PM

Screen shots from
Pen-Link Ltd
In an effort to manage its wire taps, “pen registers,” “trap & trace devices” and other forms of electronic communications intercepts, the U.S. Secret Service is seeking a contractor that can...
Telecommunications advisory panel to confer in DC on May 22
Thu, 2013-05-16 11:35 AM
The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee will meet in both closed and open sessions in Washington, DC, on May 22 to discuss nation-state capabilities and strategic...
DoJ to evaluate devices that can detect cell phones concealed by prison inmates
Fri, 2013-05-10 03:13 PM

Cell phone
detection device
In an effort to improve the way in which correctional officers in prisons can detect cell phones illegally being used by inmates, the Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice plans to...
Catalyst and Harris demonstrate P25 Console Sub-System Interface
Thu, 2013-05-09 06:49 AM
Catalyst Communications Technologies, Inc. and Harris Corp. demonstrated the Project 25 (P25) Console Sub-System Interface (CSSI) at the 2013 International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas....
Internet Complaint Center warns of phishing attacks posing as telecom carriers
Wed, 2013-05-08 03:48 PM
The Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, announced on May 8 that it has received numerous reports of phishing attacks targeting...
HP will continue to maintain Janet Napolitano’s 24/7 conference calling capability
Tue, 2013-05-07 03:22 PM

Napolitano at the
National Operations
Center
DHS is planning to extend a current operations and maintenance contract held by HP Enterprise Services, LLC, of Herndon, VA, in order to ensure the continued, smooth performance, on a 24/7/365 basis...
House needs one or more vendors to maintain its voice and data telecommunications system
Fri, 2013-05-03 03:50 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives is looking for one or more vendors who can provide comprehensive voice telecommunications services (including technical support, remote monitoring, maintenance and...
S&T wants to identify independent accreditation labs for P25 interoperability compliance
Fri, 2013-04-26 02:33 PM

Illustration depicting
P25 interfaces
The Science and Technology Directorate of DHS wants to identify independent laboratory accreditation bodies that are capable of assessing the capability of another lab to determine whether individual...
FCC hopes to eliminate radio interference along the U.S.-Mexico border
Fri, 2013-04-26 11:34 AM

An FCC rebanding plan
Following nine years of deliberations inside the U.S. Government, and an international agreement signed by U.S. and Mexican officials, the Federal Communications Commission has issued a final rule...
2013 Homeland Security Awards program opens for entries on May 1
Thu, 2013-04-25 04:59 PM
Following up on a record number of entries and a rousing awards dinner at the Washington, DC Convention Center in 2012, Government Security News has announced that its 2013 Homeland Security Awards...
Vendor sought by CBP to maintain radio towers in Texas
Wed, 2013-04-24 12:10 PM

Radio tower
in east Texas
CBP has issued a solicitation for a contractor that can provide preventive maintenance services at nine different locations in east Texas where CBP maintains land mobile radio towers that facilitate...
Border Patrol catches up with dangerous smuggler in San Diego
Mon, 2013-04-22 01:29 PM

Martel
Valencia-Cortez
The same week Boston was struggling with capturing an elusive terror suspect, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a dangerous alien smuggler that has menaced the San Diego area for months. In the...

Company News

Fluidmesh debuts new logo and re-branding initiative

Fluidmesh Networks, a supplier of wireless backhauling systems for security, industrial and mission-critical applications, announced on March 25 a major re-branding initiative and the unveiling of its new logo.

Etter takes reins of First Air Force

Air Force Lt. Gen. William Etter took command of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region-First Air Force on March 7 at a ceremony at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.

During the ceremony, officiated by Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Etter assumed command from Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III. General Clarke is moving on to become the Director of the Air National Guard in Washington D.C.

Accenture, Vius approved for DHS mentor/protege program

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved global management consulting Accenture Federal Services and veteran-owned Vius LLC for participation in the department's Mentor/Protege Program.

The Mentor/Protege Program encourages private-sector relationships and expands DHS's efforts to identify and respond to the developmental needs of veteran-owned businesses, said Accenture. The program's goal is to enhance participants' ability to compete successfully for federal government contracts.

Aiphone names Toshiki Yamazaki CEO

Aiphone Corp. has announced the appointment of Toshiki Yamazaki as its chief cxecutive officer and John Mosebar as its vice president of marketing.

Yamazaki  previously served as president of Aiphone Europe for six years. His exposure to international markets makes him a valuable asset as Aiphone Corp. continues to import and manufacture quality communication products, says a company news release.

Mutualink demos multi-agency interoperability

Interoperable communications platform provider Mutualink, Inc. said it participated in a multi-agency collaboration demonstration Jan. 29 – 31 in San Diego that linked first responders and critical infrastructure providers.

The company said its demonstration showed the capabilities of real-time, anywhere, anytime multimedia collaboration between first responders and critical infrastructure agencies –like utilities – across wired, commercial broadband, satellite, and public safety LTE networks.

Thales appoints Todd Borkey as its Chief Technology Officer for U.S. communications business

Thales Communications, Inc., a supplier of tactical communications products for warfighters and first responders, has appointed Todd Borkey as the company’s Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. 

ComNet launches first transmission solution app

ComNet, Communication Networks of Danbury, CT, a manufacturer of fiber optic transmission and networking equipment, has introduced its new product selection app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

National Park Service collaborates with C4i to deliver signal range extension

In early fall, C4i was called upon to assist a high-altitude search and rescue training facility located in the mountains of eastern California.

The base dispatch center was having difficulty communicating across a high peak to personnel on the other side, as well as with aircraft. The field team operated in a very rugged, remote area and needed a way to communicate with members who worked at the main buildings. However, the groups were separated by a mountain range three miles away.

