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International News
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Iraqi Parliament Bombed (Yahoo! News) “A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Iraqi parliament cafeteria Thursday, killing at least eight people--including three lawmakers--and wounding dozens in a stunning assault in the heart of the heavily fortified, U.S.-protected Green Zone,” reports the Associated Press. “… The blast came hours after a suicide truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in Baghdad, collapsing the steel structure and sending cars tumbling into the Tigris River … At least 10 people were killed.” [View article]
33 Dead in Algerian Bombing by al-Qaeda (Boston Herald) “The death toll from al-Qaida-claimed suicide bombings in Algeria rose Thursday to 33,” reports the Associated Press. “… Another 57 people remained hospitalized from injuries suffered in Wednesday’s blasts that struck the prime minister’s office and a police station … Some 222 people were wounded.” [View article]
Suicide Bombers Strike Morocco as 50 Plotters Face Trial (Washington Post; Christian Science Monitor) “In Tuesday’s violence, three people blew themselves up with explosive belts, killing a police officer and injuring 21,” reports the Washington Post. “A fourth suspect was shot and killed by police,” who “detained two men Thursday … one was carrying explosives.… authorities were still searching for” other suspects. Meanwhile, “50 Islamists who allegedly planned to attack the US Embassy in Rabat, a military base, and tourist destinations” are facing trial in Morocco, reports the Christian Science Monitor. “The 46 men and four women have been jailed since late July and August,” reported the Monitor in a separate article. Last month, the government uncovered a plot by 12 suicide bombers to attack Moroccan targets (see the March 23 newsletter). [View Post article] [View 1st Monitor article] [View 2nd Monitor article]
Ethiopia Admits Detaining 41 Suspected Terrorists, Denies Wrongdoing (International Herald Tribune) “Ethiopia acknowledged for the first time Tuesday detaining 41 suspected terrorists from 17 countries, but defended the action as part of the war on terror and denied widespread accounts that prisoners have been held incommunicado,” reports the Associated Press. “The statement came a week after an Associated Press investigation into the transfer of terror suspects from Kenya to Somalia and eventually to Ethiopia.” (See last week’s newsletter.) [View article]
Iran Claims Nuclear Advances (London Guardian) “Iran’s president [on April 9] claimed [that] his country was capable of ‘industrial scale’ enrichment of uranium, expanding a key nuclear process that the United Nations has demanded it halt,” reports the London Guardian. “… Iran’s nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, confirmed [that] Iran had begun enriching uranium with 3,000 centrifuges. Until now, Iran was only known to have 328 centrifuges operating.… Experts say the Natanz plant needs between 50,000 and 60,000 centrifuges to consistently produce fuel for a reactor or build a warhead.” [View article]
Four Serbs Convicted in Srebrenica Deaths (Washington Post) “Four paramilitaries seen in a video gunning down Bosnian Muslims near Srebrenica in 1995 were convicted of war crimes against civilians on Tuesday by Serbia’s War Crimes Court,” reports the Associated Press. “It was the country’s first court ruling related to the systematic killings of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in the final months of the 1992-95 war in Bosnia … Trials of Serbs in Serbia have only become possible since the 2000 ouster of President Slobodan Milosevic, and the Srebrenica case has been a key test of the ability of Serbia’s judiciary to deal with wartime atrocities.” [View article]
U.S. Busts Asian Network Seeking Arms for Tamil Tigers (Yahoo! News) “US authorities said [on April 5 that] they had busted an arms-trafficking gang, arresting six Asians who had been trying to smuggle weapons from the United States to Tamil Tiger rebels,” reports Agence France-Presse. “Singapore man Haniffa Bin Osman, 55, was the latest person to plead guilty in the investigation, which saw undercover agents track the alleged arms dealers from the eastern port of Baltimore to the South Pacific US territory of Guam.… The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are fighting for independence in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern regions. More than 60,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 1972. The rebels have been blacklisted as a terrorist organization by the United States since 1997.” [View article]
Kidnapping Works for Taliban (Christian Science Monitor) “Kidnappings have become [the Taliban’s] new weapon of choice,” reports the Christian Science Monitor. “… Last month, after the Taliban kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo,” Afghan “President Hamid Karzai traded five Taliban prisoners for Mr. Mastrogiacomo’s release, a stunning and highly criticized victory for the extremists. And when Mr. Karzai refused to negotiate for Adjmal Naqshbandi, Mastrogiacomo’s Afghan translator, the Taliban won again. Mr. Naqshbandi was beheaded … Now, buoyed by the ‘Italian deal,’ the Taliban say they have kidnapped a total of two French aid workers and 13 Afghans. The Taliban also threatened to kill four Afghan medical personnel this week if a similar deal is not struck for the release of more Taliban prisoners.” [View article]
