ICE will perform long-range video surveillance inside pipes
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit of DHS is planning to procure a long-range internal pipe inspection system that could empower port and border security personnel to examine suspicious cargo, containers and hidden compartments, and to perform remote surveillance and clandestine operations.
From Government Security News, June 10, 2009
Edmond, OK: City committee investigates ‘smart’ traffic system
A smart transportation system could be coming to Edmond. Members of the Transportation Task Force listened Wednesday morning to a presentation for an Intelligent Transportation System.
From The Edmond Sun, June 10, 2009
SIA fights security funding cuts
The Security Industry Association, an organization representing the interests of security product manufacturers, resellers and integrators, said today that the organization had publicly stated its disappointment with efforts in the House Appropriations Committee's Homeland Security Subcommittee to limit spending in the Port Security Grant Program and the Transit Security Grant Program.
From Security InfoWatch, June 10, 2009
IBM and Axis team up for intelligent surveillance solution at Chicago's Navy Pier
Chicago's Navy Pier is the welcome recipient of a new, highly-advanced network video monitoring system that features IP video equipment from Axis and IBM. The IBM-helmed project greatly increases video security at the pier and allows for easy integration with existing security systems and safety resources.
From videosurveillance.com, June 10, 2009
Virtually everywhere you go ... They're watching
A traffic camera sent an image of your car to the Internet as you crossed Northeast Boulevard and East 12th Street.
A worker at Downtown Visions watched on a video monitor as you parked at 11th and Walnut streets.
Security guards at one of the city's big corporations, using their own network of cameras mounted outside their building, watched you walk up to Rodney Square. So did the Downtown Visions worker.
From Delaware Online, June 09, 2009
Orange County (CA) will slash public safety budgets by $50 million
Despite warnings that slashing the sheriff's department could cripple jails, increase response times and impact investigations, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appeared poised to cut nearly $28 million from the Orange County Sheriff's Department budget.
From The Orange County Register, June 09, 2009
Alliance advocates standard for HDTV-based video surveillance
A recently formed group has proposed a standard for high-definition video surveillance systems that allows HDTV signals to be transmitted digitally over conventional closed-circuit TV media without packetization.
From NetworkWorld, June 09, 2009
In first Cowboys Stadium traffic test, no major bumps for motorists
Cowboys Stadium passed its first traffic test on Saturday, with an estimated 60,000 fans arriving on streets and highways that were backed up for about two hours but remained passable at all times.
From Star Telegram, June 08, 2009
Three Southwest states get more ‘Stonegarden’ funds, but New Mexico gets less
Last year, the four Southwest border states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas collectively received 59 percent of the $60 million allocated under Operation Stonegarden to enhance U.S. border enforcement activities, but in the fiscal year 2009 allotment of another $60 million, which was announced June 4, the slice of the pie that will be handed to those four states has grown to 76 percent.
From Government Security News, June 08, 2009
Three Southwest states get more ‘Stonegarden’ funds, but New Mexico gets less
Last year, the four Southwest border states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas collectively received 59 percent of the $60 million allocated under Operation Stonegarden to enhance U.S. border enforcement activities, but in the fiscal year 2009 allotment of another $60 million, which was announced June 4, the slice of the pie that will be handed to those four states has grown to 76 percent.
From Government Security News, June 08, 2009
