The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to persuade local first responders to use plain English at all times when communicating rather than relying on the common code system in use across the United States, reports the Ventura County Star of California.
The antics of a fame-seeking couple who crashed President Obama’s first state dinner will likely lead to stricter security protocols for guests attending functions at the White House, experts and elected officials said.
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Just before the most historically traveled holiday in the United States, a Fox Chicago News undercover investigation reveals a gaping hole in security screening at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
The U.S. Army installation at Fort Hood, Texas, has strengthened its security policies and procedures after the shooting rampage that killed 12 soldiers and a civilian, reports CNN.com.
Steps have been taken to tighten restrictions on who gets onto the post, to position armed guards in key locations including behavioral health facilities, and to carry out random inspections of containers, said Col. Bill Hill, garrison commander.
The majority of employees at approximately three out of four organizations could not work remotely if they had to, according to a new survey.
On the first anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks on Thursday, a newly trained and heavily-armed elite commando unit will march to the sites of the attacks as a show of force that the country has improved its security since 166 people were slaughtered by a group of terrorist commandoes, reports Abu Dhabi’s The National.
A terrorism expert told a Senate committee yesterday that the Fort Hood massacre was an act of domestic terrorism but probably could not have been prevented unless the United States had resorted to police state tactics.
Since 2006, Government Spending on Alarm, signal, and security detection systems has increased every year. In 2006, the federal government spent around $500 million on Alarm system, signal, and security detection systems.