Jemaah Islamiah Confounds Terror Experts (Australian) “Jemaah Islamiah remains an extraordinarily resilient and lethal terrorist organisation despite a string of recent arrests and the dismantling of a key JI cell in East Java by Indonesian and Australian police,” reports the Australian. “Counter-terrorism experts agree there is a need to re-assess thinking about JI’s leadership and direction in the wake of last month’s arrest of eight suspects on Java and the seizure of nearly 800 kilograms of explosive materials including TNT, improvised bombs, high-powered weapons and ammunition.” [View article]
U.S. Asks China to Help Maintain Global Maritime Security (Yahoo! News) “The United States [on April 4] asked China to join a global effort to maintain international maritime security, as the Pentagon welcomed Beijing’s navy chief Vice Admiral Wu Shengli on a rare visit,” reports Agence France-Presse. “Admiral Michael Mullen, the US chief of naval operations, called on Wu to consider ‘China’s potential participation in global maritime partnership initiatives’ … Mullen was referring to the ‘1,000-ship Navy’ concept … aimed at building--on a voluntary basis--a transnational network of navies, the shipping industry and law enforcement agencies to respond to crises or emergencies at sea.… Wu ‘expressed interest’ in the 1,000-ship Navy plan.” [View article]
Pentagon Says Antiterror Policies in Asia Are Working (DefenseLink) U.S. policies in South Asia and Southeast Asia are paying off, according to Brigadier General John Toolan, U.S. Marine Corps, who is the Defense Department’s principal director for South and Southeast Asia. “The U.S. military uses an ‘indirect approach’ to combating terrorism in the region, Toolan said,” according to American Forces Press Service. “A key to success is building the security capacity of allies in the region”--a task that “crosses U.S. military and government lines.” Defense Agencies; the State, Justice, and Commerce departments; and the U.S. Agency for International Development all contribute to the effort. [View article]
Captured Documents Show No Prewar Ties Between Hussein and al-Qaeda (Washington Post) “Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides ‘all confirmed’ that Hussein’s regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, according to a declassified Defense Department report released” April 5, reports the Washington Post. The report “also contains new details about the intelligence community’s prewar consensus that the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda figures had only limited contacts, and about its judgments that reports of deeper links were based on dubious or unconfirmed information.” [View article] [View report]
Britons Held in Iran Gave Coerced Confessions (Washington Post) “Early during their two-week detention in Iran, a group of British sailors and marines were blindfolded, hands cuffed behind their backs, and lined up facing a wall in a prison in Tehran,” reports the Washington Post. They were “held in isolation by guards who spoke no English, barred from talking to one another, and so bereft of information that they thought perhaps no one knew they were missing.… The crew members insisted that they were in Iraqi waters when apprehended, that they were surrounded by Iranian speedboats and had no time to react, and that they were simply outgunned.… Letters and televised shots of members admitting to trespassing in Iranian waters were coerced.” [View article]
Four Canadian Terror Suspects Held in Isolation (Brantford [ON] Expositor) “Four Canadian terrorism suspects have been held in extreme isolation for almost a year even though the courts have never ordered their solitary confinement and their trials are months, if not years, away,” reports the Canadian Press. The four were arrested last summer, charged with “terrorism-related offences.… prosecutors asked for and were granted an order that forbids the co-accused from communicating with one another. That order prompted authorities at the Maplehurst detention centre in Milton, Ont., to lock up a dozen suspects, who did not get bail, in small isolation cells for more than 23 hours a day. Those conditions are now subject to a legal challenge.” [View article]
Israel Intercepts, Turns Back U.S. Airliner (Jerusalem Haaretz) Two “Israel Air Force fighter p***s” on Tuesday intercepted “a U.S. airliner after it lost communication with air controllers,” reports the Associated Press. “… The Continental passenger p*** was flying in from the U.S. … Following anti-terror procedures,” the Israeli p***s “guided it back over the Mediterranean Sea until communications were restored.” [View article]
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NOAA image | New Satellite Coverage of South America Will Help in Disasters South Americans and millions more in the Western Hemisphere are benefiting from the repositioning of the GOES-10 spacecraft, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The move is designed to lessen the effects of natural disasters in the region. “GOES-10 provides a constant vigil over atmospheric conditions that trigger severe weather,” said retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, the NOAA administrator. [View press release]
