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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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