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Farmers Say Animal Tracking Data Must Be Kept Confidential

Those are the goals of a nationwide animal-identification system being rolled out to track livestock diseases and possible terrorist attacks

News • September 24th, 2004

U.C. Davis Lab Prepares in Fight against Bioterrorism

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory is taking a "Mission Impossible" approach to battling bioterrorism

News • September 24th, 2004

Colombia's Issues New ID Cards with Biometrics

Colombia started issuing special consular ID cards Thursday aimed at making it easier for its citizens living in the United States to open bank accounts

News • September 24th, 2004

House Drops Plans to Move Cybersecurity Role to White House

House Republican leaders backed away Thursday from a proposal to move important cybersecurity functions

News • September 24th, 2004

Missouri's Johnson County Accepts Federal Help For Health Responders and Possible Homeland Emergency

Johnson County, Mo., commissioners accepted more than $500,000 in federal help Thursday to better train public-health responders for a possible homeland emergency. The amount was nearly $150,000 less than what the county received under the...

News • September 24th, 2004

Community College Gets $1 Million to Teach Rural Anti-Terrorism

Northwest Arkansas Community College has received nearly $1 million from the federal government to start a rural homeland security training program

News • September 24th, 2004

Lockheed Martin Gets DoD Global Fingerprint Deal

Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense contractor, said that it received a five-year contract

News • September 24th, 2004

Feds Give $31.2 Million for Border Truck Safety

Texas and New Mexico will receive $31.2 million for nine new truck safety inspection stations as border states brace for a surge in traffic

News • September 24th, 2004

Security Guard Fatally Shot at State Capitol

A gunman walked into the Illinois state Capitol Monday and fatally shot an unarmed security guard.

News • September 23rd, 2004

LAPD Counterterrorism Chief Detained at Airport with Handgun

The head of the Police Department's counterterrorism bureau was detained by federal authorities

News • September 23rd, 2004

FBI Now Has Easier Access to DHS Visitor Files

The US department of homeland security has given the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

News • September 21st, 2004

Three Cities Get Added Homeland Security Funding

The Homeland Security Department continues to examine technology...

News • September 20th, 2004

City Officials Step Up Security in Fairfield, Ohio

After receiving national attention for their homeland security efforts two years ago, city officials have quietly continued to improve preparedness

News • September 16th, 2004

Augusta, Ga., Airport Team to Observe Screening System in Florida

Augusta Regional Airport officials are headed to Jacksonville, Fla., today to learn all they can about a cutting-edge screening system

News • September 16th, 2004

New Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Funds Baggage Screening

A funding feud with the Transportation Security Administration over who pays what for an expensive in-line baggage handling system

News • September 16th, 2004

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