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New this week in the Journal of Homeland Security
In Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith, Vartan Gregorian introduces us to the facets of the Islamic mosaic, which has pieces throughout the world and is embodied in microcosm by the diverse Muslim communities in the United States. The Muslims he writes of are our fellow citizens, our world neighbors, and, yes, sometimes our enemies. Yet Islam as a religion is broken into factions. Conflict--sometimes bloody--between Sunnis and Shii stretches back more than a thousand years. Analytic Services senior editor Steve Dunham reviews the book. |
National News
911 Systems Fall Behind in Technology (New York Times) Forty “percent of the nation’s counties, most of them rural or small-town communities … cannot yet pinpoint the location of cellphone callers, though the technology to do so has been available for at least five years,” reports the New York Times. The 911 “system has not kept pace with the nation’s rapidly changing communication habits”--and “even the newest systems cannot adequately handle Internet-based phone services or text messages, which emerged as the most reliable form of communication during Hurricane Katrina.… New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are in the forefront of adopting new technology.” [View article]
U.S. Can Use Padilla’s Words as Evidence (Reuters AlertNet) “Evidence from alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla can be used against him at trial despite defense claims [that] the American’s arrest was based on information obtained through torture, a U.S. judge ruled” on April 4, reports Reuters. “U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke refused to reconsider a magistrate’s ruling in September to admit Padilla’s statements to the FBI as evidence in his trial starting on April 16 on charges of conspiring to aid Islamist extremists overseas.” [View article]
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DHS News
GAO Faults DHS Management of Information-Sharing Centers (Federal Computer Week) “The Homeland Security Department’s 25 national and regional operations centers that run around the clock every day suffer from poor collaboration and coordination, auditors report,” according to Federal Computer Week. “DHS’ management has hobbled the effectiveness of a pivotal information-sharing network and created other problems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report April 5. Management disarray in the DHS operations centers extends to the department’s Homeland Security Information Network, the report stated. Although department officials repeatedly have cited their success in developing the collaboration tool, GAO found that DHS had not provided standards, policies and procedures for its use.” [View article] [View GAO abstract]
Worker ID Systems Get Overhaul (Government Executive) The Homeland Security Department is updating its “‘verification information system,’ a database of immigration status containing more than 100 million records …” reports National Journal’s Technology Daily. “The system is the technical backbone for the Basic Pilot program, which employers can voluntarily access to verify that employees can work here. Under the changes, employers now will be able to query the system using numbers assigned to workers on their permanent resident cards and employment authorization documents.” DHS “is testing another upgrade that would let employers compare photographs on worker ID cards to digitally stored photos.” DHS also will create “a centralized database called the Biometric Storage System. It will store all biometric and biographic data that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services collects on people applying for immigration benefits.… The new system will replace the Image Storage and Retrieval System and portions of the Biometric Benefit Support System.” [View article]
Full Test Data on Radiation Monitors Could Help Combat Nuclear Smuggling The Homeland Security Department’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office is responsible for researching, developing, testing, and evaluating radiation detection equipment, but it has provided the Government Accountability Office “with test reports from only 11 of at least 54 tests on commercially available portal monitors completed by” the Energy Department’s “national laboratories since September 11, 2001.… these reports provide a comprehensive inventory of how well portal monitors detect a wide variety of radiological and nuclear materials and how environmental conditions and other factors may affect performance” and would assist state and local officials. [View GAO abstract]
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Other Federal News
Secure Freight Initiative Begins Testing at Two Foreign Ports Operational testing is under way in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, and Port Qasim, Pakistan, to scan shipping containers for nuclear or radiological materials before they depart for the United States. The Homeland Security and Energy departments are running this initial phase of the Secure Freight Initiative. [View press release] Return to the top
