NOW approaching the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the need for constant vigilance at the nation's airports is as important today as in those first harrowing days of the aftermath.
- By Del V. Salvi
- Sep 01, 2006
FOR passengers who've traveled through an airport recently, it's fairly obvious what might be improved at today's passenger checkpoints -- the long lines.
- By Michael Cavanaugh
- Sep 01, 2006
OVER the past several years, changes in EPA regulations have made it more difficult for manufacturing companies to stock large amounts of raw material for production, leading to the use of chemical storage facilities.
- By David Heinen
- Sep 01, 2006
I'M a little miffed at my friends in New York and Washington, D.C., for all the racket they're making. For the last several weeks, all we've heard is how New York and Washington are being "betrayed" by the Department of Homeland Security over the reallocation of Homeland Security funding that results in these two cities receiving less money this year than they received previously.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Aug 03, 2006
WHETHER it's an earthquake in Los Angeles, a tidal wave in New York or a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., the only way first responders can truly be effective is by leveraging a command center solution that ties together disparate public and private security systems into an east-to-use, yet powerful solution.
- By Leslie Thomas
- Aug 03, 2006
THE president, the Senate, several border-state governors and many Americans disagree with me, but I, for one, believe it's a dumb idea to put 6,000 National Guardsmen on the border to stop the flow of illegal aliens.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Jul 01, 2006
THE U.S. Coast Guard is a military, multi-mission, maritime service within the Department of Homeland Security and one of the nation's five armed services. Its core roles are to protect the public, the environment and U.S. economic and security interests in any maritime region, including international waters and America's coasts, ports and inland waterways. This places the Coast Guard headquarters on the front lines of national security.
- By Wayne Truax
- Jun 01, 2006
THE Department of Homeland Security is a tempting and intimidating target for entrepreneurs looking to drum up new business. To get your foot in the door, consider the department's Mentor-Protégé program.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Jun 01, 2006
NUCLEAR waste carries a lot of weight within the world. In fact, by 2015, 77,000 pounds of it will be stored within the Yucca Mountain dump in Nevada. Since the dawn of the nuclear age, waste has been a major concern, not only for environmental and health reasons, but also as a dangerous weapon in the hands of terrorists.
- By Katie McCarthy
- Jun 01, 2006
WITH port security as a topic of increasing national concern in the United States, a discussion about emerging technologies that can help secure cargo and, therefore, ports themselves cannot be more timely.
- By Leslie Thomas
- May 01, 2006
WATER and electricity are two fundamental aspects of modern American life that many take for granted as expected essentials. Every day, Americans drink 1 billion glasses of tap water and consume 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. These are staggering numbers that help illustrate the enormity of the nation's dependence on water and electricity.
- By Adrian Tse
- May 01, 2006
UNDETERRED by the erosion of public support for the war in Iraq, the Bush administration issued an updated version of the U.S. National Security Strategy, stating that Iran may now pose the greatest challenge to U.S. security and reasserting of his preemptive war doctrine.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- May 01, 2006
THE power of GPS technology to aid in security and terrorist prevention has grown alongside consumer applications. When location technology was once only used to manage assets, its increased intelligence has now gained recognition in the homeland security sector.
- By Jon Metzler
- Apr 01, 2006
WHEN homeland security issues are raised, more often than not the discussion begins with airport security. With millions of passengers -- many arriving from or departing to foreign destinations -- and tons of baggage and cargo passing through our commercial airports each day, maintaining security is a daunting challenge.
- By Paul Brisgone
- Mar 01, 2006
LAURENS Electric is a member-owned rural electric cooperative in upstate South Carolina. Founded in 1939, the co-op provides service to more than 50,000 residential, commercial and industrial consumers in Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Abbeville, Newberry and Union counties.
- By Keith Avery
- Mar 01, 2006
THE role and responsibility of today's emergency responders keeps getting more complicated. Terrorism has changed the landscape for emergency responders forever, as have natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast last August.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Mar 01, 2006