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Mobile County, AL, bolsters first responder communications with broadband mobile application

Setting the stage for LTE in Mobile County 

Mobile County, Alabama, was looking for ways to expand its public safety communications footprint. At the same time, it wanted to tap into the power of LTE broadband to ensure the highest levels of interoperability and connectivity for its senior leadership, regardless of their physical location. 

A patient identity solution that addresses a multi-billion dollar problem in healthcare

The cost of healthcare in the U.S. continues to soar year after year. The problem is not a result of idleness or the lack of technology, but of not addressing the core problem of patient identity.

FTC’s privacy policy report underscores importance of agility in enterprise mobility

In early February, a U.S. Federal Trade Commission report recommended tougher provisions over mobile app privacy, which caused some big technology companies to raise objections, according to recent news coverage. 

Purchase mobile computers wisely, so you don’t lose productivity

Higher productivity, increased labor costs and a strong trend towards true mobility in the workplace are all factors that have put the spotlight on the total cost of ownership for computers and devices. Organizations will have to start spending more on durable and reliable mobile computers, rather than looking for bargains, if they want to avoid losing valuable productive time. 

A unique solution for U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Acquisition cost versus life-cycle cost has always been a trade-off, often difficult to assess, usually very subjective, and frequently leaving U.S. Government procurement agencies to assume higher risk than necessary in their supplier selection process. 

For U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Telephonics Corp.’s solution for the Mobile Surveillance Capability (MSC) and the Integrated Fixed Tower (IFT) network solves this dilemma by providing both low acquisition costs and low life-cycle cost. 

 

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GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Detective Robert Shilling, Seattle Police Departmen

Detective Bob Shilling describes the Seattle PD’s winning entry in the category of “Most Notable Municipal/County Security Program” for its “Common Operating Program (COP)” that took five different CAD programs and put them into one system that could be used by the Seattle Police and Fire Departments, Public Utilities, City Lights and Seattle Department of Transportation. The project was financed by an $800,000 Urban Area Grant, but after looking at various large vendors’ solutions, the Seattle PD decided to build the program on its own.

IACP Conference, 2012: Dr. Frank Trocki, Aspen University, Denver, CO

Categories: Education/Training, Law Enforcement, Military/Force Protection, State/Local Security, Federal Agencies, Communications

IACP Conference, 2012: Stephen Meer, Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Intrado, Inc,

Stephen Meer, one of the founders of Intrado, Inc of Denver, Colorado, indicates that his company provides services and products to the 9-1-1 infrastructure, which he says is a very complicated ecosystem with lots of different constituent groups. The 9-1-1 infrastructure is like an iceberg, he says, with a little piece that delivers services to the public that is above the water line, and a massive infrastructure under the water line that supports it in operating seamlessly, continuously, dealing with all the regulations and issues in the world of public safety communications.

IACP Conference 2012: Mike Bostic, Director of Customer Advocacy, Security and Transportation Service, Raytheon

Mike Bostic of Raytheon points out that he spent 34 years as an Assistant Chief in the LAPD, where he worked about a third of that time in technology  and communications. And one thing he learned from his LAPD experience is that everything the military needs, so does public safety. But Raytheon is in the business of solving operational problems rather than selling boxes and devices, he says, and as a systems integrator the company sells solutions to specific sets of problems.

IACP Conference, 2012: Rob Wolf, VP Public Safety and Emergency Response, NC4

Rob Wolf tells GSN that NC4 products focus on situational awareness, and the company is at the IACP show to demonstrate its new NC4 SAFECOP product for state and local law enforcement. NC4 SAFECOP was developed in collaboration with the Tampa, FL police department and is a new crime fighting solution that changes the way officers police the streets by bringing them blogging capabilities which, combined with other police feeds and CAD data, display a graphic representation of crime almost immediately following an incident.

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Critical Security Controls International Summit 2013 Apr 26 - May 2
Secure India @Bangalore 2013 Apr 29 - May 4
Cloud Security Alliance CCSK Certification Training May 6 - 7
SANS Security West 2013 May 9 - 19
SANS Brisbane 2013 May 13 - 18
GovSec Conference & Expo May 14 - 15
CPM East Conference & Expo May 14 - 15
TREXPO - The Law Enforcement Expo May 14 - 15
SANS Austin 2013 May 19 - 24
DoD VA Healthcare Training Forum May 20 - 23
ISSA-LA Fifth Annual Information Security Summit May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Perimeter Defense Seminar May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar May 22 - 22
Transport and Logistics of Hazardous Material May 27 - 28
Southwest Microwave Seminar May 28 - 28
Border Management Southwest Summit May 29 - 31
Cyber Security Conference & Expo May 30 - 30
Mobile Device Security Summit 2013 May 30 - Jun 6
Security Analytics Summit 2013 May 30 - Jun 6
Cyber Security Conference & Expo May 30 - 30
Southwest Microwave Seminar May 30 - 30
SANS Malaysia @ MCMC 2013 Jun 3 - 8
2013 SIA Government Summit Jun 4 - 5
Southwest Microwave Seminar Jun 4 - 4
NCT: CBRNe Israel, 4 - 6 June 2013, Tel Aviv Jun 4 - 6
SEL Modern Solutions Power Systems Conference Jun 5 - 7
Mission Command Jun 10 - 12
Cyber Securty Brainstorm Jun 11 - 11
EDGE Summit 2013 Jun 11 - 11
IPv6 Summit 2013 Jun 14 - 16
SANSFIRE 2013 Jun 15 - 22
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's 2nd Biosurveillance Symposium Jun 17
Biodetection Technologies 2013 Jun 18 - 19
Southwest Microwave Seminar Jun 18 - 18

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