The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross (ARC) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement that sets the framework for the ARC and FEMA to jointly lead the planning and coordination of mass care services to both strengthen and expand the resources available to help shelter, feed, provide emergency first aid, and deliver supplies to survivors of a disaster.
"Dr. Vanderwagen is a renowned public health official who brings a wealth of real-world experience in the public health community," said Scott Upp, CEO of Upp Technology. "We appreciate the practical wisdom that he - and everyone at Martin, Blank, and Associates - can provide as we look to increase our services for a community that has unique needs and limited resources."
FLIR Systems hosted its fourth annual "Corporate State of the Union" press breakfast. For the first time, Bill Sundermeier, president of FLIR Government Systems, publicly discussed the recent ICx Technologies acquisition and its integration within FLIR Systems.
"New World has continued our significant annual investments in research and development while working hand-in-hand with public safety customers across the country to constantly offer new and leading solutions for law enforcement, fire, and EMS," said Mark Prevost, Vice President of Marketing for New World.
CACI International Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a prime contract to support the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Information Technology Infrastructure work under an overall CDC Information Management Services (CIMS) contract. The 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for IT infrastructure work has a ceiling value of $1 billion, represents new business for CACI, and leverages its position in the growing healthcare IT field.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton joined Mexican Secretary of Finance Ernesto Cordero Arroyo and Tax Administration Service and Customs Director Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz-Mena in hosting the first-ever graduation of Mexican customs officials from a 10-week ICE-led investigator training course at the U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy in North Charleston, S.C.
The Partnership for Sustainable Communities - which consists of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - builds economic competitiveness by connecting housing with good jobs, transportation, and more. Last week, those agencies began releasing local grants to support sustainable living nationwide. The combined sum of the new agency grants is almost $410 million.
TeleCommunication Systems has received an additional $4.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and maintenance of Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Satellite Systems.
GE has announced an addition to its Reuter Stokes product line: a radiation detection solution using boron-10 to detect radiation in homeland security applications. These detectors are key components of the radiation portal monitors used in a wide range of applications, including the screening of cargo at U.S. borders and ports.
"This technology is very important to our DOI customers, especially those who need to communicate with their surrounding fire and law-enforcement agencies with a cost-effective interoperability solution," said Michael Sheehan, President and CEO of Thales Communications Inc. "Further, this is a solution that works right out of the box."
