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School Buses 'Soft Targets' for Possible Terrorist Attacks By: Amanda Cregan The Intelligencer
Terrorism experts say homeland security begins at the school bus stop.
 It's a school security gap that most parents, police and school officials don't always see, but terrorists do.
School buses can be vulnerable to a potential attacker, but are often overlooked in a school district's security plan.
That's why 75 police officers, detectives, emergency workers and school administrators from across Montgomery, Bucks and the rest of the Philadelphia region spent Monday learning how to shore up the gap in a course on "School Bus Safety in a Post 9/11 Era" held at the North Montco Technical Career Center in Towamencin and hosted by the Southeast Region Terrorism Taskforce.
Bus safety is an issue that presenter Curtis Lavarello says needs be to taken seriously.
"Based on the assumption by the FBI, there will be further terrorist attacks and school buses are soft targets," said the 23-year law enforcement veteran from Florida. "It's been found that children could be the next target for terrorists."
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POET Donates Containment Equipment to Lincoln County Emergency Management
Mar 13, 2009 - BiobasedNews.com
Damage due to hazardous waste spills from a variety of sources will be more quickly contained thanks to a donation from POET to emergency responders in Lincoln County, S.D.
POET donated a response trailer with an estimated value of $20,000 to Lincoln County Emergency Management. The trailer contains booms and other equipment for containment of hazardous waste spills and will allow a rapid response to such emergencies in the county.
"We no longer needed the response trailer, and we realized the equipment would fit perfectly with Lincoln County Emergency Management's needs," said Joel Jarman, General Manager of POET Biorefining - Hudson, S.D. "We've always had a good working relationship with the emergency responders here in the past, and I'm happy we were able to help the residents of Lincoln County with this donation."
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Mired in PC the US Senate Homeland Security Committee Hides Threat of Somali American Jihadis
 Posted by: Jerry Gordon
Patrick Poole in this Pajamas Media piece entitled "What Senators Didn't Hear About Somali American Jihadists" raises a basic disturbing question about why our FBI and Senator Lieberman's Homeland Security and Government Committee (HSGAC) staff continually evade the realities of Muslim extremism in hearings over the past two years. His sub-text message in his jeremiad is clear:
A serious new terrorist threat is on the horizon -- but government officials are too politically correct to face it.
Poole goes on to note clear evidence that Somali American Jihadists constitute a 'clear and present danger.'
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Feds Eye Cybersecurity, Networking Projects
By Kenneth Corbin
Officials from agency responsible for government cybersecurity and interoperable communications networks say their first obligation is to the people in the field.
 WASHINGTON -- When it comes to securing the nation's digital infrastructure and ensuring that first responders can talk to each other, the Department of Homeland Security sees its role as a liaison -- and often a mediator -- between the myriad agencies and businesses involved. One of DHS's chief priorities is incubating and funding research projects that could find a practical application in the field.
Here at the GovSec conference, the annual trade show for government security workers and contractors, DHS officials appealed for proposals for security and communications projects, emphasizing that the department is primarily focused on the state and local levels.
Work at the federal level is "just a little piece of what we do," said DHS Director David Boyd. "We're working with sovereign jurisdictions here."
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Napolitano Backs Fusion Centers
 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said March 11 that state and local intelligence fusion centers are important to her department's information-sharing efforts. She made the remarks before the National Fusion Center Conference in Kansas City.
"At the Department of Homeland Security, information and intelligence sharing is a top priority, and fusion centers play an important role in helping to make that happen," Napolitano said in prepared remarks. "In the world we live in today, it's critical for federal, state, local and tribal entities to know what the others are doing so each can operate effectively and efficiently."
In recent years, state and local authorities have established, with federal funding, about 70 of the centers that are designed to improve information sharing between authorities from different levels of government. The administration of former President George W. Bush designated fusion centers as a central node for the federal government's efforts for sharing terrorism-related information with state and local officials, and Congress has designated DHS as the lead federal agency for that effort. DHS said it has directed more than $327 million in funding to the centers between fiscal 2004 and 2008.
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Volunteer Presents Extensive Credentials for Emergency Management Position
By Rachael Conway, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today indicated that the Homeland Security Department would not meet a deadline of 2012 that requires DHS to scan all cargo bound for U.S. seaports with non-intrusive imaging and radiation detection equipment before the cargo leaves for the United States. Napolitano also told a House panel that DHS would focus on improving intelligence sharing with state and local authorities.
The 100 percent scanning requirement has raised logistical, technological and diplomatic concerns from shippers, carriers, port and terminal operators, and foreign governments. The requirement was part of a 2007 law that allows the homeland security secretary to extend that deadline.
