http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/RSS.ashxiPaper PagesFri, 01 May 2009 01:38:53 +0200http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=1http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=1SPECIAL REPORT: NAPOLITANO’S DHS, PLUS…UPDATED DHS ORGANIZATION CHART HomelandSecurityToday H O M E L A N D S E C U R I T Y I N S I G H T & A N A LY S I S May 2009 Vol. 6, No. 5 $5.95 USD ™ Testing Time for TSA Can America’s airport guardians beat a bad rap? Plus. Stopping campus trouble before it starts The long, sticky arms of the law The rough road to REAL ID Sp r Ed ing uc Ho at me io la n Gu nd id Se e cu r ity 20 092009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=2http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=2THE ENEMY IS UNCERTAINTY. What’s out there? What’s next? What’s around the corner? 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We’re always looking for new enemies to conquer. www.drs.com2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=3http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=3DEPARTMENTS 3 4 7 Editor’s Letter Winning at home and abroad Updates & Responses Frontlines DHS and education: A strategic national priority BY HAL RAVECHE 9 Funding & Resources Stimulus funding expands opportunities for police and fire BY MICHAEL PADDOCK 10 Responders Today Honolulu: No one is an island BY THOMAS M. IANNUCCI 12 Nebraska Ave. The rough road to REAL ID BY KELLEY VLAHOS • DHS Roster Testing Time for TSA By Kelley Vlahos 15 Agency Spotlight Commerce: Security, standards and technology BY HANK HOGAN 22 Ask most Americans what they mean by “homeland security” and they will say that it’s airport security. In a time of change, what’s in store for TSA? 16 Milestone 1 The long, sticky arms of the law BY LAKSHMI SANDHANA 29 36 SPECIAL REPORT: Napolitano’s DHS By Mickey McCarter 19 Market Monitor Research fuels Smiths’ profits and growth BY PHILIP FINNEGAN 20 Industry News • Industry Roster • • • • • • A Vision and a Focus New Faces at DHS Fugate Comes to FEMA A Passion for Training Re-Shaping ICE DHS Navigation Chart 52 Tools & Technology 56 Leadership Profile Jeffrey Starr G4S Wackenhut CAMPUS SECURITY: RESOURCES 54 Tradeshow circuit 54 Advertiser index 55 Coming in the next issue COVER PHOTO: Passengers wait to pass through a security checkpoint at DFW Airport in Fort Worth,Texas in November 2007. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi) From Reactive to Proactive By Philip Leggiere In the wake of past campus tragedies, administrators are seeking new ways to recognize and head off trouble before it starts. 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NYSE:SAI2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=5http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=5EDITOR’S LETTER Winning at home and abroad SOMEDAY I LOOK FORWARD TO BORING MY GRANDCHILDREN WITH TALES OF THE SMALL—VERY SMALL—PART I PLAYED IN THE GREAT GWOTOCO WAR. Never heard of the Gwotoco War? Of course you have. We’ve all been in this together since Sept. 11, 2001. Immediately after 9/11 President George Bush declared a Global War on Terror (GWOT). In March, officials in President Barack Obama’s administration changed the designation to Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). Despite the differences in terminology, they’re still essentially the same conflict, so presumably they should be rendered GWOT/OCO. I say, let’s get rid of the slash and if we can’t agree on a good bureaucratic name for the fight we’re in let’s give it a name that couldn’t possibly be mistaken for anything else in the world: Gwotoco makes as much sense as anything else. I want to thank the framers of these terms for including lots of vowels in their acronyms, even if they’re all o’s. by a non-stop flow of bad tidings since last September. One hopes that it will lead to further successes that will provide a wave of Western success. Almost as important, although less dramatic, was President Barack Obama’s declaration in Turkey that “The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam.” All this time that should have been self-evident but it was not and stating it clearly and directly should go some distance in kicking out one of the pillars of jihadist propaganda. A third important development is the shift of US effort to Afghanistan in an effort to defeat Al Qaeda and its jihadist allies. The great tragedy of Afghanistan is that the United States and its allies won the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban swiftly, cleanly and cheaply in the first months after the 9/11 attacks. It is true that Osama Bin Laden escaped. However, the jihadist infrastructure was smashed, even Bin Laden had to acknowledge that he had been defeated and his whole ideological edifice had been crushed. Furthermore, the United States accomplished this without making any of the mistakes of the empires who invaded Afghanistan before it. To the many mistakes made in invading Iraq must be added the tragic distraction from the effort against the jihad and Al Qaeda and the resulting long stay in Afghanistan. Now we’re increasing our investment in Afghanistan with hopes of better returns. If we can capture Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahiri it will provide a psychological boost that will lift the national mood and return badly needed confidence in all sectors of our national life. We can actually win the Gwotoco war. BY DAVID SILVERBERG “CRIMINALS HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE VISION— BUT THEY DO KNOW THAT THEY DON’T LIKE WHAT’S IN PLACE NOW.” and homeland developments into account. We viewed GWOT (now OCO) as the sword and homeland security as the shield. Both are necessary to an effective defense. As we’ve been pointing out in recent issues, we have to add new evildoers to the roster of homeland enemies. In addition to jihadists there are Mexican narco-cartels, maritime pirates, potential domestic terrorists and criminal syndicates whose levels of organization raise them above the category of ordinary street criminals. What’s really going on here? It’s really very simple: It’s the struggle between a global civilization that includes the rule of law and those who would overthrow it. The jihadists would substitute a universal caliphate. Criminals have no alternative vision—but they do know that they don’t like what’s in place now. Homeland security is essential to the preservation of civilization globally and anyone who doubted that we live in a great global civilization had only to look at the G20 summit in April to see its face—or faces. There is a clear consciousness that the civilized world has common interests and common stakes and the forces of anarchy and terrorism threaten every civilized person everywhere. That threat continues. Fortunately so does the effort to defeat 2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=6http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=6UPDATES & RESPONSES FEMA: What were they thinking? To the Editor: Thank you for your editorial regarding FEMA. (“Which way for FEMA?” February 2009.) As someone who lived in the New Orleans area prior to and then after hurricanes Katrina and Rita (although I am working in DC, my family still lives in Madisonville, La.), I still get emotional three and a half years after Katrina when I think of the “perfect storm” of government (state, local and federal, plenty to go around!) failures that occurred before and after the storms. Here we are three and a half years later and FEMA is still the bureaucratic nightmare and continues to impede the rebuilding efforts of state and local governments and residents. One needs to only look at the problems the small city of Slidell, La. is having with FEMA in trying to rebuild their city infrastructure to see this model under DHS is not working. U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHER’S MATE 2ND CLASS LISA BORGES HSToday PHONE: ™ P.O. Box 9789, McLean, Va. 22101-3611 800-503-6506 FAX: 866-503-5758 WWW.HSToday.US I agree with James Lee Witt that FEMA needs to be a standalone agency that when a disaster is imminent, can muster the resources of every government and military entity, not stand in line with other DHS agencies hat in hand, asking “mother may I?” for its share of resources. At best, DHS was a poorly planned and cobbled together idea, with little forethought of the mishmash of agencies and missions thrown together with little or nothing in common (ICE—FPS and I&NS? What were they thinking? They weren’t!) nor any thought of the aftermath left behind by the legacy departments and agencies these entities were taken from. Thank you for shining the light of day on this issue. I hope they in Congress wake up before the next big disaster. It’s not a matter of “if” for the Gulf Coast, it’s a matter of when. —MATT ISSMAN, WASHINGTON, DC PUBLISHER Kimberley S. Hanson-Brown PHONE: 800-503-6506 khanson@HSToday.us EDITOR David Silverberg PHONE: 703-757-0520 editor@HSToday.US SENIOR REPORTER Anthony Kimery akimery@HSToday.us BUSINESS EDITOR Philip Leggiere Business@HSToday.us WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS Mickey McCarter Kelley Vlahos REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS NORTH AMERICA Chuck Hustmyre—New Orleans Jeff O’Neill—Boston Jana Schroeder—Mexico City Michael Peltier—Tallahassee WR Stephens—Toronto Liza Porteus Viana—New York EUROPE Matt Baglio—Rome Raffaello Pantucci—London COLUMNISTS Philip Finnegan Michael Paddock Science Correspondent Lakshmi Sandhana IT Correspondent Hank Hogan CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Thomas M. 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Arlington County fire and rescue personnel quickly responded to the Pentagon and the fire chief immediately established incident command. There was no delay. Arlington called for support from other fire departments after their arrival. This action was possible because of the longstanding positive working relationship established between Arlington and the Defense Protective Service (DPS), the organization responsible for Pentagon security. DPS and Arlington conducted joint training 2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=7http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=7It’s your job to protect others, so missing a beat is not an option. You’ve got to keep your agents in sync and inconspicuous, because if you don’t, things could get ugly. So while you’ve got their back, we’ve got yours. When something goes down, Nextel Direct Connect makes sure your entire team can be mobilized in under a second. 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Connecting the world’s largest push-to-talk community. ì2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=8http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=82009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=9http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=9FRONT LINES DHS and education: A strategic national priority HAL RAVECHE AS THE UNITED STATES CONFRONTS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY AND THE HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE, WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) IS AS STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN FORMED AFTER SEPT. 11, 2001. lims, when constantly exposed to biased news,can become easy targets for extremists, who exploit the most fervent among them in the name of Islam. It is not that this religion breeds terrorists,but rather that,in this example, religion is exploited to convince individuals to commit terrorist acts, while taking their own lives for religious fulfillment. These global developments underscore the importance of a strong DHS. Ironically, the challenges that DHS faces are exacerbated by a lack of a holistic approach in the United States to foreign policy, security, intelligence and energy. For example, we are concerned about computer hacking and weapon sales from China, yet China holds our debt, reducing our leverage. In Afghanistan, we first funded Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban to fight the Soviets, only to find now that they are our enemy. We continue to buy vast amounts of Middle Eastern oil, providing huge amounts of cash to be used to our detriment. Domestic and border security policies have helped turn Phoenix,Ariz., into the US kidnapping capital.Violent gangs from Central America have penetrated the United States and are growing even in our prisons. Our appetite for drugs is funding the Taliban through the opium fields in Afghanistan. Clearly, international terrorism has affected households and communities along our borders and deep in the heartland. The list of capabilities of those who wish to do us harm grows continuously. For example, the hacking of our federal and private sector computer systems is becoming increasingly more sophisticated, further threatening homeland security. Self- propelled, semi-submersible vessels with low radar signatures are now carrying tons of cocaine to be sold in the United States. This means that DHS’ mission is expanding at a time when private and public resources are shrinking. Fortunately, however, the department’s university partnerships have never been stronger, and these partners have never been more committed. Unfortunately, America does not have a good record on its commitment to addressing important problems. The national focus on alternative energy began, and ended, with the term of President Jimmy Carter. Had we stayed focused on the mission, the United States today would enjoy much greater independence from Middle Eastern oil and a reduced carbon footprint.We cannot make the same mistake now with the DHS. Global and domestic factors indicate that the United States faces significant risk and vulnerability for the foreseeable future. Marginalizing DHS will only position the United States for even greater risk. In this time of strained federal budgets and mounting deficits, DHS can, with modest investments, sharpen its competitive edge by complementing its highly committed, knowledgeable and innovative workforce with university partnerships. The opportunity There is a phenomenal opportunity to capitalize on these partnerships that open horizons and expand our own inventiveness and capacity, beginning as early as junior high school and continuing through all academic levels. DHS should consider implementing programs with its university partners that stimulate mission-related thinking among school children. In-school projects involving even the most inexpensive items can be used to encourage young minds to become inventive with technology and help promote a deeper understanding of the DHS mission and its technological challenges. Cooperative education programs that give gifted students real work experience in homeland security would provide students with the opportunity to learn more about employment at DHS, while allowing DHS to carefully evalua2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=10http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=10An e ective chain of command requires a reliable chain of communication. Verizon Wireless has the proven technology and dedicated support teams to help you collaborate con dently while serving proudly. Our rugged voice and data devices are built to handle tough terrain, and keep your data accessible, while you keep America secure. And our services are backed by America’s largest and most reliable wireless voice and 3G networks. Find out how Verizon Wireless can help you improve your agency’s responsiveness and communications e ciency. Click www.verizonwireless.com/gov Call 800.657.7649 See verizonwireless.com/bestnetwork for details. © 2009 Verizon Wireless. GOVHSTCHAIN5092009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=11http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=11FUNDING & RESOURCES Stimulus funding expands opportunities for police and fire BY MICHAEL PADDOCK FOR YEARS, STATE AND LOCAL HOMELAND SECURITY HAS GRADUALLY BEEN EVOLVING TO BECOME MORE AGENCY AND SECTOR SPECIFIC, MOVING AWAY, THOUGH NOT ENTIRELY, FROM THE BROAD, AMORPHOUS POOLS OF FUNDING THAT CHARACTERIZED ITS EARLY DAYS. It may have been that in 2002 and 2003 we just needed to start throwing money at the problem of homeland vulnerabilities until it started to take shape. But as time has gone on and cooler heads have prevailed, the approach has come to resemble other grant programs in its transparency and predictability. So, partly in keeping with the general direction of the funding and partly as a policy statement for moving homeland security funding forward, funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)— the stimulus package—has directed all of the state and local homeland security funding for specific purposes or within specific sectors. There is no bump for the UrbanArea Security Initiative and no addition of funding for the State Homeland Security Program. Instead,the funding supports transit,rail and port security initiatives, renovations to fire department facilities and a range of law enforcement activities. ment of Agriculture’s Community Facilities Program since the program was expanded to include emergency response agencies in 2004. That program also received an additional $130 million in the stimulus, with $67 million going for loans and $63 million for grants. The big winners in the stimulus from a first responder perspective are law enforcement agencies. Police departments across the country will take the lion’s share of the $2 billion allocated for the Justice Assistance Grants state and local formula funding, though courts and other justice agencies can participate. The $225 million set aside for law enforcement and justice agencies in the Byrne Competitive Grant Program seems small when many other ARRA programs are scaled in the billions of dollars. However, because of budget cuts or congressional earmarks in the past, this program is the first real opportunity local law enforcement agencies have to compete for funding in the same way, if not at the same level of funding, as fire departments have been since before the turn of the century. Law enforcement agencies are also set to receive additional funding depending on their locations. ARRA provides $225 million for tribal agencies to construct jails through the Correctional Facilities on Tribal Lands Program. Primarily focused on countering the scourge of methamphetamine production, the act adds $125 million for the Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs Program. Finally, in addition to several other programs for victim compensation, reducing violence against women and fighting Internet crimes against children, ARRA provides $40 million for the State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program: Combating Criminal Narcotics Activity Stemming from the Southern Border of the United States. This funding is specifically for the purpose of supporting state and local prosecutors and parole, probation and community corrections agencies to fight the increasingly well-publicized criminal narcotics activity in the southern geographic land border of the United States, which encompasses California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Future evolution Certainly, the competitive environment requires more up-front work on the part of the grantees, and not every agency’s up-front work pays off. But the projects that are funded have been determined by objective review to be either most in need or most likely to be implemented successfully. Moreover, when the agencies get their awards,they have more than a cursory set of guidelines to follow in rolling out their projects. They have the plan they submitted in their applications. They also have a description of the need the project