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National Defense November 2006 Stew Magnuson	Fear of Terror Weapons Drives Tech Funding With the nation in the throes of the so-called "long war," it is no surprise that the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security's research dollars is going toward technologies designed to prevent terrorist attacks.
National Defense February 2007 Stew Magnuson	DHS Technology Chief to Focus on Explosives Threat The Pentagon will have some help in its ongoing effort to defeat improvised explosive devices if Jay Cohen, director of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, gets his way.
National Defense April 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat The biggest challenge facing the maritime transportation industry is ensuring that legitimate cargo is not needlessly delayed as new security measures are implemented.
National Defense February 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat Federal government gets 'D' in cyber-security... DHS awards multiple security contracts... Companies selected for air defense program... etc.
National Defense June 2009 Erwin & Magnuson	7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror.
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.
National Defense November 2007 Breanne Wagner	Government Lacks Clear Plans to ID Small Vessels Used as Terrorist Weapons In order to decrease the risk of an attack, the government is proposing new security plans. Some suggestions have been met with stiff resistance.
National Defense April 2006 Stew Magnuson	Drones Patrolling the Border The Border Patrol will fly a second unmanned aerial vehicle over the Arizona desert beginning this June. The first Predator B flight assisted in nabbing more than 1,000 illegal immigrants and 400 pounds of narcotics.
Salon.com May 16, 2001 Fiona Morgan	"A dangerous step backwards" Why has President Bush cut funding to combat nuclear proliferation in Russia, and will Congress be able to bring it back?
Reason March 2006 Veronique de Rugy	Are We Ready for the Next 9/11? The sorry state -- and stunning waste -- of homeland security spending.
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson	Former staffer becomes leading DHS critic Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin has emerged in recent months as one of the department's leading critics, and one with some credibility.
National Defense May 2006 Stew Magnuson	Lawmakers Introduce Tunnel Legislation The movement of illegal immigrants or narcotics through a tunnel under a U.S. border is a felony, but there are no laws on the books preventing the excavation itself.
National Defense November 2012 Erwin et al.	Top Five Threats to National Security in the Coming Decade The next wave of national security threats might be more than the technology community can handle. They are complex, multidimensional problems against which no degree of U.S. technical superiority in stealth, fifth-generation air warfare or night-vision is likely to suffice.
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Homeland Security Steps Up Emphasis On Preparedness The Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross have declared September to be National Preparedness Month. The DHS has undergone major restructuring under Chertoff, but some are critical of how resources are allocated.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	Blueprint For Homeland Security The Defense Department is working on a comprehensive homeland defense strategy that will detail the Pentagon's emerging role in protecting the United States from terrorist attack
PC World September 11, 2001 Dan Verton	Terrorist Attacks Shake U.S. Infrastructure Cyberspace may be clogged, but it's apparently not a target -- this time, experts say...
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 July 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Cruise Ship Protection Efforts Given High Marks Cruise ships have been the targets of terrorist actions in the past, most notably the 1985 attack on the Achille Lauro, which resulted in the death of American passenger Leon Klinghoffer.
National Defense March 2007 Breanne Wagner	DHS Expands Search for Anti-Missile Technology The Department of Homeland Security is proposing an unmanned aerial vehicle defense system designed to fly above airports and protect commercial aircraft against shoulder-fired missiles.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Security Beat Coast Guard Drops In on Lawbreakers... Chief Medical Officer's Role Pondered... Divorce for FEMA; Marriage for Customs?... Visa Malfeasance Eyed... HAZMAT Law in Line for Changes... TSA, Army Test Bomb Detector...
National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson	Feds Begin to Tackle the Vexing Problem of How to Defeat Homemade Bombs Congress' attention remains focused on preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil, but improvised explosive devices do not receive the same attention as the chemical, biological or nuclear threats.
National Defense April 2006 Stew Magnuson	Aircraft Missile Defense: The Debate Continues With up to a million man-portable missiles produced since the 1970s, questions remain as to how much should be done to protect U.S. commercial airliners.
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson	Budget Woes May Force Homeland Security To Cut Missions Sequester or no sequester, the Department of Homeland Security is in store for changes, a Senate Appropriations Committee staffer predicted.
National Defense November 2006 Stew Magnuson	Feds lagging in most disaster scenarios, McHale says The federal government has identified 15 homeland disaster scenarios for which it must prepare. But does making lists equate to preparedness?
National Defense March 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat The Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services will share $275 million to expand the BioWatch program, improve a nationwide bio threat reporting system and upgrade food and animal inspections.
National Defense February 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Leaders Inherit Litany of Procurement Woes There is a new administration and a new Congress. But will it be a new day for the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires technology?
