Homeland Security
Cargo Security: Challenges Facing the Modern Supply Chain
March 28 by Deloitte LLPA new report by Deloitte into IDGA's last Cargo Security Summit highlights the need for more collaboration across government agencies and the challenges in creating cargo policies and achieving supp...
Formalizing the National Guard Role in Restoring Electrical Power
March 28 by J. Michael Barrett and John ThorneDisaster response and recovery experts are just beginning to fully assess the impacts of last year’s Hurricane Sandy, in which over four million people on the east coast lost power and hundred...
Julia Pierson is Appointed First Woman to Lead U.S. Secret Service
March 27 by Mike O'BrienThe Secret Service has a new female leader for the first time in its 148-year-old history. President Obama appointed Julia Pierson on Tuesday to lead the agency, which traditionally has enjoyed a...
U.S. Cities: Cameras Everywhere, Drones All Around
March 26 by Mike O'BrienThe future of surveillance in America’s metropolitan areas has been spelled out by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg – and it’s pretty intense. Mr. Bloomberg said that within...
House Says Yes to Spending Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown
March 21 by Mike O'BrienRepublicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday approved a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September. The House voted 318-109, moving the leg...
Colorado Prisons Director is Shot and Killed at His Home
March 20 by Mike O'BrienThe Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections was shot to death when he answered the front door of his home on Tuesday night. Police officers, who launched a manhunt for the gunman on Wed...
Furlough Letters on the Way for DoD Workers
March 20 by Mike O'BrienMost of the 800,000 civilian employees of the Department of Defense should expect to receive furlough notices in the next few days. The proposal letters will say workers face losing about a month&...
Government Agencies Stretched to Near Breaking Point, New Report Shows
March 18 by Mike O'BrienBudget cuts and increased workloads are leaving many federal agency employees overstretched, according to a new report. The worst affected agencies were identified by Federal Times based on analys...
Multiplying a Positive Force: Bomb Security Insights to Countering IEDs
March 14 by IDGA Editor'Terrorism never sleeps', says Bomb Security Expert, Samuel Bashan, and recent attacks on buses in Tel Aviv highlight the ferocity and evolving nature of IEDs. In the following exclusive interview w...
Intelligence Driven Drug Enforcement Making Undesirable Routes
March 13 by Elizabeth KempshallThrough their High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Awareness Program (HITDA), the Arizona Region has seized illicit drugs with an estimated wholesale value of $1.19 billion in the past year. Elizabeth Ke...
Forensic Enabled Intelligence: Evidence of Success
March 13 by Mike O'BrienFew areas in the worlds of national and international security are evolving quite so fast as that of forensic science. It has long been an essential weapon for local, state and federal authorities...
Obama Meets With CEOs to Discuss United Cyber Security Plan
March 12 by Mike O'BrienPresident Obama is meeting with business leaders today (Wednesday) to discuss how the private and public sectors can work together to combat the growing threat of cyber attacks from abroad. The me...