is addressing and a plan for measuring and evaluating the outco2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=12http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=12RESPONDERS TODAY Waikiki beach in Honolulu. HONOLULU, HAWAII so as the city is responding to a situation, in the event that we quickly determine that we need additional capabilities or capacities, it’s not inconceivable that we will pick up the phone and start the communication process to get the assets to help us.” Those assets include the vast resources, personnel and capabilities of the large military contingents on Oahu from every branch of the services. “We all understand that the military has inherent obligations to respond to national defense and that is their mission,” Kaku pointed out. “But the military is very much integrated into this community. Knowing that they and their families are part of this community, there is also that mutual understanding—and, again, an inherently understood commitment—that when the community does need any type of support to a national extent that the military is going to lean forward and help us.” Army Maj. Gen. Vern Miyagi, the mobilization assistant to the commander of the US Pacific Command, concurred: “Personal relationships and communication and coordination among agency leadership and operators are excellent. This has been developed over many years through a variety of actual operations and exercises. We know each other and have responded and exercised together successfully for years.” PHOTO: THOMAS M. IANNUCCI No one is an island BY THOMAS M. IANNUCCI FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE NAME “HAWAII” CONJURES UP VISIONS OF THE LUSH ISLAND OF OAHU, WITH ITS WHITE SANDY BEACHES, PRISTINE WATERS AND LONG CURVED PALM TREES RESTING LAZILY IN THE SUN. Within the shores of that island is the city and county of Honolulu, holding 75 percent of Hawaii’s population, which varies from an estimated 900,000 full-time residents to over a million people when military personnel and tourists are included. The jurisdiction contains Hawaii’s state, federal, military, major business and banking headquarters. It includes the headquarters of the US Pacific Command, the governor’s office, the state legislature, US Attorney, civil defense, federal building, only international airport and one of the busiest harbors in the Pacific. mutual aide perspective, that we are all in this boat together, and it forces us to have to work together,” Mel Kaku, Honolulu’s emergency management chief, told Homeland Security Today. Local responders agree that there is a cohesive working bond among the various agencies. “We don’t take it for granted, and we know we have to work at it, but we just have to keep the building of relationships and the trust amongst agencies,” said Ed Teixeira, vice director of Hawaii State Civil Defense and chairman of the National Emergency Management Association. “What may make it a little easier is this term called the ‘aloha spirit’ we have here in Hawaii.” Teixeira continued: “There is something about being here and, in time, if you’re not from the islands, you will get it. It’s a natural thing for us to engage with each other and to work with each other to solve mutual problems. It’s a ‘nowhere to run, nowhere to hide’ kind of a thing.” Kaku agreed, adding: “There is also a recognition of rules and responsibilities, Hazards and training Honolulu and the state of Hawaii are familiar with hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and a foreign attack and, as a result, they form a community that prepares through constant gatherings and exercises. Born and raised in Honolulu, Mayor Mufi Hanneman ensures that preparedness is a priority. Major stakeholders meet monthly and quarterly with Honolulu city officials and non-government agencies like utility companies and telecommunications providers in an effort to stay connected and informed. Hanneman, more so than previous mayors, is very proactive in his approach to emergency management and public safety. He created the Department of Emergency Management and elevated Kaku’s position to Cabinet-level in order to incorporate preparedness into Honolulu’s daily operatio2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=13http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=13RESPONDERS TODAY PHOTO: THOMAS M. IANNUCCI Teixeira is one of the main proponents of fostering this readiness among responders. Bringing together all key agencies for roundtable meetings before every major holiday and event, Teixeira and his team also host the annual Asian Pacific Homeland Security Summit. It was at this summit that they created the Community Response Exercise. Having all emergency responders present, the exercises are turned over to the community. “We engage the community, saying, ‘Here’s the situation; here’s what is going on. Now what are you going to do?’” Teixeira explained. “It’s a reverse exercise; the public tells us what they would do and what their levels of expectations of the government are.” A military and civilian Makani Pahili (“strong wind” in Hawaiian) interagency exercise has also been designed to test the coordinated efforts among all levels of government and private sector organizations. Other preparedness efforts are being made by groups such as the Hawaii Wireless Interoperability Network, another interagency organization that looks for strategies to foster total communications interoperability among agencies. The Federal Executive Board brings all federal agencies in Hawaii together and the Hawaii Emergency Preparedness Executive Consortium. This board meets quarterly and is a gathering of all federal, state, county, military law enforcement, emergency managers and responders in an effort to continually share information among each other; a “fusion center,” so to speak. It’s a time to stay informed by sharing new ideas, possible threats, updates of policy and procedures, new technologies and equipment. “We constantly train. It seems every M AJOR STAKEHOLDERS MEET MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY WITH HONOLULU CITY OFFICIALS AND NON-GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE UTILITY COMPANIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS IN AN EFFORT TO STAY CONNECTED AND INFORMED. month or every other week we’re engaged in the planning or the execution of some sort of exercise.” Kaku stated. All these efforts, a dedication and striving for excellence and a common spirit of service have paid off. Honolulu was ranked once again by CQ Press’ annual City Crime Ranking 2008-2009 publication as the lowest crime rated city of 500,000 residents or more in the United States, making it one of the safest cities in the United States. It seems to bear out the state motto: Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono—“The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness.” HST THOMAS M. IANNUCCI is chairman of the Kauai County Police Commission, an ordained minister, author and freelance writer living on Kauai. His most recent article for Homeland Security Today was “Protecting Paradise” in the November 2008 issue, available at www.HSToday.us. Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters HSToday Magazine | May 2009 112009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=14http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=14NEBRASKA AVENUE Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) Officer Donald Boone checks the identity papers of an airline traveler at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Once REAL ID is fully implemented, proponents hope it will verify identities for all forms of travel. The rough road to REAL ID BY KELLEY VLAHOS, WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT REAL ID HIT A REAL BUMP IN THE ROAD WHEN IT MET INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN ONE OF THE FIRST TESTS OF HOW A CONTROVERSIAL POLICY ADVANCED BY THE PREVIOUS REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION FARES WITH DEMOCRATS LUKEWARM TO THE IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE. The secure identity program, when implemented, would require every state to issue new, federally standardized driver’s licenses and ID cards to its residents. The program is “voluntary,” but without the new cards, Americans would no longer be able to board a plane, access a federal courthouse or even, as one lawmaker suggested, open an account in a federally insured banking institution. The program has been unpopular among states—21 of them have passed legislation in the last four years putting conditions on compliance or rejecting REAL ID outright because of cost and privacy concerns. So when the former Arizona governor moved to Nebraska Avenue in January, skeptical states saw a possible opening to thwart REAL ID before it began. “We were very excited when Gov. Janet Napolitano was named homeland security secretary,” said Michelle Blackston, spokeswoman for the National Conference of State Legislatures, which has been against REAL ID from the start. “She was a governor … she knows that sometimes these policies can be onerous on states.” So opposed was Napolitano that as governor she signed a bill passed in the Arizona state legislature in June 2008 barring the state’s participation in REAL ID, calling it an unfunded mandate. In February, Napolitano told reporters she was open to “realistic options” to help states comply, like moving toward Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDLs), now being adopted by several border states. Furthermore, on Feb. 25, in her first Capitol Hill testimony since being sworn in, she told the House Homeland Security Committee that REAL ID was basically unworkable in its current form. “[REAL ID] was stood up without adequate consultation with governors who actually deal with the nuts and bolts of how do you handle drivers’ licenses. So there were a lot of—just—implementation issues. And secondly, there was no money put behind it. And it was budgeted and it’s very expensive to do,” she testified. “And so what I am doing is working now with a group of the National Governors Association to say: What can we do and should we do now with the cooperation and consultation of governors—of both parties, I might add—to convert REAL ID into something that actually can happen on the ground and can happen on a real time basis?” REAL ID was the brainchild of the former Republican majority in Congress, and Napolitano’s comments to reporters—that she would like to proceed, but not necessarily “under the rubric of REAL ID”—suggest that the new DHS leadership, at least on this issue, is willing to retool according to state concerns and to the new secretary’s point of view. The states have been watching with interest. Legislation in Virginia that would reject REAL ID if the protection of residents’ personal data was not assured, was advancing through the general assembly this winter. Delegate Bob Marshall, a Republican and author of the House bill that passed his chamber in February, told Homeland Security Today that privacy was the issue. “If the government or the DMV [Department of Motor Vehicles] or other agencies cannot assure you of the security of the data transfer … then you should not subject the individual to this risk,” said Marshall, noting that the states have no idea who will have access to all of the sensitive personal information required from people, or how the infor2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=15http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=15NEBRASKA AVENUE “Governors agree on the importance of strengthening state-issued licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) to protect the security and integrity of these important documents,” said the NGA in a recent statement. “The federal REAL ID Act, however, places unnecessary and costly burdens on states that will do little to achieve the law’s intended security goals.” The law should be revised and full funding to the states should be provided, the statement concluded. While many states are resisting REAL ID, others have begun to comply. In Maryland, for example, Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) and state transportation officials were pushing lawmakers to pass a residency requirement for all driver’s licenses in anticipation of REAL ID.As of this year,Maryland was one of the few states left that did not require proof of US residency from its drivers. On the other hand, despite collecting fees from drivers to pay for REAL ID, Wisconsin suspended its rollout until DHS offered more direction. According to the Journal-Sentinel newspaper, the state had already allocated $11.2 million for REAL ID, but Gov. Jim Doyle (D) has said they were definitely “slowing down” efforts. Every state received an extension for compliance in May 2008, but will be required to start issuing the new IDs in 2010 under the current statute. In order to avoid the penalties, all residents must have a new license or government ID by Dec. 1, 2017. Any modification to REAL ID now, DHS officials remind, would take a change in the law. In March: Craig Fugate was nominated as FEMA administrator. …Juliette Kayyem was named assistant secretary of intergovernmental programs. …Phil Reitinger was named deputy undersecretary of the National Protections Program Directorate. …Charles Axton was named head of the Unified Public Assistance Project Decision Team in the Louisiana Transitional Recovery Office. …Brian Beckwith was selected as senior associate director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. …Janet Woodka was named Gulf Coast Rebuilding Coordinator. …On April 3 Jane Holl Lute was confirmed as DHS deputy secretary. See the new DHS organization chart on page 34. After spirited resistance from Democrats and the Senate, REAL ID was nonetheless passed in 2005 as part of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror and Tsunami Relief and signed by President George Bush. According to the final DHS rules, the new cards would require residents to provide proof of lawful residency with a birth certificate or immigration papers to their state department of motor vehicles, as well as more identifying information like proof of a valid Social Security number or an official explanation why the applicant does not have one. The state would be responsible for verifying supporting documents with appropriate federal databases. To prevent people from getting licenses and IDs in multiple jurisdictions, state motor vehicle departments would have to link to each other’s databases. The cards themselves would have to be secured with “physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting or duplication,” which could mean something as simple as watermarks or more elaborate— and controversial—measures like radio frequency identification (RFID) encoding devices built into the plastic and containing the identifiable information of the holder. So far, the technology to make this all work is still being developed. According to the NGA, the Social Security On-LineVerification and the Systematic AlienVerification for Entitlement systems are already on line and deployed nationally. But the capability of all states to verify vital records is still incomplete, and existing federal database networks need to be upgraded to handle the increased volume of verification. DHS is still working on a system that would allow states to meet the data exchange requirements. “[REAL ID] does three things,” said Sensenbrenner. “First of all,it provid2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=16http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=16WILL YOUR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS WORK NOW? PAGING ARCHITECTURE CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE In an emergency, communications must get through, no matter what the extent of damage may be. 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USAMOBILITY.COM2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=17http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=17AGENCY SPOTLIGHT Security, standards and technology BY HANK HOGAN, HSTODAY IT CORRESPONDENT DIGITAL TELEVISION IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR REASONS TO VISIT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE’S WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. BUT COMMERCE’S IMPACT IS SUBSTANTIAL IN OTHER AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY MORE IMPORTANT TO HOMELAND SECURITY, SOME OF WHICH ARE VITAL TODAY AND OTHERS THAT WILL NOT BE CRITICAL FOR DECADES. A case in point of the latter is quantum information processing, a field that is currently largely confined to laboratories, but has already led to some commercial products. The technology exploits the seemingly magical realm of quantum mechanics and has drawn the attention of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a part of Commerce. NIST is already looking down the road to a time decades hence when quantum computers could exist. Because they will operate differently than today’s computers, these new devices would have a devastating impact on the foundation of today’s secure communications. “It turns out that one of the things they’re very good at is solving the kinds of problems on which our current public key cryptographic algorithms depend,” William Barker, chief cybersecurity advisor at NIST, told Homeland Security Today. Since it takes many years to develop, prove and deploy new algorithms, NIST is already at work on the problem of finding new techniques that will stand up to assault from quantum computers. But that’s not all the agency is doing. It’s also working on providing much more near-term solutions that will improve computer security. 2005, researchers discovered potential flaws in the most widely used hash algorithms. So NIST is working on a replacement group, with a new standard perhaps being published four or five years from now. Still, nearer term, the agency is trying to come up with a solution to a common problem. Many systems ship in a configuration that isn’t the most secure, and the same is true for application packages. This arrangement is the norm because setup often requires access to settings and the like that shouldn’t be available during normal—and, therefore, more secure—operation. System administrators are then often left with the need to manually change settings to the optimal ones. Since it’s a manual operation, it sometimes doesn’t get done. But NIST has some software packages to help automate the process by comparing configurations against recommendations, and those packages are increasing in number. “We’ll have an increasing number of tools available over the next one to three years,” said Barker. Unfortunately, the configuration problem will grow much more complex during that time with the advent of cloud computing and the deployment ofWeb 2.0 applications. Barker is confident, though, that the agency’s work will help provide solutions. