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National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson	DHS Program Gives Hazardous Materials Teams Networked Sensors The integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive program developed a set of standards that allows these sensors to transmit data directly back to a higher headquarters where others can sort through the findings on a common operating picture.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Feds Pursue Better Communication Paths When it comes to interoperable communications systems (between the military and civilian agencies, etc.), there are many borders to cross. Experts say it will be years before it will be reached. But industry efforts are underway.
National Defense August 2013 Stew Magnuson	Work Begins in Earnest To Create Nationwide Public Safety Network Congress in the 2012 Tax Relief Act granted a highly coveted block of radio spectrum to public safety agencies for their exclusive use, and threw in $7 billion to help kickstart the effort. Now comes the hard part: actually building it.
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy	After Several Recent National Disasters, Gaps in Emergency Communications Still Not Fixed The ability of military and civilian first responders to communicate during major national emergencies is improving, but roadblocks remain. Among the problems is that many first responders lack adequate knowledge of their communications equipment.
National Defense September 2011 Stew Magnuson	Proponents Optimistic That Interoperable Public Safety Network Bill Will Pass Heather Hogsett, director of the National Governors Association's homeland security and public safety committee, said legislation has a better chance of passing this year.
National Defense August 2014 Chelsea Todaro	More Training, Communications Funds Needed, First Responders Say First responders urged Congress recently to provide more funding for stronger intelligence information sharing across federal, state and local levels and for training with new communication devices.
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson	Company Expanding Interoperable Comms Beyond First Responders Mutualink Inc., a Wallingford, Conn.-based firm, saw its system tested during Hurricane Sandy last year. Prior to that catastrophic storm, it had already signed up dozens of clients in New Jersey.
National Defense January 2013 Valerie Insinna	Natural Disasters Uncover Ongoing Emergency Communications Problems Recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy and the Washington, D.C., metro-area derecho revealed vulnerabilities in first responder communication networks and equipment.
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Multi-Band Radio Key to Interoperable Communications, But Concerns Are Raised About Price A world where police, fire, and emergency services can seamlessly communicate with each other over the airwaves has been a dream of the Department of Homeland Security since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina four years later.
National Defense November 2011 Stew Magnuson	First Responders Sound Alarm on Loss of Grant Money With federal budget cuts looming, local law enforcement and fire departments are growing worried that the money will dry up, or be sharply reduced.
Scientific American September 2009 Larry Greenemeier	Radio for Responders: Public Safety Bandwidth Goes Unused As multiband radio for public safety proceeds, the digital spectrum for it still lags
National Defense January 2007 Tyrone C. Taylor	Pentagon, First Responders Share Communications Needs The military and civilian emergency responder communities share an overlapping need for enhanced communication technologies.
BusinessWeek May 12, 2011 John Tozzi	Darrin Reilly: 911 for the Mobile Era The COO of Cassidian Communications is creating emergency-response software that goes beyond phone calls to accept text, video, and other types of messages.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	Tracking Personnel Inside Buildings: A Tough Problem to Solve The ability to know where your personnel are at all times is crucial in natural disasters. Unfortunately, it was one of the major weaknesses following 9/11.
InternetNews November 12, 2009	FCC Mulls Broadband Network for Public Safety Work on broadband plan continues as commission hears from first responders on how to address shortcomings in critical infrastructure.
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Emergency Responders Hone Skills Amid the Rubble One of the first skills firefighters and other first responders learn at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center is how to hoist a slab of concrete off a rubble pile using only their muscles.
National Defense January 2006 David C. Walsh	Inter-Agency Communications Systems Remain Uncoordinated Hurricane Katrina revealed many failures in the government's communications capabilities. But replacing old analog systems with interoperable transmission equipment, special gear and redundant systems is an expensive, operationally complex proposition.
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 June 2010 Stew Magnuson	First Responders to End Radio Market Monopolies The 88 cities of Los Angeles County have banded together to end a long-standing business model that forces them to upgrade first responder radio systems at the whim of vendors.
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 January 2011 Eric Beidel	Military Looking Into Smart Phone 'Connector' Pentagon agencies are looking at software that allows for secure communication between different devices, be they computers, smart phones or radios.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John McHale	Colorado Statewide Communications System Expands to the San Luis Valley When completed, the agencies in the region will operate their mission-critical communications on a state-of-the-art digital radio system provided by Motorola engineers that also is capable of data transmissions for mobile computers in first responder vehicles.
National Defense February 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	Governors Attempt Interoperability Solution as Feds Falter Six states are being asked to design new projects to help first responders communicate with each other more effectively during disasters.