State and Local News
Drills Protect Schools Against Homeschoolers and Fundamentalists (Burlington County [NJ] Times; Crosswalk) Last month, Burlington Township High School carried out a terrorism drill involving armed hostage takers “who don’t believe in separation of church and state,” reports the Burlington County Times. “The mock gunmen went to the school seeking justice because the daughter of one had been expelled for praying before class.” Three years ago, Muskegon County, MI, raised a ruckus with an emergency drill in which “a domestic terrorist group--dubbed Wackos Against Schools and Education--plants a bomb on a public school bus loaded with students,” reports the Muskegon Chronicle. “… the ‘Wackos’ believe everyone should be home-schooled.… local officials were deluged with phone calls and e-mails from across the nation, complaining about the choice of words … The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District … was not aware of the scenario, but nevertheless apologized.” [View Times article] [View Chronicle article]
Disabled Denver Man Wins ID Fight (Denver Post) Bobby “Hartwell, who has cerebral palsy and mental retardation, is among dozens of disabled people put at risk by tougher state rules for proving legal residence to obtain public benefits,” reports the Denver Post. He “faced losing his home if he couldn’t prove citizenship.” He is dependent on housing assistance and food stamps but “lacked a birth certificate.” Finally, “after four hours, two appearances before a judge, a clerk’s curt denial and a court order, Bobby Hartwell … on Tuesday got a state identification card.” [View article]
Ohio Man Indicted in al-Qaeda Plot (Yahoo! News) “A federal grand jury [has] indicted a U.S. citizen”--Christopher Paul of Columbus--“on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas,” reports the Associated Press. “The indictment says he told al-Qaida members in Pakistan and Afghanistan that he was dedicated to committing violent jihad. Paul is charged with providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to provide support to terrorists and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.” [View article]
Idaho Shooters Target National Guard (Yahoo! News) “For years, ATV-riding, gun-toting sport shooters have flouted gun laws in part of Idaho’s high desert by taking pot shots at ground squirrels and other animals,” reports the Associated Press. “Now, officials say, they’re also setting their sights on National Guard tanks that train in the area.… Idaho Army National Guard troops” have reported “slugs bouncing off their tanks on a regular basis. ‘There’s a segment of the shooting community that will shoot at anything that moves,’ said John Sullivan, the area’s manager.” [View article]
TSA Screens Staten Island Ferries for Explosives (Metro Magazine) The Transportation Security Administration, “in partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation, began” a three-week pilot project last week “testing advanced explosives detection technology” to screen “passengers boarding the Staten Island Ferry at the St. George Terminal in Staten Island using passive millimeter-wave screening equipment,” reports Metro Magazine. [View article]
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Private-Sector News
Security Cameras Getting Eyes and Brains (Melbourne, Australia, Age) “Researchers and security companies are developing surveillance cameras that not only watch the world but also interpret what they see,” reports the Age. “The latest breed, known as ‘intelligent video’, could transform cameras from passive observers to eyes with brains able to detect suspicious behaviour and potentially prevent crime … Companies that make the latest cameras say the systems, if used broadly, could make video surveillance much more powerful at airports, ports, homes and at border crossings.” [View article]
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Dual-Benefit Solutions
Military Modeling Used for WMD Terror Scenarios (Federal Computer Week) U.S. Joint Forces Command “will soon begin using its highly advanced modeling and simulation environment for homeland security scenarios,” reports Federal Computer Week. “Noble Resolve, a series of experiments beginning April 23 in Suffolk, Va., is a follow-on to the Urban Resolve experiments” that the command “ran in 2006. The effort will bring together” Joint Forces Command, “Northern Command, the Homeland Security Department and the commonwealth of Virginia to model responses to a terrorist attack. Scenarios involve a 10-kiloton nuclear bomb headed to Virginia from a foreign country.… Noble Resolve will examine how to deter, prevent and respond to a nuclear attack on the United States.… Key to Urban Resolve and Noble Resolve is a technology called the Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulation that was developed by a team at Purdue University.” [View article]
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Education
The Homeland Security Institute lists these education programs as a service to readers who may be interested; it does not endorse them or their courses. New education listings are posted for four weeks.
