Homeland Security
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Homeland Security
DHS Advisory Panel Recommends International Registered Traveler Program
An advisory panel charged by the Departments of Homeland Security and State to suggest ways to balance the nation’s security while maintaining a welcome mat in the United States for […]
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Homeland Security
Verified Identity Pass Selected As RT Services Provider For Dulles, Reagan Airports
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority yesterday selected Verified Identity Pass to be the Registered Traveler (RT) Service Provider for both Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airports, further boosting […]
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Homeland Security
NNSA Outlines Options For Weapons Contract Consolidation
By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) yesterday laid out a range of options for consolidating and streamlining its operating contracts for the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons complex, […]
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Homeland Security
Acro Signs Up Distributors to Extend Global Reach
Acro Inc. [ACRI], maker of the pocket-sized, disposable ACRO Peroxide Explosives Tester (PET), has appointed new distribution partners to extend its reach in the Asia Pacific Region, North America and […]
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Homeland Security
DoE Nonproliferation Program Funding GNEP, Iraq Projects–GAO
By George Lobsenz Congressional auditors have found "serious" problems with an Energy Department nonproliferation program to redirect Soviet-era weapons scientists into commercial employment, saying DoE has overstated its accomplishments, paid […]
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Homeland Security
ICx Nabs Small Subcontract for Base Security
ICx Technologies [ICXT] received a $777,000 subcontract from BAE Systems to supply six STS-12000 long-range radars for U.S. Marine Corps’ base defense. The radar system provides automated wide-area surveillance, tracking […]
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Homeland Security
Illinois Provides Small Grants to Two Firms
The Homeland Security Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (HSIEC) at Northwestern Univ. has awarded state-funded challenge grants of $5,000 each to two Illinois firms: Cogent Innovations and Lisle Technology Partners. The […]
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Homeland Security
China Distributor Acquires Rapiscan X-Ray Systems
OSI Systems [OSIS] says its Rapiscan security division has received a $2 million order from its Chinese distributor, Ryan Security Technologies, Ltd., for its Rapiscan 500 series baggage and parcel […]
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Homeland Security
L-1 Receives $17M to Fingerprint California Daycare Workers
L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] received a three-year, $17 million contract from the California Department of Social Services to process and enroll more than 300,000 daycare workers. Under California licensing regulations, […]
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Homeland Security
DTRA Seeks Research in Nuclear Detection, Forensics
The Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is soliciting proposals for research in nuclear detection and forensics to keep pace with defense capability requirements. DTRA seeks proposals for advanced detector […]