Updates

President Obama Signs 2009 Proclamation Naming March 'Red Cross Month'

March has officially been declared American Red Cross Month by order of a Presidential Proclamation signed by President Barack Obama in ceremonies marking the 66th time the month of March has been celebrated in honor of the organization.

Philadelphia Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Conducts First Avian Flu Response Exercise

CBP's Port of Philadelphia conducted its first Avian Influenza-response exercise at Philadelphia International Airport to evaluate its procedures to secure the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza-H5N1 pandemic in the bustling international passenger airport

SAMSUNG GVI Security SHR-8000 DVRs Lower-Cost, Easier-to-Use 36x Alternative to PC-based DVRs

The new SHR-8000 Series DVRs let users simultaneously review playback in real time while also recording in real time. The new DVRs achieve real-time Full D1 resolution at 480IPS high-quality recording for any demanding security application.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Releases the 2009 National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)

The 2009 NIPP replaces the 2006 version & provides the unifying structure for the integration, into a single national program, of a wide range of efforts for the enhanced protection and resiliency of the nation's critical infrastructure and key resources.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Announces IS-700.a NIMS (National Incident Management System) Introduction Training Course

This course, which introduces and provides an overview of the National Incident Management System, is geared for individuals with emergency-management responsibilities including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation operations.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Issues Bold Efficiency Review Initiative

Secretary Napolitano announced a department-wide action directive challenging every agency, component, and office to generate new efficiencies and to promote greater accountability, transparency, & customer satisfaction.

CANBERRA Team to Deliver the SOLOMON SEAL - A Dual-Purpose Comprehensive Cargo Sealing and Tracking System

SOLOMON SEAL: a comprehensive, affordable, and off-the-shelf system that ensures cargo sealing and real-time integrity and status tracking through the entire supply chain.

Federal Communications Commission Releases Agenda for Summit on Deployment and Operational Guidelines for Next-Generation IP-Enabled 911 and E911 Services

The Summit will bring together public-safety organizations, industry representatives, & others to address matters of interest and will help build upon the Bureau's February 2008 Summit topic, "911 Call Center Operations & Next-Generation Technologies."

Evogen Expands Executive Team to Launch Affordable, Ultra-Rapid PCR Instrument for High Sensitivity Molecular Diagnostics

Kevin McCormack and Joanne Stephenson join the management team to lead the company's international commercial business efforts for the newly launched EvoCyclerTMHD12 molecular diagnostics platform.

Initiate Systems Introduces Entity Resolution Offering for Intelligence and Law-Enforcement Agencies

With Entity Resolution, information previously believed to be unrelated can be linked together, providing the potential to identify suspected persons of interest, to link events to specific persons or identities, & to connect known persons of interest.