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DHS the only federal agency to see budget increase in FY2007
Congress and the administration are going to cut the federal budget in order to fight the budget deficit — with one exception: DHS budget
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GreenLane maritime security legislation a good start, but can be improved
GreenLane will make greater distinction between safe and suspicious maritime cargo, which is a good thing for both commerce and security, but the bill introduced in Congress would benefit from additional tweaking
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Wave Dispersion Technologies sells water protection gear to U.S. agencies
Here is an example of dual-use technology: WDT sea barriers are equally effective in preventing beach erosion as they are in protecting sensitive installations from attacks from the sea
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GE, Siemens in port security collaborative effort
Two conglomerates create joint venture to manufacture tamper-proof devices to track the 60 million cargo containers being ferried across the oceans every year
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City in the bay employs WhisprWave port security barrier
Alameda, California to protect itself with an innovative floating defensive barrier
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Canada installs first port radiation detection devices
Canada begins to beef up radiation detection in the country’s seaports, but the U.S.— and Canadian security experts argue that these are only first steps
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Universal Holdings deploys new command and control solution
Protecting ship-borne cargo containers is a massive and important security endeavor, and a new solution which collects information from container-attached RFID tags will help
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Gabriel moves into GPS-enabled cargo containers security
Company launches new product to make container shipping safer and traceable
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TSA 4 months late in formulating cargo security proposals
Four months after deadline there is still no federal regulation for keeping bombs off passenger planes, air cargo still at risk
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DHS closer to settle on one of many Green Lane safe shipper proposals
Shippers are ready for program which will make the inspection process faster
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The long view
Calls Grow for U.S. to Counter Chinese Control, Influence in Western Ports
Experts say Washington should consider buying back some ports, offer incentives to allies to decouple from China.