Transportation

South Korea wants to join U.S. visa waiver program
Twenty-seven countries have a visa waiver arrangement with the United States, and South Korea wants to join this exclusive club
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DOT, NRC change nuclear materials labeling rules, making finding dirty bombs more difficult
The nuclear industry wanted labeling rules on nuclear materials eased so that such materials could be more easily transported to disposal sites; too bad this relaxation makes it more difficult to identify dirty bombs
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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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L-3 awards LaBarge $18 million contract to use its subassemblies in EDS
Money for explosion detection systems continues to come in, and giant contractor L-3 signs up a Missouri company to provide subassemblies to the EDS it sells governments around the world
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As Registered Travel gets nears, smart card interoperability issues emerge
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TSA issues RFI for next-generation EDS
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Owners of ultralight planes question Washington, D.C. flight restrictions
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Large air cargo companies lobby for regulation of air cargo security measures
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Education in fighting terrorism goes to the source
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More attention paid to luggage security at airports
The recent evacuation of a terminal at San Francisco airport draws even more attention to the need for explosive detection at airports
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TSA to launch Registered Traveler on 20 June
Security and privacy concerns about Register Traveler have not subsided, but TSA sets mid-June as launch date for the controversial program, and calls on private companies to apply for the right to run it
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DHS consolidates all marine, air operations
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Growing concern over transportation of hazardous materials
Security measures for handling toxic chemicals should apply not only to the nation’s 15,000 chemical plants, but also the rails and trucks transporting them; too bad there are no meaningful security measures
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