The Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Nursing has received a $900,000 federal grant to increase the number of students who are minorities or from educationally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds who graduate from the baccalaureate nursing (BSN) program.
Cinch's encrypted intrusion detection system (IDS) wins UL 1076 approval of the Cinch Systems Protector IDS System. The Protector IDS acts not only as a security system but also as a point-monitoring system, a metrics-monitoring system, and a networking subsystem.
As part of its ongoing efforts to cultivate public-private partnerships at the state and local level, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently launched a new web page for state and local officials and their private-sector partners to provide them with resources and the opportunity to share practices and ideas.
"Regional Administrators are crucial to our ability to respond effectively to emergencies based on the needs of the communities we serve," said Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate. "MaryAnn Tierney is not only an experienced emergency manager, but her background in local government and her knowledge of the region make her uniquely qualified to lead our efforts there."
Avineon Inc. has announced its online Readiness Index Tool, which provides businesses with the opportunity to measure their emergency preparedness - and will be introduced through a series of webinar demonstrations.
Under the contract, ManTech will provide 24/7 incident handling and strategic support to help detect and report malicious cyber activities targeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Agriculture Security Operations Center (SOC) enterprise information infrastructure.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate has kicked off the seventh annual National Preparedness Month by reminding people about the importance of family and community emergency preparedness.
"Each IRMS Go-Kit is an emergency warehouse-in-a-box, containing all of the essential elements to effectively manage emergency resources and patient treatment sites wherever they are needed," said Upp Technology President Carl Brewer. "They are highly scalable with the ability to manage up to 1,000 patients per hour and are easily integrated for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) decision support."
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) have announced successful implementation of the security protocols necessary for sustainable aviation security institutions and practices, and to ensure the safety of passengers traveling between the two countries. Flights between the United States and Liberia could begin as early as the fall of this year.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded a $27 million contract to Achaogen Inc. of San Francisco to develop an antibiotic that could be used against two possible types of bioterrorism as well as common infections that are becoming resistant to antibiotics.