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE access cards that replace passwords and for tokens for physical right of entry. Part of this work entails helping to develop standards. Some of it, on the other hand, involves evaluating systems. This is done by subjecting a biometric system to a set of test data and then determining how well it did in correctly identifying subjects, according to Martin Herman, chief of the agency’s information access division. Unlike what might be done in a commercial setting, the evaluation results are freely available to all. This goes for the findings for both research and commercial systems, and there’s a fundamental reason for this approach. “We can let the developers know how well their systems are performing and possibly where their strengths and weakness are so they can improve. Our real goal is to accelerate the state of the art and the technology,” Herman told Homeland Security Today. He noted that an area of increasing interest involves multimodal biometrics, such as a fingerprint combined with face or iris recognition. The agency is running a multiple biometric challenge,using data gathered from people who are walking—as a result, the data i2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=18http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=18MILESTONE1 A new device may render police chases safer. The long, sticky arms of the law BY LAKSHMI SANDHANA, SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT ON JAN 22, 2002, KRISTIE PRIANO, A 15-YEAR-OLD HONOR STUDENT, WAS KILLED ON HER WAY TO A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME WHEN THE MINIVAN HER FAMILY WAS IN WAS HIT BY A TEENAGER FLEEING THE POLICE IN HER CAR. CAUGHT AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, PRIANO, AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER, DIED THE SAME DAY. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICER NICK-TOMASITO BIRCO WAS KILLED ON JULY 26, 2006, WHEN HIS PATROL CAR WAS STRUCK BY A STOLEN VAN BEING PURSUED BY OTHER OFFICERS. HIS CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A UTILITY POLE, WHILE THE VAN OCCUPIED BY SUSPECTS WHO HAD JUST COMMITTED AN ARMED ROBBERY CRASHED AFTER HITTING TWO BUILDINGS. Unfortunately, there are just too many incidents of people dying every year due to high-speed police pursuits. It’s just too risky to stop fleeing drivers, since they can’t be shot at for fear of harming hostages, and there’s always the possibility of the driver losing control and swerving into other vehicles. Since chases have turned out to be so dangerous, many agencies are severely curtailing their pursuit policies. Right now, officers have just a few effective methods at their disposal. “In the single car method, a police officer chases the vehicle without back-up (which is not wise) in the hopes that the offender will stop,” Tod Burke, a professor of criminal justice at Radford University in Virginia and a former Maryland police officer, told Homeland Security Today. “Sometimes, the officer (if trained properly) can bump the rear of the suspect vehicle at such an angle that the suspect vehicle will spin and stop. While this maneuver has worked, it also presents great risk to the driver, officer (if the officer does not effectively use the proper technique) and the public (if other vehicles strike the suspect’s car). The multiple car method requires multiple police units to follow a suspect in hopes that the offender will stop. Sometimes, just the mere show of force will have the suspect re-think his actions and come to a halt (but certainly don’t count on it). Regardless of how many officers are involved, police chases usually do not end well for the subject, the officer or innocent citizens.” The statistics available on high-speed police chases are grim, to say the least. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) 2007 report, 424 people were killed in 2007 alone. There’s a good chance that these figures are underreported since reports of deaths are submitted only on a voluntary basis by agencies and police departments. NHTSA statistics further reveal that 40 percent of all high-speed police chase cases end in accidents, 20 percent in injuries and 1 percent in death. The tragedy is that most of these deaths are preventable. More than 3,000 innocent bystanders have been killed due to police chases since 1982, and thousands more are injured annually. “I’d say there’s always an urgent need in law enforcement for any technology that can help us do anything better or faster,” Police Officer William Martin of the Davenport Iowa Police Department told Homeland Security Today. “Anything that’s relatively intuitive, reusable, affordable and can be quickly deployed to help officers safely end vehicle pursuits would be good for us and the citizens of the cities we protect.” Current technologies The only viable technologies currently available to police officers to stop fleeing vehicles are “stop sticks,” or “spike sticks,” that contain metal spikes that puncture tires. The device causes tires to deflate once the fleeing vehicle runs over it. While it sounds excellent in principle, it has many operational drawbacks. “Most of the time, ‘spike strips’ cause the fleeing vehicle to become disabled and ends the pursuit, but there have been situations in which the vehicle has continued to flee,” said Thomas Nolan, associate professor of criminal justice at Boston Uni2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=19http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=19MILESTONE1 well as with the higher speeds of highway and interstate pursuits.” There are other factors to consider, too. Officers need to be ahead of the chase and figure out where the suspect is likely to go before placing the strips on the roadway. They have to place the device strategically. Officers have even been struck and killed by pursuing police cars in their attempts to remove the spike strips from the pursuing car’s paths after the strips disabled the fleeing vehicle. to generate the huge amounts of counterforce needed to stop a heavy moving vehicle, Martínez decided that it was enough to just ensnare the rotating components beneath it and stop the axles from turning. The SQUID is designed to release a mass of tentacles that entangle the axles, effectively bringing the vehicle to a screeching halt. An officer could lay down a road trap in seconds and activate it remotely from a nearby hiding place “One of the benefits of SQUID is that it can be put in place at any time,” said John Verrico, spokesman for the Science and Technology (S&T) directorate of the Department of Homeland Security. “The roadway can remain open to normal traffic right up to the moment that the target vehicle arrives. This protects the officers and innocent commuters, does not disrupt traffic and also does not raise suspicion of the perpetrator. Once the target vehicle nears, the SQUID is activated remotely. This deploys the initial arms, which spread out across the roadway. The arms have small barbs, which will catch on the tires and begin to get wrapped on the wheel. The rest of the action is automatic. SQUID senses the vehicle over it and deploys the tentacles, which shoot up into the undercarriage and get entangled in the drive shaft and other rotating parts. The tentacles are also attached to the larger arms, so the whole contraption works like a three-point harness. The overall effect is like applying the brakes. It stops the vehicle without spinning it out of control.” While it might sound like science fiction, the device is very real and may be operational in the field as soon as 2010. In a demonstration held last summer, a SQUID prototype safely stopped a pickup truck going 35 miles per hour. Currently, the team is working on making it lighter and more affordable and plans to work on making it more rugged, reliable and capable of reloading. That work is expected to take the rest of the year and is being funded by S&T’s Small Business Innovation Research Office. “The SQUID technology can be made or designed to many embodiments so it may look like anything that you may see in a roadway. The key is that, aside from the users (the military, law enforcement, etc.) no one (i.e. the bad guys) knows what may spring up from the roadway and snatch them,” said Martínez. The SQUID’s developers believe that the device represents a breakthrough because it ensures complete operational safety. The portable version can be placed on a roadway at any time,and a more permanent version can even be implanted in a roadbed or speed bump,such as in a border crossing or the entry road to a facility. The device has already caught the attention of state and local police, as well as federal agencies such as Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Before it can be actively marketed, though, the team will have to prove to law enforcement officers that it has the mettle to halt a 5,000-pound vehicle in its tracks,about the heft of a Ford F-150 pickup, speeding at 120 miles per hour. Martínez hopes that this spidery cephalopod will spawn a generation of non-lethal offspring technologies that can stop moving targets on land and sea and in the air, all based on the same sticky principle. A Safe Personnel Directed Ensnarement Restraint (SPIDER) would much more closely resemble what Spiderman would do. Sea versions of the SQUID—tentatively named SeaSQUID—could ensnare drug running and pirate boats. HST The SQUID solution There’s a critical nee2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=20http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=20CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF INNOVATION. And recognition as security systems integrator and monitoring provider of the year. As a security pioneer, the world’s leading systems integrator and North America’s top monitoring provider, Diebold delivers integrated security systems to protect your assets and optimize your operations. Recognized as Frost & Sullivan’s global physical security systems integrator of the year for a second, consecutive year and as North America’s monitoring provider of the year, Diebold offers the solutions that you need to effectively combat ever-changing security challenges. 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To discover how Diebold can address your organization’s security concerns with a comprehensive security solution CONTACT A DIEBOLD REPRESENTATIVE AT (800) 568-7233 OR VISIT WWW.DIEBOLD.COM/SECURE2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=21http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=21MARKET MONITOR Research fuels Smiths’ profits and growth BY PHILIP FINNEGAN THE MANAGEMENT OF SMITHS DETECTION, LONDON, UK, SEES THE PROSPECT OF CONTINUING GROWTH WITH HIGH MARGINS THANKS TO THE COMPANY’S HEAVY INVESTMENT IN HOMELAND SECURITY-RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D). Stephen Phipson, president of Smiths Detection, told investors at a company investors’ day in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Jan. 27 that the company anticipates 10 percent to 12 percent annual growth over a three-year period with high 17 percent to 20 percent profit margins as achievable goals. Strong research spending is the key to this optimistic outlook. In 2008, Smiths Detection increased its company-funded research and development 10 percent to £29 million ($41 million), investing 5.7 percent of sales. Another 1.7 percent of sales or £9 million ($13 million) comes from customer funding of research and development. Smiths Detection has 2,300 employees worldwide, of which 538 are research and development engineers. That heavy investment allows Smiths Group to bring a continuous stream of products to market that can command premium pricing despite intensifying competition as more companies enter the business. Research investment also helps counter the pressures from tougher pricing as contracts become larger in the sector and government pricing scrutiny increases. petitors tend to focus on narrow areas of the market, rather than the breadth of markets and technologies being used by Smiths Detection. New technology In aviation security, the company is focusing research on the checkpoint of the future. It launched its aTiX automatic explosives detection X-ray system in October 2007. Normal X-ray has one view, but this technology has four X-ray generators offering four views. This enables automatic explosives detection so that laptops can remain in carry-ons and liquids can be identified. More than 500 of these systems have been deployed in the United Kingdom and the United States. In addition, Smiths Detection launched its “eqo” people screening portal in October 2008. The eqo system uses millimeter-wave technology to provide a safe, high-resolution image of passengers passing through a checkpoint. Smiths Detection is also working on new systems for hold baggage screening. Research is also key for the company’s military and emergency response segment. That market is now moving toward chemical detectors capable of detecting more chemical agents at lower levels of concentration with fewer false alarms. It is also moving toward integrated systems with systems of sensors. N AVIATION SECURITY, THE COMPANY IS FOCUSING RESEARCH ON THE CHECKPOINT OF THE FUTURE. I Economies of scale Yet R&D is not Smiths Detection’s only way of maintaining high profitability. As production grows, Smiths Detection is able to develop manufacturing efficiencies by taking initiatives that take advantage of greater economies of scale through lean manufacturing, outsourcing and finding low-cost sources of components. Smiths Detection’s overall size also works in its favor. It is twice the size of its nearest competitor. Before the rapid depreciation of the British pound, it was actually three times as large as its competition. As the largest company in many areas, it will naturally work with government regulators to define the requirements for future systems, build- ing on its advantage as the incumbent in providing existing systems. It also has the ability to move technologies between markets, such as from military to commercial applications. The company is the largest player in the combined transportation,ports and borders and critical infrastructure segments,according to data published by IMS Research that was cited at the investors’ meeting. Smiths Detection has a 29 percent market share,followed by GE Security, 15.5 percent;L-3 Security and Detection Systems, 12.5 percent; Rapiscan Systems, 8.5 percent; and Nuctech, 8 percent. It is also the largest company providing military, chemi2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=22http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=22EDUCATION AND TRAINING HOMELAND SEC INDUSTRY NEWS INDUSTRY ROSTER Robert Coleman has resigned as president and chief operating officer of ManTech, while remaining on its board of directors. …SkyTerra has appointed Gary Epstein its executive vice president of law and regulation. …Axis Communications has named John Bartolac its government business development manager. …SRC has named Matthew Pushkin the new assistant vice president for cyber. …Pixim has hired Tracey Hups as manager for worldwide marketing communications. …Michael France was hired as manager of regulatory affairs for the National Air Transportation Association. TERT takes toxic approach to emergency response The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), Anniston, Ala., the only facility in the nation where civilian emergency responders can train in an actual nerve agent environment, has announced that it is offering the Technical Emergency Response Training (TERT) course. This training experience takes place at the CDP’s Chemical, Ordnance Biological and Radiological Training Facility, the COBRATF . The TERT course enables responders to effectively prevent, respond to and recover from incidents involving chemical weapons and other hazardous materials. The TERT course offers an opportunity to receive operational defensive training that’s necessary to respond to acts of terrorism. The course also includes response activities associated not only with terrorism but also all-hazards events caused by accidents or man-made disasters. (Source:CDP) Oneida Nation receives CDP pandemic training A team from the Center for Domestic Preparedness, Anniston, Ala., has delivered a threeday pandemic awareness course to the Oneida Indian Nation on nation lands in central New York. The Nation established several emergency response protocols in writing and took the Pandemic Influenza Planning and Preparedness (PIPP) course to promote pandemic awareness as well as gain insight for other emergency responses. The PIPP course is designed to train responders from multiple disciplines, and assist them with their strengths and weaknesses during an emergency. The final exercise in the course encompasses training from the planning process and tests everyone’s ability to respond during a fictitious pandemic influenza in a community. The Oneida Nation is comprised of 1,000 tribal members and employs nearly 5,000 people. Nation officials estimate that there are about 12,000 visitors per day to Nation facilities, averaging more than four million visitors per year. (Source:CDP) LCN e-learning Course on Door Openers Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, Carmel,Ind.,a provider of safety and security products and services and owner of LCN, maker of door closers, is offering a Web-based course covering the basics of the role door closers play in controlling the door. With the e-learning course,security directors, maintenance personnel, facility managers, locksmiths, distributors and security dealers can learn about door control according to their own schedule and from wherever they have access to the Internet. The self-paced format covers the five critical needs of an opening, including durability, safety, security and design. The online course provides interactive learning of the features and benefits of heavy duty (institutional) and medium duty (commercial) products. Students learn about effective LCN door closer applications, installations, adjustments and servicing. (Source: Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies) Center for Spectator Sports Security Management conducts workshops The Center for Spectator Sports Security Management, Hattiesburg, Miss., is offering workshops in sports event security training. The first workshop, at Jacksonville, Fla., Municipal Stadium, scheduled for April 7 and 8, kicked off the series offered through the University of Southern Mississippi center and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. More than 1,000 intercollegiate institutions have been in2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=23http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=23URITY HOMELAN IndigoVision and 655 partner for remote IP-CCTV monitoring IndigoVision, Edinburgh, UK, a manufacturer of Internet protocol video security solutions, has partnered with 655 Ltd., Rochester, UK, to provide its UK customers with a remote video monitoring facility. 