James Lee Witt Associates will provide assistance and guidance for debris removal, emergency services related to the disaster, and the repair and/or replacement of damaged public facilities such as roads, buildings, and utilities.
The ultimate goal of the contract is to develop an easily administered drug that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Department of Health and Human Services can store and provide to hospitals if and when an emergency occurs.
Indoor location technology is designed to make it possible to quickly locate and rescue firefighters (and other members of the first-responder community such as EMTs, police, and hazmat personnel) who become lost, disabled, or trapped inside a building.
The Towson U program is completely online, so student enrollees can advance their education, and careers, in one of the nation's highest-quality Master's Programs from virtually anywhere - and at any time.
"By synchronizing the way that air cargo is secured on both sides of the Atlantic, we're taking another potential vulnerability off the table for terrorists," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
"Secure Flight will improve security by maintaining the confidentiality of the government's watch list information while fully protecting passengers' privacy and civil liberties," said TSA Administrator Kip Hawley.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers face a difficult job of inspecting more than 1.1 million travelers each day at the nation's ports of entry.
Frost & Sullivan's prestigious award acknowledges the success of AtHoc IWSAlerts, a comprehensive network-centric notification system that utilizes organizations' existing IP networks to communicate during an emergency.
