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  • NextEnergy agrees to purchase Titan Energy Development's mobile energy system

    The Sentry 5000 will be used as part of DoD’s Advanced Mobile Microgrid Power System.

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  • FEMA announces plan to replace locks on Katrina trailer homes

    After discovering that the same key could open multiple trailers, FEMA offers to pay for new locks; some had only fifty-one possible combinations.

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  • DHS solicits proposals to repair and maintain the National Warning System

    Qualified contractors are encouraged to offer descriptions of services and pricing within fifteen days.

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  • New York businesses are doing OK regarding business continuity planning

    Since the large blackout that shut down New York businesses three years ago, companies have jumped on board the business continuity train and are implementing continuity plans; AT&T surveyed these companies and found that most are taking the issue seriously

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  • Loral Skynet to use net optimization tool from Allot

    Loral Skynet, a global communications provider, will begin using a Minnesota-based company’s optimization tool, allowing it to better track the behavior of subscribers and solve contingency problems when they arise

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  • U.S. BioDefense gains total control of EDS

    U.S. BioDefense expands its services by gaining 100 percent control of EDS; the acquisition works well for EDS as well as the emergency preparedness and disaster recovery industry is expected to spend billions in 2007

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  • California prepares all-in-one business recovery and continuity plan

    Hurricane Katrina was a great example of the need for states to have their own continuity plans; California has learned the lesson from the Gulf Coast region and is preparing to secure its own critical infrastructure in an all-in-one plan

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  • Memex offers information gathering solution to JRIC

    Intelligence is important, and this is why Memex is providing an interoperable intelligence management system to the JRIC, a multi-agency terrorism and crime fighting unit

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  • VivoMetrics LifeShirt offers answers about firefighters; helps in setting standards

    Some two decades ago, as women fighting for equal rights wanted to become firefighters, there were questions raised (mostly by men) about women’s physical ability to cope with the demands of the profession; a California company now offers a way scientifically and accurately to answer many questions about firefighters’ ability to cope with the stress and rigor of the job – and also help in setting training and safety standards for the profession

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  • Rotor-less helicopter holds promise for rescue missions

    Israeli company designed a rotor-less helicopter which should be of great interest to first responders: Because the helicopter does not have a rotor, it can attach itself to a building’s window and have the people inside climb through the window directly into the hovering helicopter outside

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  • ImageWare Systems launches IWS Disaster Management solution suite

    One of FEMA’s Katrina-related failures has to do with the massive fraud — worth more than $1 billion — perpetrated by thousands of people against the agency’s Katrina relief fund; ImageWare offers a solution to reduce such fraud in the wake of future disasters

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  • UC Irvine developing wireless emergency response backpack

    University of California Irvine developing response system which may revolutionize the communication capabilities and productivity of first responders in the field

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  • DHS distributes ICRI interoperable communication system to 43 communities

    DHS is making a point of helping small and resource-poor communicates equip their emergency and first-response forces with interoperable communication gear; in the latest round, DHS has distributed interoperable equipment from Virginia-based C-AT to 43 communities

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  • TekMethods does one thing right – ITAM

    A business continuity company says: “We Do One Thing Right” (they mean IT Asset Management, or ITAM)

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  • AcXess is now trading publicly

    Florida company providing small to mid-size businesses with affordable first class business continuity solutions is now being traded publicly

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More headlines

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  • FEMA Modernizes Mobile App to Increase Accessibility and Improve User Experience
  • DHS Awards $9.8M for Small Businesses to Develop Security Technology Prototypes
  • Flood sensors give Montgomery Co. new way to track water levels remotely
  • Improving cyber insurance doesn't have to be hard
  • Water, schools, among major concerns for Utah earthquake commission
  • MyShake early warning app ready for Seattle earthquake alerts
  • Researchers paint bleak picture of forest fires beyond 2030
  • Recent landslides have put the focus on early detection & warning systems
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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The long view

  • Diminishing Snowmelt to Make Colorado, Utah, Wyoming Resemble the Arid Southwest

    New research predicts that changes in mountain snowmelt will shift peak stream flows to much earlier in the year for the vast Colorado River Basin, altering reservoir management and irrigation across the entire region. As a result, upper basin in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming may more closely resemble the arid Southwest.

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  • Challenges to Tidal Flats Pose Risks to 41M Americans Living in Coastal Counties

    About 29 percent of the United States’ population live in coastline counties – more than 41 million are in Atlantic counties. This high population density poses a critical challenge to sustainable developments in coastal areas.

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  • Boosting Efforts to Predict Harmful Solar Weather Events

    When big blasts of energy from the sun envelop the Earth, they can very strong: a 2015 event so weakened Earth’s protective magnetic field that it penetrated to the atmosphere, posing a threat to everything from circling space station astronauts to delicate electronics and communication systems.

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  • Mitigating Flood Disasters

    Engineers have proposed a flood control measure which recommends designing permeable pavements to specifically suit local rainfall and soil conditions and reduce flood impacts.

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