30/03/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - DHS' progress in federal incident management planning
The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report, redacted before publication, that addresses DHS’ efforts to develop incident management plans associated with the 15 existing National Planning Scenarios. These scenarios contemplate attacks and disasters ranging from a cyber-attack to terrorist assaults involving radiological, biological or chemical agents to a major earthquake or hurricane.
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24/02/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - TSA explosives detection procurement plan 'practical, thorough, and comprehensive,' says OIG report issued before Fl
The narrowly averted tragedy of Flight 253 has forced a wide-ranging reexamination of DHS' anti-terrorist activities, and it has reordered airport explosives-detection-equipment acquisition priorities.
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17/02/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. Muslim organizations against full body scanners
Add the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the well-known civil liberties and advocacy organization, and the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA), a Muslim scholars organization, to groups opposing the introduction of so-called full-body scanners at U.S. airports.
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10/11/2009 | High Tech
US - Grants for programs to combat human trafficking
The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) is undertaking a two-stage competitive process for 2010 funding of projects that will “improve the response to trafficking in persons outside the United States.”
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10/11/2009 | High Tech
US - Grants for programs to combat human trafficking
The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) is undertaking a two-stage competitive process for 2010 funding of projects that will “improve the response to trafficking in persons outside the United States.”
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29/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iran and China leading states stealing U.S. military tech & equip, says watchdog
Iran and China “lead the world” in stealing U.S. military equipment and technology.
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