655 monitors a number of different IndigoVision sites, including schools, logistics operations and the National Trust’s Chiswick House. Video is streamed from each site via standard business broadband links. IndigoVision’s compression technology ensures that minimum bandwidth is required to transmit video from each site to the monitoring center. To further aid remote transmission, IndigoVision’s system allows each camera feed to be dual-streamed. For example, video with maximum framerate and resolution can be viewed and recorded locally, with a second lower framerate stream transmitted to the remote center. This low bandwidth requirement also ensures low latency, which means 655 can smoothly control pan-tilt-zoom cameras at any site. (Source:IndigoVision) PBS&J part of engineering team selected to update FEMA National Flood Program The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a fiveyear, $600 million contract to a consortium of four engineering firms, including PBS&J, Orlando, Fla.; Greenhorne & O’Mara, Laurel, Md.; CDM, Cambridge, Mass.;and Stantec, Edmonton, Canada, to support the agency’s massive risk program, FEMA Risk MAP . The goal of this program is to provide reliable, easy-to-access digital flood risk data that can be used by communities to better assess and plan for flood damage throughout the United States. The four firms are working together in a joint venture called the Strategic Alliance for Risk Reduction (STARR). As part of the Risk MAP team, STARR will collaborate with FEMA, states, communities and other organizations to better define and communicate flood risks in critical areas throughout the nation. (Source:PBS&J) BriefCam launches CCTV video synopsis technology for rapid browsing and indexing BriefCam, Neve Ilan, Israel, a provider of systems for video synopsis and indexing of surveillance camera content, has launched a technology for summarizing closed-circuit television footage. The first-of-its-kind technology allows for one day of surveillance camera footage to be summarized into as little as a few minutes, enabling the rapid review and indexing of captured video. BriefCam is designed to enable the rapid review of captured video to assess reported incidents and occurrences, as well as for the uncovering and discovery of incidents that may never have been exposed in the past due to the high cost of manual video review. Municipalities, transportation centers, border control, banks, office building management, retailers and just about anyone using video surveillance can leverage video synopsis to monitor and safeguard their locations and facilities. (Source:BriefCam) Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters Homeland Security Today Magazine | May 2009 212009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=24http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=24Testing Time By K E L L E Y V L A H O S , W A S H I N G T O N C O R R E S P O N D E N T TOO OFTEN FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) IT’S BEEN THE TALE OF TWO HEADLINES. On the one hand, officials prefer the headline in April 2008 that declared, “TSA Touts Bomb Arrest at Florida Airport.” In that case, plain-clothed TSA agents engaged in behavior detection duties collared a 32-year-old man at an Orlando International Airport checkpoint. The officers’ instincts were on target: Kevin Christopher Brown was trying to board a plane with a bevy of bomb-making materials, including nitromethane, galvanized pipes and a model rocket igniter. The incident, held up as a win for the agency’s new Behavioral Detection Officer units at 450 domestic airports, was much preferable news to the CNN headline a few months later: “Loaded Gun Slips Through Airport Security,” followed by, “TSA Tester Slips Mock Bomb Past Airport Security.” In the first case, a man returned to a checkpoint after being granted access to the terminal at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington and informed the checkers he had forgotten he was carrying his gun. The checkpoint screener who missed the gun was taken off the line—the traveler was charged with a misdemeanor for carrying the weapon into an air terminal. On Jan. 28, 2008, CNN announced it had been embedded with a secret TSA tester who slipped through the checkpoint with a fake bomb the size of a cigarette case tucked into “the small of his back.” It also reported the results of 2006 tests that found investigators were able to slip fake bombs through checkpoints 75 percent of the time at Los Angeles International Airport and 60 percent of the time through O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, the nation’s busiest air travel hub. Rough weather TSA’s reputation has often swung between two extremes since it was created out of whole cloth after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to oversee new federal security measures throughout US transportation systems. Its journey through infancy and adolescence under the Bush administration can only be characterized as a bumpy ride. Although officials see terror threats today as no less serious or imminent, TSA faces potentially big changes under the new Democratic administration, particularly in the area of aviation. Today, TSA officials, members of Congress and industry experts are pondering where existing programs and policies in airport security are headed in what might be considered the agency’s “teenage years.” “My general thrust, when I talk about TSA, is it’s a very tough job,” David Stone, who served from 2002 to 2003 as TSA administrator under the first Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, told Homeland Security Today. “The goal is to improve it, make it better, make it more effective.” What are the chances for that in 2009? Stone, a Republican appointee who ended up as an advisor to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, then to the future President Barack Obama, said he’s confident. “I was a huge proponent for change.” As of this writing,Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano had yet to name her TSA administrator. Career professional Gale Rossides was still serving as acting administrator This month’s issue is now available online at… REUTERS/JESSICA RINALDI 22 May 2009 | Homeland Security Today Magazine2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=25http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=25Passengers wait to pass through a security checkpoint at DFW Airport in Fort Worth,Texas in November 2007. for TSA following the departure of Bush appointee Kip Hawley in January. Immediate issues facing TSA include a congressional battle over whether the department’s 48,000 transportation security officers (TSOs), otherwise known as screeners, should be given collective bargaining rights. The agency is also embarking on the first stages of Secure Flight, the often-controversial program in which the federal government would take over passenger identity checks from the airlines. And as of this year, airlines are mandated to screen 50 percent of all cargo on passenger flights, reaching for a TSA goal of 100 percent by 2010. “It should be a pretty exciting time for TSA,” predicted Jeff Sural, who worked in TSA legislative affairs under Hawley, and for former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff. He said Napolitano has the opportunity to address many of the lingering leadership issues at DHS headquarters and TSA. The former Arizona governor not only has the practical threat assessment and response experience—she was the first governor to order National Guard to the troublesome border with Mexico in 2006— but she has the executive tools and, perhaps, the ability to set a more unified tone for the department’s 22 components. “Hopefully, her influence will show in who she selects to run TSA and that person will … focus TSA headquarters on better management. That’ll help with folks in the field and improve morale all the way around,” said Sural. Upon taking office, Napolitano announced a “side-by-side comparison of the threat environment, resources and personnel devoted to each transportation sector.” In testimony before Congress, she Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters AIRPORT SECURITY REPRESENTS THE FACE OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO MOST AMERICANS. NOW THAT FACE IS CHANGING. indicated support for new, full-body scanner technology emerging at the airport checkpoints and the need to improve upon existing airport security measures in general. These goals will be assisted by the $1 billion provided in the federal stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama in February. DHS announced in March that it would be using $700 million for enhanced checked baggage explosive detection systems (EDS) and $300 million for advanced screening technology at the checkpoints—including the latest in X-ray systems for carry-on bags and full-body scanners. “This is a great opportunity for us to accelerate our strategic plan for checked baggage security screening, improving security and convenience at some of our nation’s busiest airports, as well as supporting President Obama’s plan to stimulate the economy,” Napolitano said at the time, predicting that 3,000 jobs would be created through the increased spending. Still,without a permanent head,the agency’s managers were unwilling to talk about philosophy or big changes in airport security, preferring to emphasize programs and policies making headlines in 2009. ‘A very serious situation right now’ John Sammon, assistant administrator for Transportation Sector Network Management, told me in March that “the plans we have in place”—whether in new technology, expanding the behavioral detection teams or improving the efficacy of the front line TSOs—“are continuing on schedule through the transition. Whatever was on the menu before is still on the menu.” Homeland Security Today Magazine | May 2009 232009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=26http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=26TESTING TIME FOR TSA That is not exactly music to the ears of Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.). A long-time critic of what he calls failed and fumbling TSA security measures,he doesn’t think what’s “on the menu” will ever address the real problem,which he says exists in leadership and in the workforce. “Poor personnel performance, period,” he told me. “We have acquired some really sophisticated technology, and I was shocked, even when they tested the performance of those screeners with the new technology,that they weren’t performing well.” Mica said he had recent briefings with the DHS Office of Inspector General (IG) on the results of the IG’s covert screener audits (the results of which are classified and could not be independently confirmed). “The performance levels have fallen off the charts,” Mica claimed. “I’m so concerned that twice so far I’ve asked [Napolitano] to receive the briefings herself … I see a very serious situation right now, and somebody needs to get a hold of it.” Mica sent two letters to Napolitano to this effect, but as of March, hadn’t received a response. Officials said Napolitano’s office would respond directly to Mica’s letters and would not comment on the classified reports. “It is important to recognize that the TSA workforce is a highly vetted cadre of well-trained, professional transportation security officers,” TSA spokeswoman Lauren Gaches allowed in an e-mail response to my questions. In November 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the findings of a covert investigation into checkpoint screening vulnerabilities, Aviation Security: Vulnerabilities Exposed through Covert Testing of TSA’s Passenger Screening Process (http://www. gao.gov/new.items/d0848t.pdf). In that report, GAO investigators said they were successful in passing through TSA security screening checkpoints undetected with components for several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and an improvised incendiary devise (IID) concealed in carry-on luggage and on their persons. “By using concealment methods for the components, two GAO investigators demonstrated that it is possible to bring the components for several IEDs and one IID through TSA checkpoints and onto airline flights without being challenged by transportation security officers,” said the report. Sural said such investigations were always taken very seriously when he was at TSA and were seen as learning and training tools, though sometimes the fairness of methodologies were questioned. “I know this has been a concern of [Mica’s] for many years, and I do think he has legitimate concerns. I also think there has been a lot of improvement, and we know that because there is constant testing going on … there are plenty of examples [of success] that never see the light of day.” Mica said private screeners would be more cost effective, as well as more accountable and, therefore, better at their jobs. He complained that TSA cannot “hire and fire” unionized federal workers, resulting in lagging performance, year after year. There are now eleven airports across the country that have opted to participate in TSA’s Screening Partnership Program (SPP), which allows airports to utilize screeners hired through a TSA-sanctioned contractor. It isn’t clear yet whether SPP saves the government money or is more effective overall. In a Nov. 12, 2008, analysis titled Aviation Security: TSA’s Cost and Performance Study of Private-Sector Airport Screening (www.gao.gov/new.items/d0927r.pdf), GAO analysts criticized a TSA study of the public-versus-private approach for what they said was an incomplete side-by-side comparison. In the 2008 study, TSA found that the private screeners would actually cost the government some 17 percent more than the federal workforce,but on average performed the same or better than their federal counterparts. However, GAO analysts argued that TSA’s study failed to account for certain costs associated with the federal workforce, such as worker’s compensation, a2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=27http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=27TESTING TIME FOR TSA complete, naked view of the passenger and, therefore, a better chance of spying illegal objects and contraband on the person. “The face is not recognizable—the images are not stored,” assured Sammon, who pointed out there has been little passenger resistance as TSA rolled out 18 machines at participating airports in 2008 and was expected to add 10 by the end of March. For now, passengers are given a choice: Those selected for secondary screenings at participating airports can either get the pat-down or stand in the glass booth. TSA officials said at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Ariz., one of the first to deploy in 2007, 90 percent of the passengers went with the full body scan. The existing body scanner contract is held by L3 Communications Security and Detection Systems. Each L3 ProVision machine costs about $170,000, according to TSA. The devices—which can handle up to 600 passengers an hour, according to the vendor—are not without critics. Travel author and privacy expert Edward Hasbrouck said, “Fundamentally, what they are conducting is a search—a warrantless, suspicionless search” that has gone largely under the radar because it is still voluntary. One TSA official said they are aware of the sensitivities, but “we build privacy into the foundation” of all its security programs. Sammon said TSA has instituted measures in recent years to reverse that and to “engage the passenger to be on our side.” One example is designated “family lanes,” in which families and travelers with special needs (including those with medically necessary liquids, aerosols and gels) go through security checkpoints at their own pace. It is part of the new Diamond Self Select program, now available at some 50 airports. “The check-in process today is a lot more pleasant than years back,” said David Castelveter, spokesman for the Air Transport Association. “You don’t find passengers standing in lines ad nauseam to get through.” Once considered the cutting edge of airport security, the Registered Traveler (RT) program has transformed into a quasi-private program resembling tollbooth E-ZPass lanes on the nation’s highways. Early on, TSA had touted RT as a voluntary service in which passengers would provide personal information, receive a card encoded with identifying information and be able to glide through airport security without the hassle. Today, willing passengers pay a fee to travel through the privately run Clear Lanes, which afford them a place “at the front of the line” at a number of the nation’s airports, but require that they go through the same security procedures, like removing shoes and laptops from bags, as everyone else. “It’s really a frequent flier program,” said Castelveter. Clear cards are encoded with biometrics, like iris scans or fingerprints. Right now the technology is being utilized in some airports for employee access cards. Internationally, in places like the United Kingdom, it is being used for passenger identification cards. Biometrics have been considered for all IDs in the United States, too, ‘People aren’t screaming and hollering’ While TSA officials are trying hard to counteract criticism that its screeners are inept and demoralized, it is also battling an image problem with the public. Tales of intrusive searches, barking TSOs, long lines and confusing procedures have marred the agency’s reputation since its inception. Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters Homeland Security Today Magazine | May 2009 252009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=28http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=28TESTING TIME FOR TSA but the idea remains controversial—for now. Meanwhile, Sammon said giving passengers “a pleasant experience” cuts down on stress and tension, “the screaming and hollering” in the lines and allows behavioral detection efforts to concentrate on potentially dangerous individuals. “All the good travelers come through nice and smooth, and the others are those who come more agitated, and they might be up to something.” Hasbrouck said he is “not concerned with how TSA smiles at me, I’m concerned with how they respect our rights,” highlighting one of the greatest obstacles to many ill-fated TSA programs in the past: balancing security with individual civil liberties. TSA insists it has incorporated adequate privacy protections into Secure Flight. The program’s predecessor, the Computer Assisted Pre-Screening Program (CAPPS II), was shut down because of privacy problems, including accusations that the airlines had been illegally handing over personal passenger information to TSA in the testing phase. According to the Final Rule for Secure Flight (http://www. tsa.gov/assets/pdf/secureflight_final_rule.pdf ), issued by DHS in October, TSA will not be able to store personal information for more than seven days, precluding concerns that the government will be creating “dossiers” on individual travelers. However, the government cannot tell the airlines what to do with new data collected— how they store it, with whom they share it or to whom they can sell it on the open market. “This is an informational windfall for the airlines,” Hasbrouck charged. “There are no restrictions whatsoever.” Beyond the privacy issue, however, is the cost concern at a time when the industry has been weakened by the current economic crisis. According to the Final Rule, air carriers will be responsible for upgrading their information systems to accommodate the gathering and transmission of new data to and from TSA. “All of these carriers are out there operating on different mainframes and different computer reservation systems,” pointed out Castelveter. “The million dollar question is, ‘What happens to that cost?’” He said there is only so much the airlines can offload onto the price of a ticket. Secure Flight is expected to have a similar impact on the travel agent industry—according to some estimates, Secure Flight could cost third-party agents upwards of $34 million in technology upgrades alone. The fiscal year 2009 DHS spending bill appropriated $82.2 million in funds for the department’s implementation of Secure Flight, $32 million more than the previous year’s funding. “We’re starting slowly, with a couple of carriers,” said Sammon. The rollout will hit air carriers on a staggered basis, though there is little information about where it will begin and when. As of March, Napolitano had not said anything specifically about delaying Secure Flight for further review. “It’s a huge program, years and years to do it and a lot of money. But I think the idea of moving it all in-house is a good one,” said Sural. “It will happen regardless of economic conditions,” said Castelveter. “It’s in the best interest of the country and for the industry.” Secure Flight Probably no other air travel security program has drawn as much negative attention from privacy and civil libertarians than the Secure Flight program, slated to begin in 2009 after six years of fits and starts. In this massive retooling, TSA would take over responsibility for checking passengers’ names and personal identifying information against