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Day & Zimmerman receives SAFETY Act certification
Managed security services company earns lawsuit and liability protection for itself and its subcontractors
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DoE to send radiation dectectors to Mexico
Move comes as Mexican officials worry about recent al Qaeda threats; portal detectors will be installed in country’s four largest ports
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Guards strike Pantex nuclear assembly plant
New physical fitness standards upset older workers; Energy Department tries to mold guards into a “combat effective protective force”
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Port radiation detectors catch GAO heat
Recent tests of three next generation advanced spectroscopic portals find that none comes close to meeting 95 percent sensitivity; one proposed model detects enriched uranium only 17 percent of the time
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Hoosiers join Japanese in subway sensor system
Distributed sensor network is capable of learning from human instruction; “a large-scale practical system that incorporates learning”
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South Carolina to standardize on AreaRae's gas monitors
Company’s wireless sensor networks are used statewide; decision follows RAE’s agreement with Implant Science
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Reporter finds lax security at Mexican oil installations
Enterprising writer manages to get close to an off-shore platform and a tanker; al-Qaeda has threatened oil-producing countries that supply the United States
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South Carolina to standardize on AreaRae's gas monitors
Company’s wireless sensor networks are used statewide; decision follows RAE’s agreement with Implant Science
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"Media" infiltrates Super Bowl
Pranksters sneaked past Level One security disguised as reporters and distributed 2,350 light devices
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TSA issues RFI for airport tracking system
Proposals are expected to include a combination of RFID, biometrics, and sensoer technology; non-proprietary systems preferred
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Solving the cognitive-radio problem in the analog domain
Georgia Tech researchers awarded $3.5 million to develop tiny analog chips to scan RF bands for open channels
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NYC bus camera plan hits a snag
Integrian’s cameras suffer gaps in video coverage; road conditions and software offered as explanations
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Canadian Senate finds widespread airport security problems
Lax screening and access control procedures cited; Toronto airport noted as a hub of gang activity
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DHS releases chemical plant safety rules
DHS declares that 7,000 U.S. chemical plants are at high risk of catastrophe from either an accident or terror
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Administration to allow state to set chemical safety rules
Defeat for the chemical industry: States to be allowed more lattitude in setting chemical plant safety standards; DHS practically gives up on preemption
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The long view
Emerging Threats to the U.S. Financial System
In early 2021, a freewheeling, freethinking group of investors on Reddit plowed their money into GameStop, a video game retailer that several big hedge funds had bet against. The stock price shot up, some people made millions—and, to the delight of those on Reddit, the hedge funds had some very bad days. Researchers saw the GameStop story as a cautionary tale. If investors on Reddit could work together to move the markets like that, what could an adversary like China do?