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The H-1B program: Mend it, don't end it
Any required labor-market test must facilitate extraordinary alacrity; delays of years, months, or even weeks are unacceptable; similarly, H-1B workers should be paid the same wage as their U.S. counterparts: The H-1B program should not be a means by which “cheap foreign labor” is imported
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Small company benefits from growing interest in security
A recent study says that private security service demand in the United States will rise 4.7 percent annually through 2012 based on high perceived risks of crime and low expectations of public safety help; a small West Virginia security company benefits from this trend
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New York State gives company 45 days to fix problems
New York State awarded M/A Com a contract for building the infrastructure for the statewide wireless network for first responders; the contract was to be completed by December 2006; state comptroller office, citing the delay and nearly 20 other deficiencies, gives company 45 days to fix problem or see its contract revoked
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Growth in software market driven by security, identity protection concerns
Information security concerns propel market for software products, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts
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Spending on IT security to grow
Security makes up 10 percent of overall IT operating budgets in 2008, up from 8 percent in 2007; trend to continue
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U.S. funds advanced cryptography effort by European biometric comapnies
EU gives European companies $9 million in U.S. money to develop advanced cryptography for interoperable fingerprint biometric solutions
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Sprint's preparations for Gustav
Sprint Nextel invested $59 million in network preparations in coastal communities; bolstering preparations aimed to help both customers and first responders
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Biometrics edging toward the mainstream
Over the past few years biometric technology has developed from a new technology used in a narrow band of closed environment applications to a useful, practical, fit-for-purpose tool used across a range of industries and in a wide variety of applications
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Profit surge boosts RCG
Biometrics and security solutions provider sees a 73 percent hike in profits during the first six months of 2008
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CaTS, PerSay collaborate on voice recognition
South African, Israeli companies collaborate on offering voice recognition security solution for e-commerce applications
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Taiwan nabs major hacking ring
Criminal ring steals personal data of more than 50 million individuals — including Taiwan’s current and former presidents, and the current Taiwanese chief of police
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Technology companies help governments augment surveillance capabilities
Technology companies have often been criticized for assisting governments in what many see as unwarranted intrusion, most notably in China; such criticism notwithstanding, these companies find rich business opportunities in the growing surveillance market
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Daon rides biometric wave
Founded in 2000, Daon initially looked at selling biometrics to the financial industry as a way for people to make secure purchases; then 9/11 happened
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American Airlines, TSA end weeklong feud
TSA inspector at O’Hare used an air temperature probe attached to the exterior of seven unattended American Eagles to hoist himself onto nearby jet bridges and access the planes; sensitive devices had to be recalibrated, resulting in delays
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All is not clear with the Clear "fast pass" program
TSA suspended Verified Identity Pass (VIP) from the Registered Traveler program because one of VIP’s computer, containing the personal details of 33,000 customers who had registered for the program; the lap top was found, and TSA reinstated VIP; Priva technologies, locked in a legal battle with VIP over trademarks, is unhappy
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The long view
Terrorism cost EU countries $212 billion between 2004 and 2016
The European Union (EU) countries lost around €180 billion ($212 billion) in GDP terms due to terrorism between 2004 and 2016, according to a new study. According to the study, changes in economic behavior could be the reason behind the observed negative effects on economic growth, as people and companies change their purchasing, saving and investing behaviors following terror attacks. The UK (€43.7 billion) and France (€43 billion) suffered the highest economic losses in GDP terms due to terrorism.
Russia’s corruption, influence “a matter of national security”: U.K. Parliamentary panel
“Dirty” Russian money is undermining Britain’s efforts to stand up to the Kremlin and supports President Vladimir Putin’s campaign “to subvert the international rules-based system,” a British parliamentary report says. “The scale of damage that this ‘dirty money’ can do to U.K. foreign-policy interests dwarfs the benefit of Russian transactions in the City,” Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Tugendhat said today (21 May) ahead of the release of the report. “Over the years, Moscow has turned from being a corrupt state to an exporter of instability. Russian corruption and influence has become a matter of national security,” he added.