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November 21st, 2008

Introducing, P.L. 110-248,The Local Preparedness Acquisition Act, that permits State and local governments access to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 84 (Total Solutions for Law Enforcement).

The goal of GSA is to establish long-term government-wide contracts with commercial firms to provide access to products and services that can be ordered directly from government approved GSA Schedule contractors.

GSA Schedules offer customers delivery of supplies and services at volume discount pricing. All customers, even those in remote locations, can order supplies and services, conveniently, and at most favored customer prices. The FSS offers the benefits of shorter lead-times, lower administrative costs, coupled with most favored customer pricing. When using GSA Schedules, ordering government activities have the opportunity to meet business goals, while promoting compliance with various laws and regulations.

In June 2008, the President signed Public Law 110-248, to permit agencies at the State and local government level to purchase directly from FSS 84 (Total Solutions for Law Enforcement). This is a tremendous step forward in serving to promote a business opportunity previously reserved solely for Federal agencies.

October 21st, 2008

Over the course of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, the U.S. has seen the threat of improvised explosives devices (IEDs) increase exponentially. In 2002, coalition forces encountered 22 IEDs in Afghanistan. By 2006, that number increased to 1,730. In Iraq, these statistics are much higher.

August 13th, 2008

ASIS INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSION ON STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

Mission Statement

To advance the practice of security management through the development of standards and guidelines within a voluntary, nonproprietary, and consensus-based process, utilizing to the fullest extent possible the knowledge, experience, and expertise of ASIS membership, security professionals, and the global security industry.

August 5th, 2008

According to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the threat of nuclear terrorism will continue to represent two of the most serious threats facing the United States and the international community. While the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal provides the ultimate guarantee of our overarching national security, the end of the Cold War weakened the security of other nations’ nuclear stockpiles. As a result, it has become possible for illicit nuclear materials to find there way into the hands of rogue nations and terrorist groups around the world. Some extremist groups have and do seek out weapons of mass destruction as a method through which they can enact a campaign of terror.

July 31st, 2008

In any emergency communication is crucial to faster and more effective response. In the case of a life-threatening emergency, communication between the various departments involved is critical. Government agencies, fire rescue, emergency medical and police responding to the scene all need to know what is going on and where it’s happening, fast. When every second counts, responders must be able to communicate with each other no matter what agency they work for. If any of this is compromised, delays, caused by questions involving control of the communications system or by perceived barriers to action can ultimately affect the ultimate outcome of the event.

Enter interoperable communications systems – equipment which allows responders from all agencies, regardless of hardware, to communicate effectively during an emergency event.

June 20th, 2008

Getting control over desktop PCs is fast becoming a major strategic objective of CIOs and IT departments. There is no doubt that a fully‐controlled PC is easier to manage and therefore much less expensive, but there are actually several factors that are forcing companies to do away with overly lenient policies and strengthen their management capabilities of their Windows infrastructure:

• Compliance objectives require better information about and auditing of end‐user PCs, as well as
tighter policy enforcement.
• Malware is evolving and now taking advantage of downloadable software and online social
communities to gain access to PCs
• Helpdesk calls are expensive, and the majority of them are preventable

If your organization is subject to federal regulations related to IT security, then locking down workstations is probably going to be a big priority. After all, nobody wants to go to prison just because workstations were not properly secured.

June 16th, 2008

The ICx™ Technologies Fido® is an extremely sensitive, portable explosives detector. It is comparable in performance to trained bombsniffing dogs – the gold standard by which trace chemical vapor sensors are detected. The sensor has been widely deployed among U.S. and Allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, where it is making a positive contribution in the fight against improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the greatest threat currently facing our troops.

June 6th, 2008

In the late summer of 2005, the City of New Orleans experienced an event of extreme proportions. The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the City was catastrophic and long-lasting. When the center of Katrina passed east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds were in the Category 2 range, and tidal surges were equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane. Though the most severe portion of Katrina missed the city, the storm surge caused more than 50 breaches in drainage canal levees and also in navigational canal levees and precipitated the worst engineering disaster in US history.

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