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Adherence to NIMS protocol could have prevented UC-Davis pepper spray
The report places emphasis throughout on UC-Davis officials' failure to utilize standardized emergency management planning protocols as set out in the National Incident Management System, itself modeled on California's Standardized Emergency Management System.
Prepositioned Equipment Program needs revision, says internal FEMA review
A Federal Emergency Management Agency program to preposition equipment for first responders in 11 locations across the United States should be significantly revised, says a bottom up review of the program commissioned by the agency. T he review (.pdf) is dated Feb. 3 and was obtained by FierceHomelandSecurity through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Unresolved policy questions postpone BYOD
Unresolved policy questions are preventing government agencies from adopting a bring-your-own-device mobile device strategy, said DJ Kachman, director of security assurance and mobile divisions in...
Privacy a concern as DNA collections become pervasive
Collections of DNA samples have the potential to become the next unintended national identifier the same way as Social Security numbers unintentionally increased in importance, warned Samuel Jenkins,
Illegal immigration population stable in 2011
The population of illegal immigrants in the United States in 2011 remained substantially unchanged from the year before, the Homeland Security Department says in a new estimate (.pdf). The DHS office
Los Angeles County sitting on $12M of unspent grants, says DHS OIG
In an illustration of how the Federal Emergency Management Agency is able to come up with unspent money from previous years when the disaster relief fund runs low , the Homeland Security Department
FCC solicits comment on government cell phone shutdowns
In the wake of San Francisco transit officials' controversial decision last August to temporarily shut down cellular phone service in downtown subway stations in anticipation of disruptive protests,
Pistole: Congress ushering in era of private airport security
Congress has shifted the burden of proof to the Transportation Security Administration when the agency wants to deny a private sector application to take over airport security screening, TSA
U.S. inmate population declines slightly
The inmate population in federal and state prisons declined in 2010 for the first time since 1972, finds a December 2011 bulletin (.pdf) from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. A population of
BART backtracks on cellphone service interruption
Four months after a controversial decision to temporarily shut down cellphone service in four public transit stations in anticipation of disruptive protests, Bay Area Rapid Transit officials say they
