Briefly noted
The financial crisis and homeland security… Airport security: shoe salvation has arrived… UNDT to market anthrax detection equipment in Israel… Canada’s new emergency management and business continuity standard
Homeland security and economic recovery
As the depth and magnitude of the global financial crisis becomes apparent, calls to retrench public spending can be expected to accelerate, regardless of which party controls Congress and the White House. Understandable as this reflex may be, there are also costs of not spending. Perhaps nowhere are the long-term costs of not spending so potentially momentous as in the area of infrastructure.
Airport security: shoe salvation has arrived
This may well be what we have all been waiting for: Israel’s Ben-Gurion International has added a gizmo called MagShoe to its security checkpoints in Terminal 3, meaning some passengers will be able to leave their shoes on.
UNDT to market anthrax detection equipment in Israel
Universal Detection Technology, through its deal with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Service, is promoting the company’s handheld assays in Israel.
Canadian Standards Association unveils new emergency management and business continuity standard
More than 40 percent of Canadians say the company where they work does not have an emergency plan in place according to a recent study. Canadian Standards Association (CSA), a leading developer of standards and codes, today officially announced a new emergency management and business continuity programs standard, CSA Z1600, which is designed for private and public organizations of all sizes to use if disaster strikes.
