Multiple sites have been attacked by bombs and shootings in the Indian city of Mumbai in what appears to be a coordinated terror attack. The Prime Minister’s office has confirmed at least 25 people dead and dozens more injured in five separate blasts. Gunmen reportedly opened fire at several sites throughout the city, including a [...]
Federal authorities are warning law enforcement personnel of a possible terror plot against the New York City subway system during the holiday season. An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says the FBI has received a “plausible but unsubstantiated” report that al-Qaida terrorists in late September may have discussed attacking the subway system. FBI [...]
While DHS’s investment review process calls for executive decision making at key points in an investment’s life cycle–including program authorization–the process has not provided the oversight needed to identify and address cost, schedule, and performance problems in its major investments. Poor implementation of the process is evidenced by the number of investments that did not [...]
In an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security has announced new plans to regulate the selling and purchasing of ammonium nitrate. The widely used fertilizer was used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 186 people and was the subject of a 2006 ABC News investigative report that found [...]
In fiscal year 2007, the Department of Homeland Security obligated about $12 billion for acquisitions to support homeland security missions. DHS’s major investments include Coast Guard ships and aircraft; border surveillance and screening equipment; nuclear detection equipment; and systems to track finances and human resources. (NationalLedger)
JSU and Homeland Security marked the opening of the Center of Excellence for the Study of Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management at the Mississippi e-Center on Raymond Road during a ribbon cutting event this morning. (ClarionLedger)
A popular NSW ski resort was circled on a map recovered from the home of a Sydney man linked to an alleged terrorist plot, a jury has heard. Plastic piping, a shopping list of combustibles and partially destroyed instructions for a car park rendezvous were also seized during a police raid on the home of [...]
Each agency must develop good internal cybersecurity processes that focus on more than network perimeter protection, said Mischel Kwon, director of the Homeland Security Department’s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team during a panel discussion in Washington at the Security 2008 conference sponsored by 1105 Government Information Group. (NextGov)
With the release of the Illinois State Police 2007 crime rate report, Streator Police Chief Jeff Anderson credited citizens’ and patrol officers’ proactive attitude being the major contributors to the city’s 12 percent crime rate decrease. “In the last couple years, we’ve patrolled a little better and the public has become more involved,” Anderson told [...]
Al Qaeda deputy Ayman al Zawahri’s message on Wednesday criticizing U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and urging attacks on America shows the network remains a threat, but there are no signs of imminent attacks, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Mindful of past al Qaeda attacks around the time of leadership transitions, U.S. security agencies have focused [...]