Public Transportation Security Volume 2 - K9 Units In Public Transportation: A Guide For Decision Makers
White Papers This information is based largely on extensive interviews with nine public transportation agencies that currently deploy K9s and four agencies that disbanded their K9 programs in the last 5 years. Heightened awareness of threats from explosives has...
[January 26, 2005, 23:00]
Security White Paper: I-95 Intermodal Leadership Forum
White Papers Freight transportation security has attracted significant attention and resources from local, statewide, and federal agencies involved in ensuring the security of the nation's freight shipments. Several agencies have begun to develop and fund...
[January 15, 2005, 23:00]
Federal Action Could Help Transit Authorities Address Security Challenges
White Papers The GAO has addressed the high costs of transit security and recommends in this report that the Secretary of the Department of Transportation pursue legislative changes to permit federal urbanized formula funds to be used for security-related...
[January 26, 2005, 23:00]
Securing The Mobile Enterprise With F-Secure
White Papers The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) of New York is the United States' largest transportation agency, moving 2.3 billion people and carrying 300 million vehicles each year throughout its network of subways, buses, railroads, tunnels and bridges.
[April 19, 2006, 0:00]
Tom Siebel: Paid To Be Paranoid
News A: It's used by the Transportation Security Agency. Q: Siebel introduced a homeland security product recently that allows government agencies to track suspected terrorists as a company would track its customers.
[May 22, 2002, 13:12]
Federal Government: GIS Solutions For The Public Sector
White Papers Forward thinking government agencies have found GIS essential for the management of the business of government such as law enforcement, emergency response, health care, education, transportation, the environment, and the protection and security of...
[August 23, 2005, 0:00]
US E-government Wins Higher Ratings
News Achieving green scores for e-government are the Transportation Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Small Business Administration. US federal agencies are beginning to make progress on e-government, says an official management...
[July 15, 2004, 13:20]
US Government Unveils Cybersecurity Plan
News Such infrastructures include electricity, oil and gas, surface transportation, and information technology. In addition, the plan calls for law enforcement and national security agencies to create a system to detect a cyberattack leveled against the...
[September 20, 2002, 7:40]
EU Pact Criminalising Security Research? Pt II
News Stuart Hyde, chief superintendent of police in West Yorkshire, England and a British cybercrime expert, told the hackers that European nations need new laws to deal with complicated issues like jurisdiction and evidence transportation.
[October 26, 2000, 9:01]
US Budgets $1bn For Homeland Security IT
News They include the Coast Guard, the US Customs Service, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration.
[August 1, 2003, 8:50]
US Agencies Shun Windows Vista
News The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cite fear of compatibility problems as one of the reasons not to allow their tens of thousands of employees to upgrade to Microsoft's latest...
[March 14, 2007, 8:39]
Start-up Sells Membrane That Powers Mobiles
News The Department of Transportation also has approved the use of certain fuel cells in airplanes, because the diluted methanol can't readily ignite. Government agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security, also are looking at fuel cells to...
[January 19, 2004, 7:45]
World's Largest Tech Show Still Relevant
News The main focus for telematics is in transportation, where costs need to be reduced — especially in the production area. Telematic systems allow companies to track vehicles, and are also used by government agencies to levy road tolls.
[December 4, 2006, 15:37]
Airport Security Technology Under Scrutiny
News Travelers will see increased security measures at our airports, train stations and other key sites," Transportation Secretary Norman Y. The technology is only as good as the people who use it.It's a mind-numbing experience to watch 300 bags cross...
[September 13, 2001, 14:40]
Florida Public Transportation Anti-Terrorism Resource Guide
White Papers This guide provides public transit agencies in Florida with information on resources available to assist them with improving system security and guard against potential terrorist acts. Specifically, the document contains information on the federal...
[January 26, 2005, 23:00]