the federal no-fly list and the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). In practice, the airlines—either directly or through third parties taking flight reservations—will be required to gather passenger names, date of birth, gender and, for international flights, passport information. They will turn over that information, plus other nonidentifying data like itinerary codes, within 72 hours of a scheduled flight, and TSA, after checking the information ag2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=29http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=29TESTING TIME FOR TSA Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) to screen and verify cargo offsite, at “the point of origin.” TSA said in February that 30 new facilities were being added each week. This frees up space and manpower for more traditional cargo screening at the airports, including canine searches, EDS machines, decompression chambers and physical examinations. Many agree that the ultimate 100 percent goal will be more difficult to achieve. Already, TSA has been negotiating deals with foreign entities, like the European Union, to screen cargo coming into the country. But Napolitano was candid with Congress when she said in February that it was likely the 2012 deadline for all cargo at the ports would not be met because of the sheer scope of international agreements to be made before that happens. Former TSA Administrator Stone, who supports the spirit of the mandates, nonetheless says the snags will come on the international front. This is a good time for Napolitano to engage in a more cooperative approach with international partners, he said. “It cannot be done unilaterally. I think this administration … will actually undergo some dialogue to figure out how we can do this as a team.” bag, since issues of competence and morale still come into play. Napolitano may force the issue of collective bargaining for the department’s 48,000 unionized screeners, while some members of Congress may push for greater privatization of the workforce. Privacy remains a key flashpoint as the agency readies to take over all watch-list and identity checking from the airlines under Secure Flight. It is still considering biometrics for individual IDs and now has full body scanners that can see travelers unclothed. Such advanced screening has gotten the green light from Napolitano, who was happy to receive some $1 billion in stimulus money for the full-body machines and other advanced screening technology to replace increasingly out-of-date systems. Given the shaky economic times, cost and feasibility will certainly come into question with many of TSA’s more ambitious programs, like Secure Flight, and implementing new directives mandating 100 percent screening of all domestic and international passenger flights and maritime cargo. Napolitano and her new TSA chief, who was not yet selected as of this writing, are likely to apply an amount of pragmatism to their new roles, not seeming inclined to make sweeping ideological or systematic changes to the department—at least not yet. The experts interviewed agreed that Napolitano and her new TSA chief will have a unique opportunity to look at a host of programs and personnel issues that defined TSA during the former administration. They must take a hard look at the misfires and flagging successes in some areas, while reinforcing the policies and procedures that have helped to prevent another terrorist attack since 9/11. “Leadership,” said Sural, the former TSA legislative director, “will help focus and define the mission.” HST Analysis TSA has often been an agency that has swung between two extremes. On one hand, officials like to believe it helped prevent another 9/11-style attack, particularly in the nation’s aviation sector. Industry observers say airport security, particularly at the passenger checkpoints, has become less of a hassle and source of confusion for travelers as extra steps were taken to shuttle frequent fliers through easily, while maintaining tough screening procedures. However, the efficacy of the human screeners proved a mixed Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters Homeland Security Today Magazine | May 2009 272009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=30http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=302009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=31http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=31PHOTO: DAVID BRODY FOR HSTODAY Napolitano’s DHS A Vision and a Focus By M I C K E Y M C C A R T E R , W A S H I N G T O N C O R R E S P O N D E N T Janet Napolitano testifies at her confirmation hearing on Jan. 15, 2009. AS A POLITICIAN, TOM RIDGE, THE FIRST HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, WORKED HIS CONNECTIONS TO BRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) TOGETHER. MICHAEL CHERTOFF , AS A FORMER JUDGE AND LAWYER, REFINED RULES, REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES AT THE DEPARTMENT AS ITS SECOND SECRETARY. BUT SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO, AS A FORMER GOVERNOR, BRINGS A VISION OF HOW THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD DO ITS WORK. Napolitano came into her job with a keen interest in the mechanics of the homeland security discipline. Informed by her time as a border state governor, she is pursuing a “bottoms-up” approach to building homeland security capacity. She is looking to state and local governments to supply expertise in handling disasters, immigration, training and other matters to fit their specific environments. US Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen told Homeland Security Today that he anticipates holding discussions with Napolitano on how DHS should best operate—by dealing with challenges regionally. “I think what’s going to be really interesting is that we are going to have our first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review [QHSR] on Secretary Napolitano’s watch,” Allen remarked. “As opposed to Secretary Ridge or Secretary Chertoff, she actually has an instrumentality or a way to talk about strategic and structural issues within the department. I look forward to how she is going to do that and how we are going to move forward. Those discussions are just beginning right now, but I think the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review will be the modality by which we will talk about it.” The QHSR, due to Congress by Dec. 31, will provide an exhaustive review of DHS operations and how they are addressing threats Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters to homeland security. It will assess the department’s organization and interagency cooperation at the federal level. Early appointments Once she came to DHS, Napolitano began appointing chiefs of staff, drawn from her relationships in Arizona, to serve as her primary foot soldiers in keeping a focus on the needs of state and local governments. For example, Noah Kroloff, DHS chief of staff for policy, and Jan Lesher, DHS chief of staff for operations, come from positions in Arizona state government where they became familiar with Napolitano’s views and methods of operations. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has tapped executives with deep experience in their respective fields to head specific DHS agencies—such as long-time emergency manager Craig Fugate at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and career prosecutor John Morton at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The result is a department with leadership knowledgeable in their disciplines and staff steeped in the functions of state and local governments. With the QHSR, they will have an exhaustive policy review to guide them. Homeland Security Today Magazine | May 2009 292009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=32http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=32NAPOLITANO’S DHS New Names at DHS Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute Jane Holl Lute served under two presidents on the National Security Council staff at the White House. Prior to that, she served as the United Nations assistant secretary-general charged with coordinating efforts to build sustainable peace in countries emerging from conflict. In the position she held before that, she managed and provided critical support to all UN field missions, peacekeeping operations and special political missions in over 30 countries around the world as assistant secretary-general in both the United Nations Department of Field Support and Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Before joining the United Nations, Lute was executive vice president and chief operating officer of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund, organizations established to administer CNN founder Ted Turner’s $1 billion contribution to support the goals of the United Nations. Lute headed the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict and was a senior public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Before working at the White House, Lute served in the US Army. She is married to Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute. presided over 23 declared state emergencies, 11 of which were presidential declared disasters. Fugate oversaw the division with a mandate to coordinate disaster response, recovery, preparedness and mitigation efforts with each of the state’s 67 counties and local governments. He previously worked as a volunteer firefighter, paramedic and a lieutenant with Alachua County Fire Rescue before he became the emergency manager for Alachua County in Florida. General Counsel Ivan Fong Ivan Fong’s job before coming to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was as the chief legal officer and secretary for Cardinal Health Inc., Dublin, Ohio. He served previously as deputy associate attorney general for the Department of Justice (DoJ), playing a key role in directing the federal government’s role in civil litigation and enforcement matters. During his tenure, Fong was the primary author and editor of The Electronic Frontier: The Challenge of Unlawful Conduct Involving the Use of the Internet (http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/unlawful.htm), a groundbreaking report on cybercrime policy. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate Craig Fugate was appointed the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management in 2001. During his tenure in Florida, he Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton John Morton was a career official at DoJ with lengthy experience in immigration enforcement and criminal prosecution. He began his career as a trial attorney in the honors program in 1994 and last served at Justice as acting deputy assistant attorney general of the Criminal Division. In his time at DoJ, Morton gained extensive experience in the prosecution of criminal cases and development of DoJ policy in the areas of immigration crime, particularly human smuggling and complex passport and visa frauds;human rights offenses, particularly torture, war crimes, genocide and the use of child soldiers; and international violent crime, particularly violent crime under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. EXECUTIVE BRIEF SERIES What’s Really Going on in Federal Contracting? Beyond the Hype May 28, 2009 • 8:00 am–12:00 pm • Hotel Palomar, Washington, D.C. The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council invites you to a provocative morning of conversation on how procurement and contracting will change—and what's driving that change—under the new Administration. The Council will release its Executive Brief, “Federal Contracting Reform: Myths & Realities” a detailed look at President Obama’s Contracting Memorandum, the mandatory disclosure rules, Section 864 among other initiatives that will impact future contracting with the federal government. The Honorable Tom Davis, former Chairman2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=33http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=33NAPOLITANO’S DHS Fugate Comes to FEMA ON MARCH 4, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ANNOUNCED THAT CRAIG FUGATE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WAS BEING NOMINATED AS DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION (FEMA). Immediately, the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), a professional association, strongly supported the nomination. NEMA President Nancy Dragani, herself the director of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, said Napolitano and Fugate both “get it” when it comes to assisting states in disaster preparedness and response. “In many cases, we are in a far better position to respond rapidly than our federal partners are in large disasters,” Dragani told Homeland Security Today. “I hope there is a recognition that best practices are not limited to the federal government or limited to inside the Beltway. In fact, best practices tend to be generated by those who are closest to the action and, in this case, that would be local and state partners and not the feds.” Dragani and other state emergency managers met with Napolitano shortly after she became secretary, and they were impressed by her knowledge and early focus on their perspectives. Napolitano vowed to meet with them quarterly or bi-annually to discuss their concerns. It’s important for FEMA to engage in an ongoing dialogue with state and local governments, Dragani emphasized. “They should avoid handpicking whom their dialogue comes from. They need to bring in state and local partners at the onset of a discussion—not after a plan has been developed or policy has rolled out, because it’s very difficult to make corrective action at that point,” she stated. Dragani has seen changes in operations lately where FEMA has consulted the National Advisory Council, Stafford Act Committee and other organizations in the conceptual development of policy— before anyone actually puts pen to paper to begin drafting policy. FEMA leaders have been asking state and local operators such questions as: What is the problem? How do we fix it? Will that work? “That’s the kind of dialogue that needs to occur. Not just after the 400-page policy is written, they put it out for two weeks of comment and say: ‘Tell us what you think.’ That’s not effective, and it’s quite frustrating at the end of the day,” she said. Napolitano has vowed to cut through red tape and speed federal services to state governments as they cooperate on a regional basis in tackling their homeland security priorities. Inspired by the difficulties in delivering full public assistance to states struck by Hurricane Katrina, in March Napolitano established two joint review teams consisting of FEMA and state personnel to resolve disputes in public assistance to states recovering from disasters. Still, states must take the initiative to cooperate with each other, Dragani acknowledged. States in FEMA Region 5, for example, met in February to discuss how Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky could assist each other if there was an earthquake along the New Madrid Fault Line. “Region 5 knows the needs of Ohio better than Region 9 does,” Dragani pointed out. “Our geography is different and our relationships are there. So a strong regional FEMA is very important to a strong response to any disaster in any part of the country.” Expectations that the federal government should solve every problem and should arrive instantly in response to disasters have climbed too high, Dragani added. It is imperative that state and local agencies, which have the proximity to deliver relief immediately, possess the capacity to deal with catastrophes when they happen. GEORGE ARMSTRONG/FEMA Collapsible & Reusable Containers Save Money & Resources! Reduce Waste & Damage! Ergonomic! Containers When & Where You Need Them Ship Flat! Store Flat! Stack Flat! 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AS GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA, NAPOLITANO FOUND THE EXERCISE LONG, UNREALISTIC, AND EXPENSIVE, AS SHE SAID IN A LETTER TO THEN-SECRETARY CHERTOFF IN NOVEMBER 2007. “I think exercises benefit from frequency— and one of the real benefits to be gained is people learning how to work with each other, who to call, who’s going to be on the other end of a communique, who’s prepared to stand up under what circumstances, and the like,” Napolitano told the Senate during her confirmation hearing Jan. 15. “One of the problems with TOPOFF is they’re so big and gigantic and expensive that they really don’t permit that.” Joshua Filler, former director of the DHS Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, agreed. Filler, now consulting at Washington, DC-based Filler Security Strategies Inc., participated in TOPOFF exercises in 2003 and 2005 and found them to be too large to be as effective as possible. He recommended scaling them back, perhaps limiting them to one state at a time and focusing on a specific issue. “By making it smaller and more focused, you would get better participation and you can turn this thing around quicker with after-action reports in terms of what happened as opposed to cov- US AIR FORCE PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN JOHN HUGHEL Two Oregon Army National Guard members make notes from the edge of the blast zone after a simulated dirty bomb was exploded during the TOPOFF 4 exercise in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 16, 2007. Knox FDC Protection Program ® 800-552-5669 5" StorzGuard™ 4" StorzGuard™ SecureCap® 2.5" Female 2.5" & 1.5" FDC Plug Knox Keywrench www.knoxbox.com ering everything under the sun,” Filler told Homeland Security Today. “Because TOPOFF covers everything, after-action reports must also cover everything. Reducing the exercise would make the exercise more useful, more efficient, more effective, and quicker—and it would speed the turnaround on after-action reports, which is really what this is all about.” After-action reports are intended to inform officials what worked and what did not work during an exercise. As such, they are the truly valuable part of training scenarios because they identify areas where corrective action is necessary,Filler remarked. But Napolitano never received any feedback from Arizona’s participation in TOPOFF from the date it occurred in October 2007 until this writing. “If it takes a year or two to produce that document, people have literally moved on to other jobs. This thing has got to move more quickly. The only way to do that is to scale it back,” he commented. The Bush administration scheduled the next TOPOFF exercise, which is to test information sharing at fusion centers as well as border security measures, for this summer, but Napolitano could delay, suspend or change the exercise. Regardless of how DHS handles the next national-level exercise, it must provide more funding directly to state and local participants to facilitate their involvement in the exercise, Filler argued. “The days of telling states to use their existing grant funds are over,” he said. “The grant pool is going down; states are in a fiscal crisis. If you want these states to participate in a major full-scale exercise, you have to give them additional resources. That’s a problem that has been brewing for a couple of years and now it is reaching critical mass.” In Filler’s view, using existing funding for the exercise, DHS should identify a percentage to allocate to state and local government participants and cover their expenses for training. States would receive more direct benefit from the exercise if DHS would do so instead of spending almost all of the funds at the federal level. “Take the existing budget and