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Homeland Security
Briefing
*Customs and Border Protection has launched a new six-month International Registered Traveler pilot program called Global Entry, which will begin accepting applications in May for a June 10 roll out […]
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Homeland Security
DoD Awards Cleveland BioLabs $9M for Medical Rad Countermeasures
Cleveland BioLabs [CBLI] has received a potential $8.9 million contract from the Defense Department’s Chemical Biological Medical Systems (CBMS) Joint Program Management Office for the advanced development of Protectan CBLB502 […]
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Homeland Security
Port of L.A. Explores Business-to-Business Container Security Arrangement
Exploring a novel approach to container security, and one that may please budget conscious U.S. government officials, the Port of Los Angeles is discussing with terminal operators possible ways to […]
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Homeland Security
Washington Awards L-1 $7M Fingerprinting Contract
Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services awarded L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] a $7 million contract to provide digital fingerprinting services for civil applicants as part of the EasyPath […]
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Air ForceMembers Lament Domestic Air Defense Funding, Plug 4 Gen Fighters To Air Force
By Emelie Rutherford A quartet of lawmakers sent Air Force leaders a letter last week suggesting the service pursue a new fighter-jet strategy to ensure it can fulfill its Air […]
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Homeland Security
ICx gets $4.4M from ThermoFisher for identiFINDERs
ICx Technologies [ICXT] received a $4.4 million order from ThermoFisher Scientific [TMO] to provide identiFINDER handheld radiation detectors. ThermoFisher typically resells the devices to various federal government customers. Over 6,000 […]
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DoE Security Faulted On Foreign Researchers, Sensitive Data Access
By George Lobsenz While improvements have been made in both areas, the Energy Department still has significant lapses in implementing key security procedures designed to block access to sensitive data […]
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Homeland Security
Unisys Gets $1M from L.A. Port for TWIC Access Control Pilot
The Port of Los Angeles has awarded Unisys [UIS] a potential $1 million contract to design and manage an identification and access control system field test under the federal Transportation […]
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Business/FinancialAIA Seeks Focus On Defense Modernization Issues
By Ann Roosevelt The Aerospace Industry Association (AIA)’s newest report finds a defense budget squeeze coming that will affect the next administration and wants presidential candidates to address the specifics […]
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Homeland Security
GE to Provide Integrated EDS, X-Ray Systems to Moscow Airport
General Electric’s [GE] Security business has been selected by Moscow International Airport Domodedovo to provide two integrated CTX 9000 DSi and X-Ray Diffraction 3500 systems as part of a system-of-systems […]