National Defense May 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	First Responders: To Fight Terror, Cross-Training Needed First responders should be trained to deal with a myriad of emergencies, from nuclear to biological attack.
National Defense July 2008 Juan D. Deaton	How to Achieve Next-Generation Public Safety Networks Cellular technology is an extremely attractive option for public safety communications. The success of the commercial market will guarantee that the technology will continue to improve.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller	U.S. And Its Allies Get Serious About Systems Interoperability Recent international exercises involving U.S. and allied military forces, as well as police departments and first responders, are finally getting the idea across that military leaders are getting very serious about interoperability.
National Defense November 2009 Wright & Magnuson	Communication Interoperability Not Yet Achieved, Says Chertoff Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff expressed frustration that the federal government has yet to establish a national radio spectrum available to public-safety agencies during emergencies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 Ben Ames	DHS Struggles to List Needed Technologies and Priorities Leaders at the 18 month-old Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are still wading through the process of nailing down what technologies and equipment are needed for specific agencies or tasks, as well as determining who gets priority.
Wired March 2007 Ethan Watters	Shot Spotter Last year there were 148 homicides in Oakland. Today, when someone fires a gun on a city street, a network of hidden microphones kicks in triangulating the exact location and alerting police.
Popular Mechanics March 2006	Now What? The lessons of Katrina
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson	Military Training Technology Making Leap to Civilian Use Small businesses that have sold computer-based training systems to the U.S. military are now finding opportunities to convert their simulations to the homeland security and domestic first responder market.
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.
InternetNews March 13, 2008 Judy Mottl	NY Muni Wireless Network Launch in Sight New York City's most extensive municipal wireless network is a month away from launch.
InternetNews April 8, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Fresno Cops to Get Broadband Wireless IBM will build a next-generation communications system for real-time images and communications.
National Defense September 2010 Stew Magnuson	Plan for Public Safety Communication Network Hits Snags A Federal Communications Commission plan that would sell to the private sector valuable spectrum that was once reserved exclusively for public safety agencies is facing stiff opposition from lawmakers and the Department of Homeland Security.
National Defense August 2010 Eric Beidel	Emergency Response Software Relies on Smart Phones A lot of money has been spent since 9/11 to improve communication among agencies and first responders during an emergency.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John McHale	Motorola building Wyoming's communication system Motorola engineers are building a $51.4 million advanced wireless voice and data-communications system, called WyoLink, capable of connecting more than 150 public-safety and public-service agencies throughout Wyoming.
Job Journal October 28, 2007	Career Snapshot: Police Officer Police officers can be sure of steady demand for their courage and dedication.
National Defense January 2014 Stew Magnuson	Crisis Mass Communications to Enter New Age Mass notification systems designed to inform the public, workers or other groups of a crisis date back to the age of rotary phones.
InternetNews October 4, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Motorola, Microsoft Partner For Public Safety The wireless specialist will use the software giant's platforms to develop new apps for first responders.
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 September 2009 Magnuson & Breitbach	Tech vs. Terrorism For every threat to the homeland, there's a business that has a technology waiting in the wings to counter a would-be terrorist's moves.
National Defense May 2009 Magnuson & Rusling	Video Sharing Needed for Emergency Response The myriad of government agencies involved in an emergency need some way to see what everyone is seeing.
National Defense February 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	U.S. Has Strategy for Homeland Security, But Are We Ready? In October, the White House issued an updated "National Strategy for Homeland Security," which is intended to guide, organize and unify the nation's homeland security efforts.
National Defense March 2005 Robert H. Williams	Homeland Defense Vehicle Unveiled U.S. Army engineers spent five years working on a state-of-the-art homeland security vehicle that was designed for emergencies in the Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia and New York City corridor.
Job Journal April 18, 2004 Julia Hollister	Proud Service: Careers in Public Safety Opportunity in law enforcement abound for those who want to wear a badge. Check out these great career opportunities and website resources.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Coast Guard San Francisco Investigates Communications Systems for Crisis Events The U.S. Coast Guard Sector in San Francisco and other military agencies are investigating technologies to build ad-hoc emergency communications systems quickly in the wake of disasters like Hurricane Katrina that bring down commercial telephone, radio, and computer networks.
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean	Industry Pushing Ahead with Software-Based Radios The U.S. Defense Department's troubled program to replace its radios with a family of software-based communications devices is plodding along slowly.
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 June 2010 Stew Magnuson	Lawmakers Try to Save Spectrum for Police, Fire Departments The Federal Communications Commission in the release of its National Broadband Plan, said it was committed to bringing interoperable communications to the nation's emergency personnel.