Atlantic Organization for Security (AOS)
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DHS / MSA / US Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger addresses the Coast Guard’s efforts to improve our Nation’s maritime security through Maritime Domain Awareness. The maritime environment is inherently dangerous, complex, and...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton addresses ICE’s Secure Communities strategy which improves and modernizes the identification and removal of criminal aliens and other high priority aliens from the United States....
The Department of Homeland Security has outlined a $202 million program to arm federal agencies with new tools to continuously monitor their computer networks for security threats. Contracts for monitoring services will be awarded...
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with industry and small business representatives at the White House to discuss the Department’s current efforts to secure cyberspace and develop the cyber workforce. “Today we face an...
The DHS Northern Border Strategy is the first unified DHS strategy to guide the Department’s policies and operations along the U.S.-Canada border providing a framework for enhancing security and resiliency while expediting lawful travel...
Comms / Contracts / Crisis management / DHS
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide tactical and mission critical communications services to the DHS community. The multiple-award,...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an expanded list of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designated-degree programs that qualify eligible graduates on student visas for an optional practical training (OPT) extension. This...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the European Union (EU) signed today a Mutual Recognition Decision between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program. CBP...
Lawmakers questioned the Federal Aviation Administration’s plan to test allowing drones to fly beside commercial airplanes in U.S. airspace. The FAA is planning a pilot program that would allow unmanned aircraft to fly in...
Contracts / MSA / msa / US Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a $78.5 million contract option to purchase the service’s 16th and 17th HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft from prime contractor EADS North America. The HC-144A is based...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is an effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive...
Fincantieri has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of 40 boats, scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2013. With an approximate value of $89,600,000, the new...
Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) —provides more than $830 million for states and urban areas to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats. State Homeland Security Program...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓™, a passenger pre-screening initiative, to additional airports across the country...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a 13-month, $71 million contract to further enhance the capabilities of its immigration and border management functions. The contract supports the United...
Winston Churchill’s : “Everywhere men pray for peace, but prepare for war.” Navy ships, Army ground-based radar and missile systems and Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard aircraft have descended on Key West, Fla.,...
A $40.6 billion Homeland Security appropriations bill cleared the House Thursday evening, ending two days of debate that saw new limits imposed on funding for airport screeners but strong opposition to conservative demands for...
Border Security / Customs and Border Protection / DHS / FEMA / Homeland Security / Policy / US Coast Guard
As part of Secretary Napolitano’s vision for One DHS, the Department today unveiled an cross-component Maritime Operations Coordination (MOC) plan to enhance the Department’s coordination capabilities when responding to threats against the United States....
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a contract by Worldwide Aeros Corporation, a US prime contractor for aerostat vehicles, to deliver its Seaspray 7500E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. The Seaspray...
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today visited Brussels to meet with her counterparts, sign a joint statement on global supply chain security cooperation between the United States and European Union, and deliver remarks...