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CARVER Methodology: Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment (April 24-26 and June 12-14; Falls Church, VA) Participants in this workshop will conduct an actual vulnerability assessment at a government or private-sector facility with active cooperation from local law enforcement, using the criticality, accessibility, recuperability, vulnerability, effect, and recognizability methodology. [View conference website]
Managing the Threat of Suicide Bombers and Improvised Explosive Devices (May 7-8; Arlington, VA) This course will discuss terrorist activity in the United States; terrorism statistics, trends, and threats; explosives; IEDs; concealment techniques and methods of operation; suicide bombers’ rationale, recruitment, training, and methods of operation; how to respond to suicide bombers, combined attacks, and secondary devices; effective bomb threat and bombing response plans; building and vehicle searches and evacuations; and Internet and other information sources on terrorists and bombing. [View course website]
Advanced Identification Systems European Union (May 14-16; Brussels, Belgium) The seminars will feature presentations on market information and future trends, privacy and standards, eID, government ID programs, biometrics, identity management, data protection, physical and logical access control, and surveillance. They are free to government and military personnel. [View course website]
Advanced Hands-On CAMEO® Training (May 21-23; Boston) CAMEO (Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations) is a suite of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. It is developed by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Response and Restoration to assist frontline chemical emergency planners and responders. CAMEO can be used to access, store, and evaluate information for developing emergency plans. It also helps users meet the chemical inventory reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. [View course website]
Advanced Identification Systems Asia (June 4-6; Shanghai, China) Presentations will cover market information and future trends, interoperability, testing, standards, eID, large-scale system requirements, national ID, ePassport, and registered traveler programs, commercial ID applications, biometrics, identity management, privacy and data protection, physical and logical access control, and surveillance. The seminars are free to government and military personnel. [View course website]
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats (July 9-27; La Jolla, CA) This course provided by the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation offers an in-depth examination of U.S. nuclear policy and strategy supported by an understanding of the science and engineering involved. The faculty includes experts in nuclear science and policy from the University of California system, the broader academic world, and Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories. The registration deadline is April 15. [View course website]
Public Policy and Biological Threats (July 22–August 4; La Jolla, CA) This multi-disciplinary training program provided by the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation fosters a dynamic, collaborative learning environment for junior faculty, Ph.D., and professional-school students in the University of California system, as well as private industry professionals, to analyze policy responses to the threat of bioterrorism. The program includes an annual two-week “biological threats boot camp.” The registration deadline is April 16. [View course website]
Commercial Biometrics (July 30; San Diego) Presentations will discuss and advance biometric applications and solutions in commercial markets, including financial services, retail, healthcare, high tech and telecom, industrial and residential, gaming and hospitality, and education. The seminars are free to government and military personnel. [View course website]
Advanced Identification Systems 2007 (November 28-30; Washington, DC) 30 industry experts will cover large-scale ID systems; identity management and eID; data sharing, privacy, and protection; ePassport, national ID, and registered traveler programs; testing, standards, and interoperability; physical and logical access control; and biometric application breakthroughs in the commercial and government sectors. The seminars are free to government and military personnel. [View course website] |
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Upcoming Events
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New Events (After four weeks, new events will be moved to the Upcoming Events page)
Fourth World Congress on Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism (April 14-20; Dubrovnik, Croatia) Industry, government, research, and academic professionals in science, medicine, and policy, along with first responders and hazmat specialists, industry leaders, and specialists in computer risk modeling and planning, training and local community interface and communications, will consider WMD nonproliferation; commercial infrastructure security; hazard and consequence management and communications; terrorism using chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive weapons; and more. [View conference website]
