According to a report of Committee on National Security DHS faces a number of unresolved employment issues, among them inability to fill about a quarter of top Department managerial positions.
This security delinquency directly impairs our homeland security and our emergency preparedness.
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CRITICAL LEADERSHIP VACANCIES IMPEDE U.S. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Committee on National Security, July [...]
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Los Angeles International Airport implements new Rapiscan 620 DV machines that provide better high resolution color X-ray images. High definition screening improves screeners’ ability to recognize hidden suspicious objects like Improvised Explisive Devices (IED), weapons, etc. The machines come with a steep price tag of $125,000. The machines allow to take images from multiple angles. [...]
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Chakib Khelil, OPEC’s president, delivered on Monday a gloomy forecast: economic factors could drive oil to $200. Terrorist attack of the oil tanker at one of the oil shipping choke points may put world to the brink of economic crisis. A handful of oil choke points are of strategic importance for the global energy [...]
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Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) tests the following new screening technologies for operational efficiency: Millimeter Wave technology used in random continuous mode, multi-view X-ray and liquid bottle scanners.
According to Homeland Security Research Corp. research, 2007-2011 U.S. Homeland Security (Government & Private), people screening is one of the fast growing market segments of the Homeland [...]
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