US Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was formed as a cabinet level agency to address concerns after the 9/11 terrorists attacks. Included in DHS is Immigration, Information Sharing & Analysis, Prevention & Protection, Preparedness & Response, Commerce & Trade and Travel Security. DHS funds research in its DHS Security Centers of Excellence which include The Center for Explosive Detection, Mitigation and Response at Northeastern University and the University of Rhode Island. Additionally, DHS funds institutes at the University of Hawaii and the Steven Institute in New Jersey to name a few fund recipients. Additional funding goes to food safety, foreign animal disease protection, catastrophe preparedness and microbial risk assessment among other Homeland Security funded programs. Given the size and nationwide presence of DHS at universities, labs and other institutes there is no central e-mail inquiry. Inquiries by phone or fax should indicate the subject area and a specific question on a news item.
Address
245 Murray Lane, SW, Building 410
Washington D.C. 20528
Wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security
News Office
NoMediae-mail
Phone
202-282-8010
Fax
202-772-5036
Contact
"US Department of Homeland Security" in the news:
Spit, anyone?
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Mark Nicas has given some of his best years to spittle. He builds models - the mathematical kind - of how someone else's slobber ends up on you. The size of the particles, whether they come out in a dry co ...
Tunnel vision: Border Patrol agents to spot tunnels with advanced ground-penetrating radar
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Criminals of all kinds are digging tunnels along the U.S. border at a fast and furious pace. Of every tunnel ever discovered by U.S. border patrol agents, 60 percent have been found in the last three years. ...
Ka-Boom! The sequel
Apr 29, 2009 |
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When two camera prototypes were tested in a bombing last month aboard a mass transit bus, not only was the Transportation Security Administration interested, so were the cities of New York, Washington, Chicago, ...
Ka-Boom!!! Retired mass-transit bus bombed to smithereens to test forensics camera
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Ruggedized, self-contained cameras, similar in concept to the black box used in aircraft, would record video data that could be retrieved by investigators following a catastrophic incident.
New homeland security tool to detect Conficker worm
Mar 30, 2009 |
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The US Department of Homeland Security released a tool on Monday to detect whether a computer is infected by the Conficker worm.
Good liquid, bad liquid (Video)
Feb 05, 2009 |
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For airline passengers everywhere, good news. Scientists have successfully tested a liquid explosive detection system that may eventually keep dangerous substances off airplanes. This comes barely two years ...
Menace in a bottle: Detecting liquid explosives
Oct 02, 2007 |
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After the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines with liquid explosives was uncovered in London in August 2006, there has been pressure on the airline industry, and Homeland Security, to find new ways to ...
Taking the juice for granted: Powering American cities in the new century
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Barring the occasional thunderstorm, most Americans take the electric current behind their power buttons for granted, and assume the juice will be there when they're ready to fire up an appliance or favorite ...
Jumping on the bandwagon: Introducing the next generation multi-band radio to emergency responders
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Tom Chirhart knows a lot about radios, but over the last year, he's gotten a real life lesson in supply and demand.
Security from chaos
Apr 16, 2008 |
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There’s safety (and security) in numbers … especially when those numbers are random. That’s the lesson learned from a DHS-sponsored research project out of the University of Southern California (USC). The ...
Conficker worm plays no tricks on April Fools' Day
Apr 02, 2009 |
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The Conficker worm's April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedeviling computer virus causing any mischief but security specialists warn that the threat is far from over.
Emergency response
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Disasters are getting worse it seems but the federal government's preparedness has been limited to helping after a disaster has occurred. On the other hand, local organizations often do not have the resources or the training ...
SQUID: The long (and sticky) arms of the law
Jan 16, 2009 |
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What's possible when a group of scientists are inspired by a famous superhero and a giant creature from the sea? How about a new technology for stopping drivers in their tracks?
Boys in the Hood
Apr 21, 2008 |
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When first responders and security guards came to the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s “Tell Us What You Need” table, heading their list was an emergency escape hood worthy of James Bond: a “one s ...
Detecting dirty bomb material with ESA gamma-ray technology
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Thanks to ESA and UK technology transfer support, a British company has developed a device based on the gamma-ray detection equipment used in ESA’s Integral astronomy satellite to detect and identify the radioactive ...
