Transportation

Coast Guard seeks Deepwater refund
Service hopes to recoup major losses and admits that performance-based acquisition requirements failed
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GAO criticizes CBP's in-bond program
Long-standing system allows importers to bypass initial duties and inspections, but it only works if agents reconcile the transactions
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Airport authorities press for increased facility charges
Airports Council International says airports must invest $87.4 billion over the next five years; FAA has capped passsenger fees at $4.50 since 2000
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Smart stop sign cuts down on traffic deaths
Flashing lights warn a driver if he fails to see the sign; 70 percent success rate has inventor eager to enter the market
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Wisconsin drivers inconvenienced by Real ID Act
The Real ID Act mandates that state begin to issue hard-to-forge biometric driver licenses by May 2008, and Wisconsin calculates the cost of compliance
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Argentina transport sector totters
Riots at a major rail hub follow fearful warnings about the country’s air traffic control system
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Feds looking for border security contractors
There is anger and anxiety along a 153-mile stretch of south Texas, where the U.S. plans to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border; regardless, the feds are actively looking for contractors to do the job
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Canada, U.S. inching toward agreement on NEXUS card
Is it possible to enhance U.S.-Canada border security without harming the $1.4 billion worth of daily trade between the two countries? That’s the question
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Successful trials for Secured by CargoTrax
A joint German-Finnish container security system passes tests in the South China Sea
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Video Safety signs bus surveillance deal with MBTA
155 new Massachusetts Bay buses will receive full digital video coverage; networked system will allow live feeds to police cars
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Border patrol union denounces Chief Aguilar
Charges fly as National Border Patrol Council says management tried to intimidate employees; morale low as agents disapprove of Bush’s guest worker proposal
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Airlines object to new US-VISIT exit procedures
Long lines and irate passsengers are predicted if fingerprinting is done at ticketcounters
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Air marshal seeks relief in whistleblower suits
Ninth Circuit to decide if the government can classify information retoractively; TSA embarassed by hotel billing practices
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NICE wins $69 million air traffic recording contract
Israeli company will team up with Raytheon to swap out existing DVRs at 850 FAA and DoD sites
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Kansas Guard tests unmannned cargo craft
Snowgoose is not well known in the United States, but ask the special forces; craft uses a parachute to slow down and unload up to 600 pounds of supplies
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