carve2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=35http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=35NAPOLITANO’S DHS Re-Shaping ICE SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO IS LIKELY TO RESHAPE US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) OPERATIONS IN AREAS SUCH AS DETENTION AND REMOVAL, STATE AND LOCAL COOPERATION AND WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT, ACCORDING TO JULIE MYERS WOOD, ICE’S FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY. One of Napolitano’s first actions as secretary, for example, was to appoint Dora Schriro, former Arizona corrections chief, to serve as a special advisor on detention and removal. “I think somebody with her background could add a lot of perspective from a traditional corrections view into detention and removal. She really brings a knowledge of the institution side, which can help strengthen and stabilize detention and removal,” Myers Wood told Homeland Security Today. Myers Wood was also pleased to see the nomination of John Morton, a former prosecutor in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, nomICE special agents escort five members of an alleged alien smuggling conspiracy. inated to become the new head of ICE. Experience as a prosecutor is key to working through complex legal issues and collaborating with the Justice Department, and all illegal aliens and confirm their immigration and criminal status. ICE three directors of ICE to date have served as federal prosecutors, is working to integrate state and local agencies with Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bioMyers Wood noted. metric databases to supply that information. Once a suspect is propEvolution erly identified, ICE can quickly determine if the suspect is a criminal The way ICE handles detention has been slowly evolving, particu- alien subject to rapid removal from the United States and so minilarly with respect to agreements with state and local law enforce- mize their time in prison and free up state and local resources. ment agents under the 287(g) program. “Secure Communities is going to evolve and eclipse much of “ICE’s Secure Communities program is transforming how ICE what 287(g) was doing. In most cases, 287(g) is solely a jail prodeals with aliens in jails using technology,” said Myers Wood. “That gram. Sheriffs would prefer to be on the Secure Communities proprogram can ultimately supplant a lot of what 287(g) has been gram and, in many ways, it is better for ICE. That will take a while. doing.” The 287(g) program is named for the section of the Illegal There need to be additional institutional safeguards and additional Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act (Public review for the program,” Myers Wood commented. Law 104-208) that empowers federal immigration authorities to The former assistant secretary also anticipates a shift in worksite train state and local law enforcement officers to enforce federal enforcement under Napolitano’s DHS. Napolitano and President immigration laws. Obama have promised to step up worksite enforcement, but also The goal of Secure Communities is to quickly identify suspected have promised to avoid antagonizing immigrant communities. PHOTO COURTESY OF ICE Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters Homeland Security Today Magazine | May 2009 332009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=36http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=3634 SECRETARY Janet Napolitano —— DEPUTY SECRETARY Jane Holl Lute Chief of Staff for Operations Jan Lesher —— Chief of Staff for Policy Noah Kroloff NATIONAL PROTECTION & PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE (Nominated) Under Secretary Rand Beers OFFICE OF POLICY (Nominated) Assistant Secretary David Heyman GENERAL COUNSEL (Nominated) Ivan Fong OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS (Acting) Assistant Secretary James Howe PRESS SECRETARY Sara Kuban INSPECTOR GENERAL Richard L. Skinner OFFICE OF CYBER SECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Secretary (Acting) Rear Admiral Mike Brown OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE & ANALYSIS (Nominated) Under Secretary Philip Mudd CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (Acting) Deputy Director Michael Aytes OPERATIONS COORDINATION Director Roger T. Rufe, Jr. (USCG Ret) CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER Mary Ellen Callahan CIVIL RIGHTS & CIVIL LIBERTIES (Acting) Officer Timothy J. Keefer OFFICE OF COUNTERNARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT (Acting) Director John Leech Source: DHS, HSToday research May 2009 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE (Acting) Director Chuck Galloway Personnel: Based on a DHS list last updated on 4/17/2009 with HSToday updates. This chart is based on the last posted DHS chart approved as of 3/20/2008 and has been updated by HSToday. | UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (Nominated) John Morton UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE Director Mark J. Sullivan FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (Nominated) Administrator W. Craig Fugate UNITED STATES COAST GUARD Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen US Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Today Magazine MANAGEMENT Under Secretary Elaine Duke SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Acting) Under Secretary Bradley Buswell CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (Vacant) OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS/CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER (Acting) Assistant Secretary Dr. Jon R. Krohmer This month’s issue is now available online at… FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER Director Connie L. Patrick TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (Acting) Assistant Secretary/Administrator Gale Rossides UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION (Acting) Commissioner Jayson Ahern CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (Acting) Deputy Director Michael Aytes2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=37http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=372009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=38http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=38CAMPUS SECURITY From Reactive to Proactive 36 May 2009 | Homeland Security Today Magazine This month’s issue is now available online at…2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=39http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=39By P H I L I P L E G G I E R E AFTER THE VIRGINIA TECH AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SHOOTINGS IN 2007 AND 2008, POLITICIANS, THE MEDIA AND COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS REACTED WITH A FRENZY OF IDEAS. SOME, SUCH AS ARMED GUARDS,VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND MANDATORY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, WERE DESIGNED TO SHIELD CAMPUSES FROM OUTSIDE DANGERS. OTHER SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING ALERT NOTIFICATIONS, SIRENS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS, ARE DESIGNED TO BETTER PREPARE CAMPUS COMMUNITIES TO MOBILIZE DURING, OR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, AN ATTACK. A still small but increasingly influential contingent, including law enforcement, mental health professionals, student counselors and emergency managers, however, are urging that colleges adopt a different tack, shifting a greater share of their attention and resources to strategies designed to prevent campus violence. “In the months after Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University, the public reflexively called for doing something, anything, so we could feel more in control,” Brett Sokolow, a specialist in campus safety and president of the Malvern, Pa.based National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM), a national risk management consulting firm, told Homeland Security Today. “But that something has mostly been purely reactive, hardening potential targets and speeding response to what’s already occurred.” New approaches to proactively preventing campus violence favored by Sokolow and others in what is being called the “Behavioral Intervention” movement are focused on developing threat assessment models to better identify disturbed individuals who may become a danger to themselves and others. The models are based, according to advocates, on government research, particularly a celebrated collaborative study undertaken by the US Secret Service and US Department of Education following the 1999 attack at Columbine High School showing that most school shootings are neither spur-of-the moment events nor without advance clues and signals. The study, called the Safe School Initiative (www.ustreas.gov/usss/ntac/ssi_final_report.pdf), examined 37 incidents of targeted school shootings and school attacks that occurred in the United States between 1974 and 2000. It found that incidents of targeted violence at schools were On the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, students with the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets stand a watch at a memorial candle in front of Burruss Hall, where the shooting took place. IN THE WAKE OF PAST CAMPUS TRAGEDIES, ADMINISTRATORS ARE SEEKING NEW WAYS TO RECOGNIZE AND HEAD OFF TROUBLE BEFORE IT STARTS. AP PHOTO/RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, P. KEVIN MORLEY Register online today for exclusive online content and eNewsletters Homeland Security Today Magazine | May 2009 372009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=40http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=40FROM REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE rarely sudden, impulsive acts. Rather, in most of the incidents examined, other people knew about the attacker’s idea and/or plan. In over three-quarters of the incidents, at least one person had information that the attacker was thinking about or planning the school attack, and in nearly two-thirds of the incidents, more than one person had information about the attack before it occurred. Further, the study documented that over 90 percent of the attackers engaged in some behavior prior to the attack that caused others–school officials, parents, teachers, police, fellow students–to be concerned. In most of the cases, one or more adults were concerned enough by the eventual attacker’s behavior to report their concern to someone. One clear implication of the Safe School Initiative report, according to Sokolow, is that schools often have ample forewarning of an escalating pattern of behavioral disturbance exhibited by the perpetrators. Unfortunately, that information is so widely scattered in “data silos” as to be unrecognizable and, therefore, useless. Though Virginia Tech may be the most dramatic example of missed clues, it’s unfair to single the school out, or to view it as an anomaly, a former intelligence analyst who has studied theVirginia Tech case told Homeland Security Today. “Virginia Tech is one vivid example everyone thinks of, but it’s fully representative of many other cases,” he said. “It’s a classic example of where there were a raft of clearly visible indicators of a severe emerging problem, indicators that were seen beforehand but had no context in which to be understood.” Overcoming informational silos Proactively overcoming these informational silos and, above all, according to Sokolow, locating and ultimately helping students and other campus community members in danger of harming themselves and others, requires new forms of organization and collaboration between university departments and areas of jurisdiction, collaboration which differs in fundamental ways from traditional methodologies of campus threat assessment. “Campus threat assessment teams that existed before Virginia Tech generally had some commonality,” Sokolow explained. “They were often informal. Their scope and function was narrow. Rarely did they have a capacity for longitudinal tracking of student behaviors over time. They also lacked the ability to see trends in behavior, both individually and collectively.” Putting an effective assessment system in place requires significant changes in both organizational process and cultural habits on campus, according to Thomas Bourgeois, associate dean of students at Mississippi State University and coordinator of the college’s behavioral intervention program. “You can’t underestimate the culture shift that needs to take place to create an effective program,” said Bourgeois. “At the university, different departments have a long tradition of acting in their own orbit. So it does take an extra large effort to create a setting in which the information being generated by faculty, by housing, by campus security, by student activities, all of it gets connected. Technology certainly helps best, but it’s far more than that.” Mississippi State maintains a dedicated incident report website on which students, faculty and campus employees are urged to anonymously report incidents that may indicate highly disruptive, potentially dangerous behavior patterns. These include classroom disruption; violation of residence hall rules; drunkenness or other clear intoxication in the classroom; threatening words or actions; writings that convey clear intentions to harm self or others; observed self-injurious behavior (cutting, Virginia Tech: Behavioral red flags and missed clues The 2007 Virginia Tech massacre is perhaps the most vivid illustration of how clear behavioral “red flags” can go unheeded, loud signals can be missed and dots can go unconnected. As the Report of the Virginia Tech Review Pane2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=41http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=41FROM REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE burning, etc.); threatening online postings on Facebook, MySpace, etc.;suicidal threats or attempts;stalking;relationship violence;or flat affect or extreme lack of responsiveness. Once an incident has been submitted, the system e-mails the members of the behavioral team, which includes faculty, administrators, representatives from student housing, counselors and, in some cases, campus security or local law enforcement, who are then responsible for reviewing all new incidents. A member of the team will then assign a priority level and automatically route the incident for assignment to a team investigator for follow-up. During the course of the investigation, the investigator may add his or her running comments and notes to the internal notes field, which is visible only to staff users with the appropriate permissions. Once the investigation is completed, depending on the nature of the inquiry, the case may be pursued further or, alternatively, set to “closed.” In this case, the person who originally reported the incident, if he or she has provided an e-mail address, will receive an e-mail notifying him or her of the status change to the incident. In the event investigators have reason to believe the incident marks a truly dangerous red flag or, based on other earlier reports, indicates a signal of seriously threatening activity, steps to modify behavior can be taken before situations escalate. The team uses what is called a “D” scale to measure mental healthrelated risk. It attempts to identify where emotional behavioral disturbances are positioned on a continuum ranging from Distress (signs of emotional trouble or turmoil), to Disturbance (clearly behaviorally disruptive;unusual and/or bizarrely acting;destructive;or apparently harmful or threatening to others), to Dysregulation/Medical Disability (suicidal thoughts, feelings or expressed intentions; hostility; aggression; relational abuse; or profoundly disturbed, detached views of reality). In addition to measuring the level of emotional disruption, behavioral intervention teams may employ a generalized risk threat assessment scale to judge the level of potentially violent and injurious acts. This scale moves from “mild risk,” where there is evidence of disruptive or concerning but unthreatening behavior, to “moderate risk,” where disruptiveness is more repeated, with possible threats. The next level is “elevated or severe risk,” where seriously disruptive incidents are escalating. In this case, students may be exhibiting clear distress and, more likely, disturbance. At the highest level, extreme risk is evident. The student is seen to be “dysregulated” (way off his baseline) or medically disabled. Threats have moved from vague to highly concrete, and are likely to be repeated or shared with multiple people. The content of the threat is more detailed, with possible reference to weapons, means and targets. The threatener may also often appear highly detached and dissociated from his or her surroundings. THEY’LL GET THE MESSAGE. ALERT FM™ allows emergency managers to send critical information to targeted recipients like citizens, businesses and first responders in seconds. This personal alert and messaging system transmits messages using the data subcarrier of local FM stations. It’s Reliable. It’s Affordable. And it’s available right now. So don’t let another emergency strike before contacting us today to find out how you can better protect your citizens with ALERT FM. Building a campus-wide support system Only a very tiny percentage of incidents, Bourgeois explained, trigger true red flags compelling immediate intervention in the form of mandated mental health assessment. Nonetheless, he said, should some clear indication of distress and risk be seen, the college will follow up. “Often—in fact, most of the time—it’s a very simple, very basic reaching out,” Bourgeois said. “Even something so simple as, ‘How is everything? Are you feeling OK?’ Somet2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=42http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=42FROM REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE clear things right up. Other times it might be a little more serious, but something you can nip in the bud. Maybe someone has just stopped taking their medication. Often it just takes a friendly, supportive voice or someone to listen to them to get things quickly right back on track.” “Most—I’d say 98 percent—of what behavioral intervention is about is providing support,” he explained. “Its core function is to not so much to say, ‘This person may become the next shooter.’” Sometimes, however, the stakes of intervention can be much higher. Last year at Iowa State University, for instance, the university’s Student Assistance Follow-Up and Evaluation Team received multiple reports that a former student living near campus had made threats to kill people. Members of the intervention team, including a mental health professional and a detective, went to the man’s house to speak with him and saw a cache of weapons. Determining that the man seemed to be a legitimate threat to the campus, they persuaded him to go to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. After his release, the team continued to visit the man to monitor his progress and even drove him on numerous occasions to therapeutic appointments. A foremost challenge in making an intervention team a success, Bourgeois added, is creating what he called “a culture of reporting.” “It’s critical,” he said, “that the school not only publicize the fact that a program exists but be completely transparent about what it’s about and how it operates. Lack of transparency about the process,” he cautioned, “breeds a fear that this is some sort of Big Brother secret conspiracy, which is not at all what this is about. A culture of reporting as we describe it means one where everyone feels encouraged and responsible to report incidents that suggest there might be a problem, whether it’s someone acting very erratically or showing up for class drunk, or someone missing multiple classes.” He added, “To cultivate this kind of a culture, there has to be a complete trust on the part of the community that this information is not going to be abused.” Yet another important challenge for teams, according to Erica Woodley, director of Residential Education and Community Standards at Tulane University in New Orleans, La., is getting top-level “buy-in” at the highest levels of university governance. “Buy-in needs to be earned on a number of levels,” Woodley said. “One obvious one is that it needs to be understood by everyone that a behavioral intervention program is supported on the highest levels, which is why a senior school manager ideally should serve on the team. … It’s critical to make sure the team meets regularly, the ideal being at least once a week.” Challenges Behavioral intervention is not without its critics. At a conference on “Violence on Campus: Prediction, Prevention and Response,” held at Columbia University, New York City, in April 2008, Edward Mulvey, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said, “Rare events, by their nature, are not going to be very predictable.” Mulvey argued that any formula used to identify students at 40 May 2009 | Homeland Security Today Magazine This month’s issue is now available online at…2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=43http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=43FROM REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE higher risk of violence, either to themselves or others, will yield false positives, or students who raise red flags, but aren’t actual threats. “It’s a considerable problem both in terms of wasted institutional resources spent on targeted interventions and stigmatization of, or other negative impacts on, those students targeted,” he said. Proponents of behavioral intervention acknowledge that the methodology could, if abused or handled ineptly, lead to stigmatization. Crucial to the credibility of behavioral intervention programs, Sokolow said, is ensuring that assessing real threats does not inadvertently become an excuse for violating civil liberties. “Many students are loners, isolated, withdrawn, pierced, tattooed, dyed, Wiccan, skate rats, fantasy gamers or otherwise outside the ‘mainstream,’” he explained. “That’s great. That’s what enlivens the richness of college campuses. Their preferences and differences cannot and should not be cause for fearing them or suspecting them. But when any member of the community starts a downward spiral along the continuum of violence, begins to lose contact with reality, goes off their medication regimen, threatens, disrupts or otherwise gains our attention, that’s what an intervention team needs to be alert to.” Profiling, in particular, is to be avoided, according to John Byrnes, an author and lecturer on aggression management training and founder of the Center for Aggression Management, an educational consulting firm in Altamonte Springs, Fla. “Some law enforcement agencies use profiling as a means to identify an aggressor. On many campuses, it is not a good thing these days to be a poetry-writing Korean student who wears too much black and doesn’t talk much. This is profiling, and profiling is not part of behavioral intervention. Profiling, especially when violent actors come from racial and ethnic minority populations, is causing backlashes within our communities where we are striving to enhance civility and tolerance.” “The goal of behavioral assessment is to spot patterns of emerging aggression,” Byrne said. “These are culturally neutral behavioral, body language and communication indicators.” The conundrum of proactive measures is that it is easier to document the benefits of measures that respond to events and crises after they occur than those that prevent crises from happening. Advocates, however, point to rapid and positive changes in student outreach. “The nature of the benefit here is the antithesis of drama in that the whole purpose of this approach is to prevent minor problems from escalating into potentially major problems by being ignored,” observed Woodley. “A big surprise has been how easy it’s been to get people on board,” she added. “There’s a realization that being proactive is better than being reactive.” Analysis In a quick-fix culture, guns, guards and gates may garner the most short-term attention when it comes to crisis mitigation. Yet, according to Sokolow, for an increased number of schools across the country, threat assessment and behavioral intervention programs are becoming part of the fabric of campus life. “Five years ago,” he said, “behavioral intervention was almost unknown. Now, at a conference, you have 600 or 700 student affairs departments nationwide show up. 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Command & General Staff College Elective courses in strategy , defense support of civil authorities,legal considerations,installation preparedness,and the aspects ofWMD. Students must be field grade military officers and selected US government agency employees. Eastern Michigan University Information Assurance. George Mason University PhD Biodefense, MS Biodefense; MPA and Graduate Certificate in emergency management and homeland security. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University BS degree in Homeland Security. George Washington University (GWU) Training initiatives include the following: National Emergency Medical Services Preparedness Initiative (NEMSPI);National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative (NNEPI); and International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)—GWU CBRNE Customized Terrorism Awareness Level Training for security officers. Community College of Denver Public Security Management. Emergency Administration and Planning University of North Texas Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Administration and Planning. Master’s and PhD in Public Administration and Management (with a concentration in emergency management). New PhD program in Public Administration and Management with concentration in emergency management. Cooper Union Master’s of Science and Civil Engineering, Bachelor’s of Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Institute for Urban Security. Delaware Technical and Community College Associate Degree in Criminal Justice, Homeland Defense and Emergency Management 1 option. Georgetown University Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases; MS in Science Policy & Advocacy;Online Graduate Certificate in Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases. Empire State College State University of New York Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Fire Service Administration, Information Sys- Online Undergraduate, Graduate & Certificate Studies in Administration & Homeland Security Military personnel and civil servants can earn career credentials without job interruption through Fairleigh Dickinson University’s respected online degree and certificate offerings: • Master of Administrative Science • Master of Science in Homeland Security • Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies • Associate of Arts • Career-relevant certificates can apply toward undergraduate or graduate degrees. • Federal Tuition Assistance (FTA) accepted (restrictions apply). • Special tuition rates for National Guard members a2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=48http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=48Homeland Security Education Directory Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Graduate Certificate in Disaster Management and Concentrations in Disaster Management in the MPA, MPP , and PhD program in public policy. » Go to www.HSToday.us > Resources > Directories > Education Directory for more details and contact information on each institution Idaho State University Institute of Emergency Management ISU’s Institute of Emergency Management has partnered with first responder agencies across the state to deliver education and training to meet the Homeland Security needs identified in the States’ Strategic Plan. Kirkwood Community College Terrorist Agent Control Technology Certificate Program; Water Wastewater Degree Program; Agroterrorism Course; Mass Fatalities Course; and Hazardous Materials and Safety Courses. Global Maritime & Transportation School GMATS prepares private-sector, government and military professionals to be global leaders in maritime operations, intermodal systems and transportation security. Lakeland Community College Online programs include: Associate Degree in Emergency Management (Homeland Security); Associate Degree in Fire Science Technology; Certificate Program in Emergency Management (Homeland Security); Certificate Program in Fire Science Technology. [Fire Science Technology Certificate and Degree are also available as a classroom based program]. Indiana University of Pennsylvania Weapons of Mass Destruction—Response Element Advanced Laboratory Training and Indoctrination Program; Master of Science in Science for Disaster Response (MS in SDR) Degree Program;Bachelor of Science—Natural Science/ Science for Disaster Response (BS in SDR) Track Degree Program;and Specified Needs-Driven Courses Program. Greenville Technical College Critical Incident Management Institute (CIMI) Professional Education and Associate Degree programs in various Public Safety, Emergency Healthcare,and Incident Response disciplines. Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Federal;State, Local and Nonprofit, Executive Skill Development, National Security, and Global Programs. International Trauma and Disaster Institute Massachusetts General Hospital Advanced Disaster Medical Response. Lamar Institute of Technology Homeland Security AAS, Homeland Security Crime Scene Technology AAS, Homeland Security Certificate, Criminal Justice Security Threat Group Degree and Certificate. Iowa Central Community College Domestic Preparedness for First Responders; Associate of Science/Arts in Criminal Justice Diploma Certificate. Lansing Community College Fire Science, EMS, Law Enforcement. Homeland Security and Defense Education Consortium Association Homeland Security and Homeland Defense Program Accreditation. Laramie County Community College Associate of Science Degree or Certificate in Homeland Security. Jacksonville State University Emergency Management. Homeland Security Management Institute of Long Island University Online Master of Science in Homeland Security Management and Online graduate-level Advanced Certificate in Homeland Security Management. Johns Hopkins University Engineering and Applied Science Programs for Professionals MS in Computer Science with a Concentration in Information Assurance. Luzerne County Community College Public Safety Training for all emergency responders and industry. Mercyhurst College Applied Intelligence, Graduate Degree;Intelli- 46 May 2009 | Homeland Security Today Magazine This month’s issue is now available online at…2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=49http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=49Homeland Security Education Directory gence Studies, Undergraduate;Applied Intelligence, Online Graduate Certificate. » Go to www.HSToday.us > Resources > Directories > Education Directory for more details and contact information on each institution Metropolitan College of New York School for Public Affairs and Administration; Master’s in Public Administration—Emergency and Disaster Management. well as certificates of advanced graduate study in business and technology management,education and psychology. Specializations include Homeland Security, Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Organizational Leadership, and many more. Notre Dame College Certificate in Intelligence Analysis (Homeland Security) Certificate in Competitive (Business) Intelligence. North Dakota State University Degrees at the Bachelor’s,Master’s and Doctoral levels in Emergency Management. Nova Southeastern University College— Center for Bioterrorism All-hazards Preparedness;Executive level training menu and Customized Training;Interdisciplinary onsite consultation teams for training and program assessment;MRC volunteer training programs for community groups;Graduate education in public health preparedness for public health professionals and criminal justice (online and classroom options). Miami Dade College Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Management. Northern Virginia Community College Emergency Medical Services Technology; Fire Science. Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Online Certificate in Homeland Security Studies. Norwich University Ten Masters programs including a Master’s of Arts in Diplomacy with concentrations in International Conflict Management,International Terrorism, and International Commerce. Midway College Bachelor of Arts in Homeland Security Corporate Management and Assessment. Oakland Community College Combined Regional Emergency Services Training. Police, fire, emergency medical services, emergency preparedness, homeland security. Minneapolis Community and Technical College Computer Forensics, AAS; Criminal Justice Studies, AS; Law Enforcement, AS; Homeland Security Specialist, AAS; Homeland Security Basic Certificate; Homeland Security Emergency Management Certificate; Homeland Security Planning Certificate. Montgomery County Community College AAS degrees in CJS, FSC, & EMP;Certificates in FSC and EMP; Individual courses. Also Police Academy and Fire Academy at Montgomery County Public Safety Training Campus. Become a part of the global shift in the way our nation prepares for homeland se curity. Prepare for career opportunities and gain a better understanding of the policies and practices evolving in this new field. Learn what it takes to accomplish home land security in a democratic society. Mountain State University Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Homeland Security (In-seat/ Traditional) and Bachelor’s of Science in Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Homeland Security (On-Line). National Homeland Defense Foundation Homeland Defense/Security Symposium. Earn an undergraduate or graduate certificate in Homeland Security/Homeland Defense Enjoy these exciting advantages: Courses developed in collaboration with US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Online and traditional classroom style courses Learn from experienced professionals working in the nation’s homeland security/ defense center of excellence Apply homeland security/defense courses toward a wide variety of career enhancing degree programs at UCCS Whether your interest is the employment opportunities in the private and public sectors, or the role of the informed citizen, alumni are well positioned to contribute to the nation’s homeland security and homeland defense policies and procedures to secure a safe tomorrow. National Polytechnic College of Engineering and Oceaneering Associate of Science in Homeland Security; Associate of Science in Marine Technology (commercial diving) with a concentration in Homeland Secur2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=50http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=50Homeland Security Education Directory Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) Non-Profit Organization of Community/ Technical Colleges that offer environmental technology, health, safety, energy, homeland security programs and related programs. Affiliated Council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). » Go to www.HSToday.us > Resources > Directories > Education Directory for more details and contact information on each institution Protecting the Homeland Innovations LLC Provides training on a systematic threat mitigation system called the ProActive Terrorist Recognition and Interdiction Operations and Tactics System. Southwestern College Master of Science in Security Administration, Master of Science in Management,Bachelor of Science in Security Management, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Homeland Security Certificate, Cyber Crime Investigation Certificate, Emergency Planning Certificate, Enterprise Risk Management Certificate. Purdue University—Purdue Homeland Security Institute (PHSI) Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Homeland Security; Homeland Security Master’s Area of Specialization;Eta Sigma Iota Professional Student Organization. Penn State Bachelor of Forensic Science and Bachelor of Security and Risk Analysis; Master of Geographic Information Systems;Master of Homeland Security in Public Health Preparedness; Master of Professional Studies in Forensic Science; Graduate Certificates in Bioterrorism Preparedness and in Disaster Preparedness; Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Geographic Information Systems and in Geospatial Intelligence; Certificate in Homeland Security and Defense. State University of New York Canton College of Technology Emergency Management. Red Rocks Community College Criminal Justice,Emergency Management,Fire Science, HAZMAT/WMD, Homeland Security, Healthcare/Medical Services, and Law Enforcement. St. Clair County Community College Series 100—Understanding and Combating Terrorism; Series 200—Preventing, Identifying and Investigating;Series 300—WMD: Anticipation, Preparation, and Prevention for First Responders and Medical Personnel; Series 400—Investigating, Preventing & Surviving Terrorism (Law Enforcement only). Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Master of Arts in Criminal Justice with Tracks in Homeland Security and Forensic Psychology; Post MA Degree Certificates in Homeland Security and Forensic Psychology. Penn State College of Medicine Master’s of Homeland Security in Public Health Preparedness (Online). St. Petersburg College Associate Degree in Science in Emergency Administration & Management; Bachelor in Applied Science in Public Safety Administration; Certificates in EmergencyAdministration & Management;Certificate of Homeland Security; Certificate in Maritime Security;and Non-credit courses through the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute;Associates degree in Fire Science Technology and the following Fire Science certificates: Fire Inspector I & II,Fire Investigator I, and Fire Officer I & II;Associate in Science in Information Technology (IT) Security;Criminal Justice TechnologyAssociate in Science Degree; Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Safety Administration;Law Enforcement Academy. Philadelphia University Master of Science—Disaster Medicine and Management. Credit certificates offered in disaster medicine and management, and Business and Crisis continuity. Rivier College Certificate in Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Rochester Institute of Technology Security Technology Management; Security Technology Policy, Law and Ethics; Managing Pikes Peak Community College Cyber Threats and Critical Information;Internal Homeland Security—Emergency ManageOrganization Security Management; Examinment; Approved certificate and an Associate's ing Terrorist Groups;Economics of PoliticalViodegree in Fire Science Technology. lence; Toxin Chemical, Weapon Threats and Defense;Intelligence Analysis; Bacterial & ViralWeapon Threats and 2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=51http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=51Homeland Security Education Directory Science; Master of Homeland Security in Public Health Preparedness; Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science; Bachelor of Science in Security and Risk Analysis;Graduate Certificate in Bioterrorism Preparedness; Graduate Certificate in Disaster Preparedness; Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence; Homeland Security and Defense Post Baccalaureate Credit Certificate Program. » Go to www.HSToday.us > Resources > Directories > Education Directory for more details and contact information on each institution University of Albany— State University of New York Graduate Emergency Preparedness in Schools: Prevention, Response, and Recovery. PENN STATE | ONLINE University of Colorado at Colorado Springs— Center for Homeland Security Undergraduate and Graduate Certificates in Homeland Defense. The University of Fairfax The University of Fairfax, founded in 2002 in response to 9/11,is a nonprofit institution certified by the State Council of Higher Education ofVirginia. University of Connecticut Center for Continuing Studies Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security Leadership. University of Dallas, GSM Information Assurance. The University of Southern Mississippi Master of Science in Sport Management, emphasis in Sport Security Management; Online Sport Security Management Certificate. University of Denver Master’s and graduate level certificate in Homeland Security. The University of Texas at San Antonio Security Studies: Homeland Security and Defense. University of Denver Graduate School of International Studies Graduate School of International Studies Homeland Security Program. Thomas Edison State College Bachelor of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, BSHS in Administration of Justice, BA in Criminal Justice, BSHS in Emergency Disaster Services, Graduate certificate in Homeland Security, BSAST in Fire Protection Science. University of Hawaii— West Oahu Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response (DPEM), Justice Administration,PublicAdministration, Health Care Administration, Forensic Anthropology, Security Administration (2009). Are you prepared? My position in the New York City Fire Department demanded a thorough knowledge of the potential disasters, both natural and man-made. I turned to Penn State’s online homeland security programs to gain the skills I needed. —Brian White, Battalion Chief, FDNY University of Idaho Emergency Management and Planning Certificate. Ti Training Corp. Lab—Use-of-Force Simulator. Tiffin University Bachelor’s in CJ; Associate’s in CJ; Master’s of Science in CJ. University of Illinois at Chicago Emergency Management and Continuity Planning Online Campus Certificate Program. Become a leader Master of Homeland Security in Public Health Preparedness Postbaccalaureate Certi cate in Homeland Security and Defense Graduate Certi cate in Disaster Preparedness Graduate Certi cate in Bioterrorism Preparedness Towson University Integrated Homeland Security Management Program. University of Maryland Graduate Certificates in: Terrorism Studies and Intelligence Analysis; Undergraduate Minor in Terrorism Studies;Critical Language Study. Trinidad State Junior College Occupational Safety and Health Technology. Troy University Bachelor’s of Science in Criminal Justice, Master’s of Science in Criminal Justice, Master’s of Science in International Relations. University of Maryland University College Homeland Security Management Program; Bachelor’s of Science in Emergency Management, Bachelor’s of Science in Homeland Security and Bachelor’s of Science in Information Assurance. Master’s of Science in Information Technology, Master’s of Science in Management, Master’s of Science in Technology Management, Master’s of Science in Biotechnology Studies: Biosecurity and Biodefense. Tulane University— School of Continuing Studies Bachelor’s degree, minor, or postbaccalaureate certificate in Homeland Security Studies; a Master’s in Professional Studie2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=52http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=52Homeland Security Education Directory University of Nevada, Reno Fire Science Academy Disaster Management, Industrial Firefighting, Technical Rescue, Hazardous Materials. » Go to www.HSToday.us > Resources > Directories > Education Directory for more details and contact information on each institution Certificate Programs including: Information Assurance, Chief Information Security Officer, Compliance Governance and Audit, and Digital Forensics. University of Washington Master in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructures (MSPCI). University of New Haven National Security Program. Upper Iowa University Master’s of Public Administration: emphasis in Homeland Security; Bachelor’s of Science in Emergency and Disaster Management. West Kentucky Community and Technical College The Criminal Justice program atWest Kentucky Community and Technical College offers an Associate in Applied Science in Criminal Justice.West Kentucky Community and Technical College offers two programs in Homeland Security/Emergency Management. One leads to a Certificate and the other to an Associate in Applied Science in Homeland Security/ Emergency Management. University of New Orleans Master of Public Administration;Specialization in Hazard Policy. USF Colleges of Medicine and Public Health—University of South Florida Homeland Security Medical Executive Course. University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Certificate in Community Preparedness and Disaster Management (CPDM), Master’s of Science in Disaster Management (MSDM). Vincennes University Bachelor of Science Degree in Homeland Security and Public Safety. University of Oklahoma MPH in Preparedness,Master of Public Health; Continuing Education and Training. Virginia Commonwealth University Bachelor’s of Arts in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Master’s of Arts and Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Western Illinois University Homeland Security Research Program (HSRP). Western Iowa Tech Community College Police Science, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency & Disaster Management, Fire Science. University of Southern California National Center for Risk & Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) Executive Program in Counter-Terrorism. VMC/Homeland Security Programs at West Virginia University Homeland Security Planning for Campus Executives (direct delivery);Homeland Security Planning for Campus Presidents (Webcast);Campus Public Safety Response to WMD Incidents (online);Forensic Epidemiology (online). Wilmington University Criminal Justice Program. University of Tennessee, Graduate School of Medicine Graduate Medical Fellowship in Homeland Security Studies. Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Emergency Preparedness for Healthcare Workers. If your institution is not listed in this directory, and you would like it to be listed in the future, please contact HSToday by emailing dyoung@hstoday.us. The information in this directory is deemed correct but not guaranteed. University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Homeland Security, Annual Symposium on Education & Border Security and Immigration. Walden University Public Policy and Administration (Master’s and Doctoral). Walsh College Master of Science in Information Assurance; Jobs in IA continue to rise. With our MS in Information Assurance degree, you’ll be qualified to fill any number of important IA positions. The MSIA is offered exclusively online, and you can transfer up to 15 credit hours from the National Defense University. Get yours now. 50 May 2009 | Homeland Security Today Magazine This month’s issue is now available online at…2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=53http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=53The Homeland Security Management Institute of Long Island University –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Designated by Act of Congress as a DHS Homeland Security Center of Excellence Designed and Delivered By Professionals, For Professionals Flexible online learning format designed to accommodate the unpredictable schedules of busy professionals. Faculty of Senior Fellows are active homeland security professionals with doctoral degrees and other outstanding academic credentials Online Master of Science in Homeland Security Management The Homeland Security Management Institute offers an accredited, 36credit Master of Science degree in Homeland Security Management and a 15-credit graduate-level Advanced Certificate in Homeland Security Management, both delivered entirely online, with no in-residence component. Our rigorous curriculum focuses on the complexities of the homeland security enterprise, providing executives, managers and practitioners with exceptional professional education. Recognized as one of the nation’s top programs, we are an academic partner of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security in Monterey, CA. Our distinguished faculty of Senior Fellows and our renowned Board of Advisors include the nation’s leading homeland security experts. Apply today 631-287-8010 www.liu.edu/homeland Full-time and part time study options are available for the online 15 credit Advanced Certificate and the 36 credit Master of Science degree. Students can complete either or both programs in a timely fashion. Scholarships and financial aid available for those who qualify.2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=54http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=54TOOLS&TECHNOLOGY AOptix releases InSight 2 meter iris recognition system AOptix Technologies Inc., Campbell, Calif., a developer of free space optical communications and biometrics-based identification solutions, has announced the commercial product release of InSight, an iris recognition system. The InSight, which operates at a nominal 2-meter standoff distance, employs the company’s proprietary Adaptive Optics technology to fully automate the subject experience. It is targeted at a variety of end users, including border and immigration control, ID card programs, aviation security and access control applications. (Source:AOptix Technologies Inc.) ILC Dover adds upgrades to Sentinel CBRN systems The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has approved an anti-microbial and removable headband and quick release belt for the Sentinel CBRN PAPR personal protective suit made by ILC Dover, Dover, Del., a manufacturer of softgood material products. The headband has six adjustment positions, allowing the system to comfortably fit a wide range of users. In addition, with its latest hood, the headband can be field removed and replaced by the user. This latest NIOSH approval also adds the Quick-Loc adjustable belt as an approved option for the Sentinel CBRN. The Sentinel XL CBRN has the distinction of being the only loose fitting CBRN PAPR approved as a Cap 2 product.The Cap 2 rating indicates that the S2016 cartridges provided with the Sentinel met the 30 minute minimum required service life for bench testing. For a Cap 1 rating, this service lifetime is only 15 minutes. (Source: ILC Dover) Skooba Design introduces checkpoint-friendly laptop bags Skooba Design, Rochester, NY, a vendor of laptop bags, has announced the addition of a slim Messenger version of its original Checkthrough “checkpoint friendly” laptop bag. These Checkthrough bags are specially designed and tested to pass through airport security X-ray screening without having to remove the computer and were developed in close coordination with the Transportation Security Administration. The new Checkthrough Messenger is the first of the new styles added to the Checkthrough collection, designed in response to customer requests for a slim, “flap-over” style version of the original. The new Checkthrough Messenger has over a dozen compartments, pockets and organizers, including Skooba’s exclusive Doc-Pocket, which keeps ticket and passport within instant reach for security and airline checks.The laptop section holds all 15/15.4-inch machines, most 16- and many 17-inch models, including all Apple laptops. Skooba also offers a broad range of laptop skins, which can be carried alone or inside another bag and are also checkpoint-friendly when used on their own. (Source: Skooba Design) DQE Prism Identification Band offers increased functionality DQE Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., a manufacturer and distributor of emergency preparedness and response equipment, has added increased functionality to the DQE Prism Inflatable Light, new in 2009.With the addition of the new DQE Prism Identification Band, the light can now also serve as area signage. The DQE Prism Identification Band fits snuggly around the DQE Prism Inflatable Light to provide illuminated signage on two sides of the light. Each identification band is custom-made with the lettering and letter colors specified by the buyer. Common band lettering includes “command” and “triage,” lighting and identifying specific areas of an operation. (Source: DQE Inc.) 52 May 2009 | Homeland Security Today Magazine This month’s issue is now available online at…2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=55http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=55ChemBio teams can respond faster with new Blauer ensemble Blauer Manufacturing Company Inc., Boston, Mass., has released the latest addition to its line of protective ensembles—the WZ9435 XRT response suit for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) incidents. This ensemble, which is certified to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1994 [2007 Edition], Class 3 Standard, provides protection against NFPA-identified hazards plus additional toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents. Made with breathable GORE CHEMPAK Selectively Permeable Fabric, the ensemble differs from traditional CBRN suits in several ways. First, because this ensemble is a single-piece coverall that does not require taping, the wearer can deploy faster. Second, unlike traditional suits that can be worn for only 15 to 20 minutes before the wearer encounters heat stress, the fabric allows the user to wear the suit for up to eight hours.The fabric allows water vapor (sweat) to escape from inside, reducing the buildup of body heats. Third, the suit is constructed to provide added durability. The fabric is constructed with a unique, intrinsically stable, non-carbon-based membrane that does not adsorb chemicals and degrade over time. (Source: Blauer Manufacturing Company Inc.) New manipulator arm for mini ROVs JW Fishers, East Taunton, Mass., a manufacturer of underwater search equipment, has announced that its new manipulator for mini remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) is now available.The arm has a single function (open and close), three-fingered claw capable of retrieving a sample from the ocean floor, attaching a line to a submerged target or carrying an acoustic beacon to an underwater site. The compact arm can be attached to most small ROVs. It can be mounted to the vehicle for horizontal (side to side) opening and closing of the claw or for vertical opening and closing.The fingers of the claw open to nearly 1.5 inches, large enough to grasp a weapon or carry a large rope. The 2.25-inch diameter of the arm makes it simple to attach to the undercarriage of almost any of the small vehicles on the market today. The 11.75-inch length of the arm allows it to extend far enough beyond the vehicle’s frame for the claw to be viewed by the camera. 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Policing the Peanut Butter What went right, what went wrong and what happened when peanut butter became poison. Social Networks to the Rescue How online social network sites can be essential for survival. Managing the Emergency Has federal, state and local cooperation improved in the face of disaster? Also: Czar—or Farce? Responders Today: CBRNE-ready breathing apparatus Two cyber czars have quit DHS in frustration. Why did they leave—and what do they think we can do better? Agency Spotlight: Environmental Protection Agency Also: Responders Today: Seattle, Wash. Agency Spotlight: Health & Human Services Nebraska Ave.: The coming of unionization To advertise in this issue, call 1-800-503-6506 or email dyoung@HSToday.us2009-05-01T01:38:53+02:00http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=58http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/May2009/?Page=58LEADERSHIP PROFILE BY DAVID SILVERBERG JEFFREY STARR SAYS HE CAN REMEMBER A TIME WHEN “A WACKENHUT” WAS A DEVICE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS COULD PUT ON A CAR TO TRACK IT. That was in the early 1960s, not long after George Wackenhut, a former FBI agent, had founded the corporation that bears his name. Wackenhut intended to provide his customers with solutions that addressed their particular needs. It was a formula that worked.Wackenhut grew over the years, providing a widening array of services and consulting and became one of the premier names in the private security market. In 2002, it was purchased by Group 4 Falck, based in Denmark, which then merged with another company, Securicor, in 2004 and was renamed Group 4 Securicor plc. Today, G4S Wackenhut is becoming better known in the United States as G4S and, as such, is the second largest corporation in the world, with 580,000 employees and contracts around the globe, including many with governments. In 2007, the company’s turnover was about $6.5 billion. To oversee G4S’ corporate development in the United States, the company turned to a veteran security professional with experience in both government and the private sector. Sept. 11, 2001. “After 9/11, I spent a lot of time in central Asia,” he recalled. He was involved in special operations, low intensity conflict, and he started a counterterror finance program in cooperation with the Treasury Department to identify terrorist financial networks. It was his expertise in finance that led him, upon retirement from government service in 2006, to Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he was vice president of the business intelligence group and in charge of evaluating and mitigating all potential hazards to the firm and its innumerable transactions. JEFFREY STARR Senior Vice President G4S Wackenhut “Our approach is intended to become much more holistic and intramodal in nature, so that we can not only address the immediate requirements of the client but also address the factors outside the immediate requirement, even if we’re not talking about providing contract services.” involved in the shadowy world of the nuclear black market, buying up loose nuclear material for the US government. That work won him a 1994 medal from the secretary of Defense for a project that acquired over 600 kilograms of weaponsgrade, highly enriched uranium (enough for two dozen weapons) in Kazakhstan. He won a second medal for his work in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Moldova, acquiring loose nuclear material and building ties with their governments. His work on the nuclear black market led him to investigate the financial networks that fueled the illicit trade—and gave him an appreciation of where nuclear proliferation was heading. “We kept running into evidence that countries like Iran were all over that,” he recalled. Starr’s work in the former Soviet republics put him in a good position to significantly assist US efforts after the attacks of The big picture Today, Starr is steadily building G4S’ business, but, characteristically, he’s taking a very broad approach. “Our approach is intended to become much more holistic and intramodal in nature, so that we can not only address the immediate requirements of the client but also address the factors outside the immediate requirement, even if we’re not talking about providing contract services,” he said of G4S’ efforts. 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