Updates

David Dickinson, Senior Vice President, Delta Scientific Offers a Crash Synopsis of the New Standards for Vehicle Crash Testing of Perimeter Barriers

What's the difference between the old K54 and the new ASTM H50? David Dickinson of Delta Scientific provides a synopsis of these new vehicle crash ratings being proposed.

Scott Health & Safety Celebrates 75th Anniversary

A small aviation company started in Buffalo, NY in 1932 becomes a global leading manufacturer of personal protective equipment.

FDA Releases New Software Tool to Help Keep Food Facilities Safe from Attack

This new tool will help the food industry to determine the vulnerability of individual food facilities to biological, chemical, or radiological attack.

The White House Issues National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51and Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20

The joint directive, issued in May, establishes a comprehensive national policy governing the continuity of federal government structures.

Department of Homeland Security Fact Sheet - Securing Our Nation's Chemical Facilities

Chemical security is a shared responsibility between and among federal, state, and local governments, along with the private sector. All sectors must work together to keep the nation safe.

ICx Technologies Awarded S.A.F.E.T.Y. Act Designation by Department of Homeland Security

Under this certification, the Fido® Portable Explosives Detector has been designated as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (ATT). The Fido is developed and distributed by ICx Nomadics, a business unit of ICx Technologies.

HHS Awards Pioneering BioShield Contract to Bavarian Nordic to Complete Development and Deliver a Safer Smallpox Vaccine

This contract is the first next-generation, or completely new, product procured by HHS under the government's BioShield program, enacted after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to guard against bioterrorism.

Software Defined Radio Forum Will Hold Day-Long Workshop on SCA Tools & Techniques Prior to Its 3-Day General Meeting

SCA workshop will feature presentations from PrismTech, Communications Research Centre Canada, Mercury Computer, and Objective Interface Systems.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Approves Pandemic Preparedness Awareness Course

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Training and Education (TED), has granted final approval to the Pandemic Preparedness Awareness Course. This will allow emergency responders to be trained and prepared for a Pandemic.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Expands Graduate Education Program for Government Officials

The Homeland Security Academy master's degree program is taught, and the degree awarded, by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).