The annual CBCF focuses on enhancing cooperation on key cross-border crime and security issues, with a particular focus on cross-border investigations and the resulting prosecutions. The CBCF brings together senior public safety and law enforcement officials, and prosecutors, to address a number of cross-border issues, including terrorism, mass-marketing fraud, interoperability matters, organized crime, and others.
"DuPont is proud to partner with the Smithsonian on this important national exhibition," said Mark P. Vergnano, DuPont executive vice president. "It showcases the unprecedented collective efforts of hundreds of companies and agencies to protect lives in space, the net effect of which could only have been achieved when innovative science and collaboration were put to the service of an important goal."
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas have announced the expansion of the E-Verify program's capabilities to include U.S. passport photo matching - further enhancing the integrity of the program by enabling E-Verify to automatically check the validity and authenticity of all U.S. passports and passport cards presented for employment verification checks.
ManTech has been awarded an Integrated Logistics Support and Services (ILSS) contract by the U.S. Army Rock Island Contracting Center to provide integrated logistics support services to the Army Sustainment Command (ASC). ManTech will support ASC in four major operational areas: left-behind equipment, pre-deployment training equipment, theater-provided equipment, and supply support activity.
"We are delighted that PharmAthene was selected as a grant recipient under this program," commented Eric I. Richman, President and Chief Executive Officer. PharmAthene has focused on developing urgently needed, best-in-class, next generation medical countermeasures that offer the potential for improved safety, convenience, and cost-effectiveness, consistent with this imperative.
"Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship explosive devices on board aircraft bound for the U.S., the Administration took a number of immediate steps to increase security by tightening existing measures related to cargo bound for the United States," said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Idaho Technology has announced that it has filed a submission with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for 510(k) clearance to market its FilmArray Respiratory Panel (RP) as an in vitro diagnostic product for patients with symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection. The FilmArray RP is a user-friendly multiplex PCR assay designed for the detection and differentiation of a panel of respiratory viruses and bacteria.
L-3 Security & Detection Systems has announced that it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a ceiling of $325 million by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supply next-generation Advanced Technology (AT) X-ray systems to screen carry-on baggage at security checkpoints.
"Vermont's vision for our public safety communications is clearly addressed by the Harris P25 solution, which also allows us to leverage our existing infrastructure," said Chief J. Paul Duquette, Chair, Vermont Communications (VCOMM). "When completed, the VCOMM system will be a modern and reliable system for Vermont public safety agencies that meets federal mandates and will support Vermont's growing public safety communications needs well into the future."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced new guidelines on emergency sheltering to help state planners and non-profit organizations ensure that people with access and functional needs receive lawful and equitable assistance in the aftermath of a disaster. The Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) guidelines give state governments recommendations to help them provide emergency sheltering services that meet the needs of their communities and are in compliance with existing federal laws designed to prevent discrimination on the basis of disability.
