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  • Mar. 1, 2010
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    American City and County

    HOW HAVE HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDS BEEN SPENT?

    The Washington-based Center for Public Integrity (CPI) and the Berkeley, Calif.-based Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) have compiled data using...More
  • Sep. 1, 2008
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    American City and County

    Safe at home

    The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division has contracted with Washington-based James Lee Witt Associates to consult on recovery efforts...More
  • Aug. 1, 2008
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    American City and County

    California airport tests faster security lines

    Orange County, Calif.'s John Wayne Airport (JWA) began a 30-day trial of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Diamond Self-Select Lanes...More
  • Jul. 1, 2008
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    Government Security

    New Approach

    The security and stability of a high-risk facility relies as much on the attentiveness and leadership of its security officers as it does on technology....More
  • Jul. 1, 2008
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    Government Security

    Cyber Terror

    Two months before Russian tanks rolled into South Ossetia in Georgia, denial of service attacks began shutting down Web sites used by the Georgian government...More
  • Jul. 1, 2008
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    American City and County

    Good cyber security requires collaboration

    The public and private sectors need to collaborate and share more information if cyber security is to be maintained, according to the 2008 Critical Connections...More
  • Jun. 1, 2008
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    American City and County

    Unmistaken identity

    Local governments routinely acquire, store, modify and distribute some of the most sensitive personal information about residents' medical histories,...More
  • May 1, 2008
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    Government Security

    Technology At The Ports

    The Port of Los Angeles, located in San Pedro Bay, is Southern California's 7,500-acre gateway to international commerce. Throughout 43 miles of waterfront...More
  • May 1, 2008
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    Government Security

    Iris Readers Speed Travelers Through Security

    Verified Identity Pass Inc., New York, the operator of the Clear (flyclear.com) airport security fast-pass system, is deploying biometric iris readers...More
  • May 1, 2008
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    American City and County

    Analyzing crime

    Because of a growing demand for security technologies to improve public safety, many city and county governments have installed closed circuit television...More
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