Hazard Mitigation Grant Workshops in Georgia (April 16-20; five locations) The Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency have scheduled workshops this month to explain a joint hazard mitigation program that funds projects designed to reduce or eliminate damage from future disasters. State and federal officials will be available to answer questions and provide recovery information. [View press release]
Medical Aspects of Disaster Management Conference (April 18-19; Arlington, VA) The conference will bring together experts in the field of medical planning and consequence management to help federal, state, local, and private stakeholders become better informed and ultimately help shape their organization’s role in the medical consequence management mission through a thorough discussion of recent events and what responders and medical experts learned from their experiences in the field. [View conference website]
Freedom and Security: Europe Without Borders (April 18-20; Serock, Poland) “European security as a horizontal issue” is the main theme of this conference, to consider as a whole the individual concepts that make up security, such as the physical protection of national borders, information security of the European economy, and crisis management. [View conference website]
Civil Liberties and the War on Terror (April 25; Worcester, MA) Jeffrey Rosen, legal affairs editor for the New Republic, and Jeremy Rabkin, professor of government at Cornell University and author of Why Sovereignty Matters, will debate the issue of civil liberties and the war on terror at Holy Cross College. The debate is free and open to the public. [View press release]
Biological Sampling and Detection Symposiums (April 30–May 2; Richmond, VA) A mix of first responder, homeland and military defense, and system developers, set in an informal atmosphere that promotes wide information exchange, broad community contacts, and multi-dimensional views of common problems. [View conference website]
(May 7-10; Baltimore) The Ninth Bioremediation Symposium will integrate the latest developments in fundamental research with innovative engineering applications. Presentations will cover remediation of contaminated soil, groundwater, sediments, and landfills; bioaugmentation and biostimulation to enhance intrinsic microbial processes; phytoremediation; bioremediation used in concert with physical or chemical processes; and regulatory and public perception issues. [View conference website]
(May 7-11; Atlantic City, NJ) The general sessions feature regionally and nationally recognized experts. “Breakout” sessions enhance and emphasize, in a smaller group format, specific emergency management programs and objectives, allowing close interaction with state and regional experts. [View conference website]
Global Border Security Conference & Expo (May 8-10; San Antonio) This conference addresses the challenges and trade opportunities of the daily movement of more than 1 million people (including over 600,000 aliens), over 300,000 private vehicles, and over 80,000 shipments of goods across U.S. borders. [View conference website]
Cascading Infrastructure Failures: Avoidance and Response (May 16; Washington, DC) The symposium brings together concerned communities including government and industry technical and policy principals with experience in cascading infrastructure failures. It is designed to illuminate best practices for avoiding and responding to cascading failures created by natural, accidental, or malicious infrastructure debilitation. [View conference website]
Building International Partnerships to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (May 16-17; Washington, DC) The symposium will examine the opportunities and challenges. [View conference website]
(May 21-22; Luxemburg) With the support of the European Commission, the Forum for Public Safety Communication Europe has been established to facilitate consensus building in public safety communication and information management systems. [View forum website]
ACE Exchange IV and V (May 21-23, Laredo, TX; June 4-6, Buffalo, NY) The Automated Commercial Environment is the commercial trade processing system being developed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to facilitate legitimate trade while strengthening border security. The ACE Exchanges will provide information on ACE and allow an open forum of communication between Customs and Border Protection and the trade community. The conferences will educate the trade community on the benefits of ACE, its impact on business operations, and legal policy changes under way, such as the new mandatory electronic manifest policy. [View conference website]
Naval Institute Homeland Port Security Conference (May 22; Baltimore) “Sum of All Fears” is the theme of this year’s conference. In the face of terrorist threats and smaller, more lethal weapons of mass destruction, how do we keep our ports secure? [View conference website] |
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