To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. DEPARTMENTS 2008 HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY 3 4 7 Editor’s Letter Taking stock at 100 days Updates & Responses Frontlines Tackling the name check challenge: A USCIS-FBI partnership BY GREGORY SMITH TOP By Philip Finnegan 9 25 Our annual comprehensive look at last year’s Top 25 homeland security contractors. 39 Funding & Resources Echoes of past failures BY MICHAEL PADDOCK 11 Responders Today Lifesaving Communications: Breaking the deadly bottlenecks BY PHILIP LEGGIERE 14 Nebraska Ave. The nuts and bolts of procurement reform BY KELLEY VLAHOS • DHS Roster The Rising10 of 2009 Who’s up—and who’s coming— this year. 45 17 Agency Spotlight Getting there from here BY HANK HOGAN 20 30 A New Day for Mass Transit By Anthony Kimery 18 Industry News • Industry Roster 48 Tools & Technology 52 Leadership Profile Michael Bagley OSINT Group After years of investment in aviation security, mass transit may finally be getting its due. RESOURCES 50 Tradeshow circuit 50 Advertiser index 51 Coming in the next issue SBI Comes North By Mickey McCarter Read more articles online at Following experimentation in the deserts of the Southwest, the Secure Border Initiative is about to face the challenge of guarding the border with Canada. www.HSToday.us