"My initial review is that the 2012 deadline is not going to work and we're going to have to work on what we do beyond that," Napolitano told the House Homeland Security Committee.
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DHS Secretary Napolitano, Missouri Governor Nixon Address Annual National Fusion Center Conference
 Kansas City, Mo. - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon today addressed the federal, state and local officials attending the third annual National Fusion Center Conference in Kansas City, which is taking place March 10-12.
Close to 1,000 state, local, tribal, territorial and federal partners involved in state and major urban area fusion centers across the country attended the conference, which offered fusion center stakeholders opportunities to learn more about privacy and civil liberties and exchange best practices, new trends, tools, technologies, and processes that can help them improve information and intelligence sharing and collaboration across all levels of government.
Fusion centers are the state and major city facilities that the 9/11 Act recommended as the best way for federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments and the owners and operators of critical infrastructure to share information and intelligence about terrorist threats, criminal activity and other hazards. Since the fusion center initiative began in 2006, states and major cities have stood up some 70 centers across the country, with the federal government providing personnel, financial and technical support.
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The scope of this training is to teach SWAT team members how to conduct an operation with the special characteristics peculiar to terrorist incidents and accomplish the mission, whether there are hostages involved, IED's, booby traps, or suicide terrorists with maximum safety for: citizens, team members and surrounding assets. By nature, the operation may become more similar to a military operation because, as mentioned above, this is a criminal act with a strategic goal. It is part of an ideological struggle against a state or population and may be carried out by a professional team of well equipped terrorist subjects.
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Antibodies for Biological Warfare
Although they receive worldwide condemnation, militaries still fear the use of biological weapons by rogue nations. Mike Pearn looks at why developing antibodies is a constant priority.
 Since the days of antiquity, biological warfare has been part of many conflicts between states and nations. It is thought that the ancient Anatolian Hittites were the first to make use of biological warfare by driving the victims of plague into the lands of their enemies with the aim of inflicting deathly illnesses on them during the 18th century. Centuries later, biological warfare was prohibited by the Geneva Accord of 1925 and following its use by both Germany and Japan during World War Two, it came into greater disrepute. This led to the convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction - better known as the biological weapons convention (BWC). This was the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, which came into force on 25 March 1975.
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Homeland Security Plans to Thwart Border Violence
 By Eileen Sullivan and Suzanne Gamboa
WASHINGTON - Tighter gun control and stronger law enforcement in Southwestern states were recommended Thursday by lawmakers concerned about drug violence in Mexico possibly spilling across the border.
The escalating violence - which has killed thousands, mostly south of the border - has been blamed on Mexican drug cartels which one Homeland Security official described as the biggest organized crime threat facing the United States.
Roger Rufe, Homeland Security's head of operations, outlined the agency's plans for protecting the border, a response that includes - as a last resort - deploying military personnel and equipment to the region if other agencies are overwhelmed.
Echoing comments a day earlier from President Barack Obama, Rufe said there currently was no need to militarize the Southwestern border with Mexico, despite violence that threatens to migrate into the United States.
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Microsoft Security Strategist Named Cybersecurity Leader
By K.C. Jones
Phil Reitinger will join the Department of Homeland Security to protect the federal government's computer systems from cyberattacks.
 The Department of Homeland Security has announced a new cybersecurity leader.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has appointed Phil Reitinger as deputy undersecretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate. Reitinger will be charged with protecting the federal government's computers and networks from cyberattacks.
CEO Phillip Dunkelberger explains how his company has built an eco system that highlights disk encryption, file transfers to mainframe, and encryption management.
"Phil's background in cybersecurity and computer crime, coupled with his experience working across the federal government and the private sector to develop innovative security strategies, makes him an asset to our department," Napolitano said in a statement.
Reitinger has been responsible for improving and protecting the security of information and infrastructure at Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), where he has served as chief trustworthy infrastructure strategist. In that role, he worked closely with government agencies and other private companies on cybersecurity programs. He's a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Committee and considered an expert on computer crime and policy.
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FEMA Warning: People Need to Watch Out for Floods
The Associated Press
 The Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging people to prepare for the possibility of spring flooding, particularly in the Midwest.
Acting FEMA Administrator Nancy Ward says having a plan can help families stay safe during a disaster. She says that a little research can help "save the lives of the people and pets you care about."
Ward is urging people to locate the nearest emergency shelter, test their emergency plan and know how to communicate prior to a natural disaster.
Earlier this week, strong storms damaged or destroyed homes in parts of the Midwest, and rainfall brought fears of a repeat of last year's devastating flooding.
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