Transportation

Another DP World casualty: Sanborn withdraws nomination to U.S. Maritime Administration
Not with a bang but a whimper: DP World’s high official, nominated by Bush in mid-January to oversee U.S. maritime agency, withdraws his nomination in the face of congressional opposition
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GAO's investigators manage to smuggle nuclear materials into U.S.
GAO’s undercover agents managed to smuggle radioactive material into the U.S.; nuclear sniffers at the ports of entry discovered the material, but border guards were easily fooled by fake documents — and the lack of a centralized registry listing what people and companies are allowed to ship nuclear materials
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Unease growing with Hutchison nuclear radiation detection deal
The Bush administration will start negotiating with the Bahamian government to allow U.S. custom agents to monitor nuclear radiation detection operations at Freeport conducted by Hong Kong company — or the deal may go the way of the DP World and Check Point-Sourcefire deals went
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U.S. urges Asian ports to increase security
Japanese ports lead the way in adopting biometrics and other measures to enhance port security — but they stubbornly resist introducing nuclear radiation devices; U.S. increases pressure on them — and other Asian ports — to deploy the radiation monitoring devices
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Shape of things to come: On-board CCTV
Some airlines already deploy CCTV in cabins so pilots can monitor passenger behavior; more and more rail and bus services want to do the same in the vehicles they operate
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Ortek selected for Israel's border security monitoring project
The Senate today begins its debate over legislation to bring illegal immigration into the United States under control, and some of the measures offered call for building of barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border; as this debate rages, Israel is building its own defensive barrier to separate Israel from the West Bank; a company offering innovative border-monitoring devices is contracted to deploy its gear along a portion of this fence
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Transportation, border security largest homeland security allocations in proposed budget
An analysis of government-wide homeland security allocations in President Bush’s proposed budget shows that transportation and border security will receive the most money
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Analysis: Even if chemical plants are more secure, transportation of chemicals will not be
Congress and the administration are inching — the more accurate word would be “millimetering” — toward formulating safety standards for U.S. chemical facilities; trouble is, even if security is enhanced at these facilities, the transportation of deadly chemicals will remain frighteningly vulnerable to attack
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Bomb-resistant trash cans may not be suitable for New York subway stations
New York congressman calls on MTA to install bomb-resistant trash cans at MTA’s more than 400 subway stations, but the transportation organizations says that the architecture of many of the rail stations make them unsuitable for such trash cans
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ProfitLine, iSYS in $38 million TSA wireless service management contract
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GE promotes Checkpoint of the Future in Europe
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Former DoT IG: Long way to go on air cargo security
The Dubai Ports World debate raised the issue of foreign companies running security-sensitive U.S. operations, but the trend toward an ever increasing number of foreign companies given permission to do classified defense-related work has been underway for a while
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Trend: U.S. states lure foreign homeland security businesses
Kenneth Mead served for nine years as the IG at DoT; he has a lot to say about transportation security
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L-3 works with CBP to make agency's P-3 fleet air worthy again
A science-savvy company says it is using its nanotechnology know-how to produce a magnetometer with impressive performance
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M2SYS, Dearman in deal to secure transportation of hazardous materials
Robots can save lives, and the ever-alert CCAT identifies an innovative robotics company to support
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