Updates

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies Announces New Schlage King Cobra Series 2 Locks and SNAP Programmer Simplifies Offline Access-Control Management

This next generation in the Schlage lock family is smarter, more durable, and very affordable, providing an easy-to-manage and intuitive offline lock solution.

Bruker Daltonics Awarded $1.7 Million Subcontract for Its RAID(TM)-M Handheld From the US Army

The systems are intended for the National Guard WMD (weapons of mass destruction) Civil Support Teams' (CST) Analytical Laboratory System (ALS). The RAID-M will provide real-time chemical screening on-site for the CST response mission.

DHS Introduces New Regulations to Secure High-Risk Chemical Facilities

The Department of Homeland Security has made available for public review an aggressive and comprehensive set of proposed regulations designed to improve security at high-risk chemical facilities nationwide.

Fact Sheet: Select Homeland Security Accomplishments For 2006

The Department of Homeland Security outlines its principal 2006 security accomplishments.

Public Technology Institute Releases the Second Edition of Using GIS to Support Emergency Management and Homeland Security

This new edition will help local officials explore ways to build proactive and collaborative approaches between the agencies responsible for emergency management and those that collect and maintain geospatial data.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Deploy Telkonet iWire System in U.S. Airports

The Telkonet iWire System, which has been approved by the Transportation Security Administration, will be used to enhance security at numerous U.S. airports starting in January 2007.

DHS Designates President Ford Memorial Service as National Special Security Event

the U.S Secret Service assumes its legally mandated role as the lead federal agency with Steven C. Woodard, to serve as the PFO

Battelle Wins Contract to Operate National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center

The $250 million contract award covers a five-year period of performance, with the potential for five subsequent one-year extensions that could bring the projected award value to $500 million.

FDA Approves Cyanokit(R) For Treatment Of Cyanide Poisoning

Cyanokit's unique mechanism of action, which makes possible its use in a pre-hospital or hospital setting, is the first cyanide antidote to be approved in the United States in several decades.

Response Biomedical Announces Strategic Alliance with 3M To Commercialize Rapid Infectious Disease Tests

RBM announced that it has entered an exclusive agreement with the 3M Company to pursue the development and commercialization of diagnostic products targeting hospital- and community-acquired infectious diseases by using the RBM RAMP testing platform.