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National Defense August 2013 Sarah Sicard |
Lawmakers Question Future of Port Worker ID Card Program If implemented, new Defense Department regulations could leave contractors to foot the bill for the use of counterfeit parts. |
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Transportation Security Card to Come Under Microscope Again The Government Accountability Office said it will release a detailed report on the transportation worker identification credential in February, which will include the results of covert testing at port facilities. |
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Port Worker ID Card Criticized as Wasteful and Ineffective The Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard in October began enrolling port workers in a long delayed identity card program even though the technology to read the cards may be years away. |
National Defense January 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Maritime Domain Roadmap Seeks to ID All Vessels A layered sensor network that stretches out to the deep waters of the oceans will be required to track and identify every vessel approaching U.S. shores, according to a draft of the maritime domain awareness technology roadmap. |
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson |
TSA System May Make Boarding Passes Obsolete The Transportation Security Administration awarded MorphoTrust USA a contract to provide passport and driver's license scanners in airports, a step which will one day lead to the elimination of boarding passes. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2006 Sara Drummond |
Carrying the Cargo Intermodal transportation facilities spur industrial development in U.S. markets. |
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson |
DHS Pressing On With Troubled Technology Programs Whether it is program delays, public uproars over its policies, court challenges or accusations of mismanagement, nothing ever seems to go smoothly for DHS. Many of these controversial programs involve the development of new technologies. |
National Defense March 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Congress, DHS Turn Their Attention to Guarding Ground Transportation In the wake of 9/11, upgrading aviation security received justifiable attention. Last year, maritime security was addressed in the SAFE Port Act. Now, there is consensus in Congress that 2007 will be surface transportation's turn. |
National Defense May 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Defending Ports The U.S. Coast Guard has begun aggressive enforcement of the Maritime Transportation Act in an effort to increase protection of the nation's ports and waterways from terrorist attack. |
National Defense June 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Weighing the Costs of Security A smorgasbord of legislation and policy directives aimed at patching up security at U.S. ports in recent years has resulted in expenditures of billions of dollars worth of protective systems and technologies. |
Inc. September 2004 Rod Kurtz |
Small Biz Braces for Life on the High (Priced) Seas Importers and exporters face a new era in port security -- and that could bring choppy waters for small companies. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has repeatedly said that industry should expect to absorb much of the cost for securing ports |
National Defense July 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Airport Security Programs A Summer Priority... Data Mining Not Yet Ready To Take on Terror Cells... Maritime Test Center Off to Rolling Start... U.S. and Europe Reach Data-Sharing Accord... etc. |
National Defense December 2004 Pappalardo & Tiron |
Security Beat New York City police are not just patrolling the five boroughs in search of terrorist cells. They also have deployed investigators around the world, according to one of the city's top counter-terrorism officials. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John McHale |
TSA to Introduce New Technology for Access-Control Enhancements The second phase of the Transportation Security Administration's Airport Access Control Pilot Program will include advanced video surveillance, RFID cards, iris-scan readers and hand-geometry readers. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009 |
L-3 supplies TSA with millimeter wave imaging portals for airport security Officials of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration sought airport security systems that use active millimeter wave technology to identify concealed threats, including metallic items. |
National Defense October 2007 Grace Jean |
TSA Prepares to Take Over Responsibility for Checking No-Fly Lists The Transportation Security Administration will compare passenger data to federal watch lists and transmit any matches to aircraft operators. |
National Defense March 2007 |
Security Beat Coast Guard Ponders Future, Delivers New Mission Statement... Border Patrol Reaching Out to Fill 6,000 Slots... etc. |
InternetNews May 7, 2007 Roy Mark |
TSA Admits 100,000 Employee Records Missing The Transportation Security Administration is missing a hard drive containing some 100,000 current and former employee payroll records. |
National Defense July 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Beleaguered TSA May Wind Up Loser In Budget Battles As the Department of Homeland Security agency that comes into contact with the general public most often, the Transportation Security Administration has become one of the government's primary punching bags. |
PC Magazine November 30, 2004 Peter Suciu |
Chris Sawyer's Locomotion Although it's reminiscent of SimCity, the narrow focus on transportation makes "Locomotion" a less challenging game and therefore slightly less rewarding. |
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Law Enforcement Takes to Boats Around Vital Waterways There is a nationwide trend to place more law enforcement into boats. Coordination among U.S. Coast Guard personnel, state police, first responders and local cops is essential to enhancing security on the nation's waterways. |
IndustryWeek January 25, 2005 Tonya Vinas |
Transportation Services Respond To China Trade With the influx of goods from China soaring, transportation companies and public ports are making substantial capital investments and refocusing services. |
National Defense September 2013 Sarah Sicard |
Lawmakers Set Sights On TSA's Technology Acquisition Woes The Transportation Security Administration has come under scrutiny for long-standing problems associated with acquiring new technologies. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 |
Briefs TSA Begins Second Phase of Rail-Security Experiment... Hand-Held Guide to "Most Wanted Terrorists" Revised... DHS Awards of US-VISIT Prime Contract to Accenture LLP... etc. |
Reason September 2005 Jesse Walker |
TSA on eBay Selling passengers' possessions: The Transportation Security Administration is selling confiscated items on eBay. |
Reason March 2005 Julian Sanchez |
No Passport to Privacy Travelers get chipped: In October the Government awarded contracts to produce a new generation of smart passports embedded with biometric RFID chips capable of transmitting data to readers dozens of feet away. |
Reason July 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Ring Barers The Transportation Security Administration warns that incidents of female terrorists hiding explosives in sensitive areas are on the rise all over the world. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Laurence Goldberg |
Creating Safer and More Efficient Schools With Biometric Technologies While technology cannot provide a panacea for all school security concerns -- particularly those related to internal threats -- it can be used to enhance security, access control and communications within schools |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 |
Homeland Security Briefs Biometric system helps secure Iraq bases... ANSI launches Homeland Security Standards Database... Smiths Detection partners with Paladin Capital Group... International Biometric Group delivers iris- recognition test report... TSA to deploy new technology to additional airports... |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2003 Patricia Panchak |
Stuck In The Slow Lane Manufacturers have implemented technology and new processes to improve the efficiency, reliability and security of distribution systems. But is the nation's infrastructure able to handle the load? |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
10 Strategies to Drive Down Your Transportation Spend Learn how to reduce overall transportation spending while increasing the efficiency of your supply chain. |