National Defense April 2007 Stew Magnuson	Defense, Law-Enforcement Agencies Seek Advanced Surveillance Tools Suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices and the threats of chemical or biological weapons are creating increased demand for cutting edge technologies that can detect or survey potential hazards from stand-off distances.
Salon.com September 12, 2000 Arthur Allen	The battle over bio-terror A recent report urges America to pour $13 billion into preventing disease-based warfare, but evidence suggests that our fears are misplaced.
National Defense September 2011 Eric Beidel	Homeland Security Market 'Vibrant' Despite Budget Concerns The abundance of small, medium and large firms vying for DHS contracts is creating healthy competition.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Charles Perrow	Shrink The Targets Human nature can better withstand a dozen small disasters than a single great one, even if the casualty total is the same. Protecting America's big targets is next to impossible; we should instead downsize them to make them less consequential and easier to protect.
National Defense December 2006 Stew Magnuson	Homeland Security Tussles with GAO Over Radiation Portals A DHS official said he was confident that the next generation of portals designed to find nuclear materials in shipping containers will work despite a withering GAO report questioning performance data and their high price tags.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Plan to Protect U.S. Ports Homes In on Contraband The challenge facing the DHS, importers and the shipping industry is to prevent weapons of mass destruction, would-be illegal immigrants and contraband from entering U.S. ports -- including overland traffic from Canada and Mexico -- without disrupting the flow of goods.
Salon.com August 11, 2000 Fiona Morgan	Mutually assured dysfunction President Clinton's nuclear missile defense plan will spur a new arms race, a report by top intelligence agencies predicts.
National Defense June 2004 Pappalardo & Erwin	Security Beat Law enforcement agencies, using grant money from the federal government, increasingly are investing in robots to prepare for domestic threats.
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	Public Still in the Dark When it Comes to Dirty Bomb Threat The federal government has come up short in public information campaigns to educate the public on what to do in the event of a radiation attack
National Defense October 2006 Stew Magnuson	DHS Outlines Efforts to Protect Infrastructure The director of the infrastructure partnership division in DHS, said that the long-awaited National Infrastructure Protection Plan will detail ways the government and the private sector can work as "peers" to share and protect sensitive information.
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	13 Years Later, Still a Ways to Go on Sharing Terrorist Threats With Public The government needs to have a clear communication strategy to combat misinformation and speculation.
National Defense May 2004 Kennedy & Tiron	Securitybeat U.S. Beefs Up Security On Railway Systems... Budget Amendment Good News for DHS... Air Force Adopts Biometrics Security Systems... etc.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	U.S.-Mexico Rapport Transformed by Terrorist Threat Efforts are under way on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to reform the national security relationship between the two nations in response to increased terrorism fears.
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Federal Agencies Tackle Maritime Security, Ports First The U.S. government's plan to increase its awareness of activities on the world's waterways is starting close to home, as many federal agencies turn their attention to ports. Officials from the Navy and DHS said the task of securing the maritime domain is a global problem.
National Defense January 2006 Abshire & Czerwinski	With an Overstretched Military, U.S. Should Create `Home Guard' The U.S. presence in Iraq has in many ways made near-term gains in the war on terror more difficult and thrown America's homeland security into question. But a creative solution with roots reaching far back into American history may be the answer.
National Defense September 2010 Magnuson & Fugate	Monitoring Small Vessels Still a Challenge for Coast Guard, Says GAO The Government Accountability Office has found that few resources are being devoted to the small vessel threat.
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson	Former Customs and Border Protection Chief Slams Congress As deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection in the Bush administration, Jayson Ahern was the primary target of Congress' ire when it came to a mandate to screen 100 percent of all shipping containers bound for the United States for nuclear materials.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	DHS Technology Budget To Exceed $1B in 2005 An array of emerging technologies is the key to defending the United States from its enemies, according to Charles E. McQueary, undersecretary of homeland security for science and technology.
National Defense February 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat Britain and U.S. Agree To Share Security Tech. The United States and United Kingdom are attempting to bridge their homeland security efforts.
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 November 2011 Stew Magnuson	Who Is in Charge of What During Major Catastrophes Still Unanswered The answer is all of them and none of them, former Commandant of the Coast Guard retired Adm. Thad Allen suggested recently.
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat Northcom Urged to Set Priorities... Study Focuses on Surviving Terrorist Attacks... States Need to Manage First Responder Funding... Boeing to Test Cargo Security System... Coast Guard 'Rescue 21' Behind Schedule...
National Defense March 2009 Matthew Rusling	No Silver Bullet for Thwarting Terrorists Aboard Small Boats Experts agree they will remain a weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given their low cost, ease of deployment and success record.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh	State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations.