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Free Trade, Smart Borders, and Homeland Security: U.S.- Caribbean Cooperation in a New Era of Vulnerability
White Paper Customs Service, Coast Guard, and Border Patrol were being called upon to open U.S.borders and seaports once again to legitimate trade and travel. This paper focuses on the U.S. Caribbean cooperation in free trade and... [03 Jul 2008]
Pocket PC Phone Edition Solution Can Streamline Miami Customs Inspections
White Paper Customs officers inspect inbound aircraft and sea vessels at more than 300 international air and seaports of entry, fighting to halt the smuggling of narcotics into the United States. U.S. Customs officials at Miami... [03 Jul 2008]
Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response
White Paper This paper focuses on a possible terrorist nuclear attack on a U.S.seaport, a low-probability but high-consequence threat. Ports are vulnerable, and an attack could affect the global economy as well as cause local devastation. [10 Apr 2008]
New IT Infrastructure and Municipal Portal Enable Integrated, Accessible Public Services
White Paper Ventspils is a city of 43,000 in northeastern Latvia and boasts one Europe's leading seaports. The local council wanted to improve service delivery, diversify the local economy and guide the community towards a... [06 Mar 2008]
US turns to tech to shore up its ports
News Next year, close to 100 per cent of all containers coming into all seaports will be screened or scanned for radiation, he said. Airport screeners are using new technology to find explosives instead of hunting for... [20 Mar 2006]
US fires up RFID immigration border trial
News The procedures are currently in place at entry points at 115 airports and 15 seaports, and at secondary inspection centres in 50 land ports. The US Department of Homeland Security has begun testing immigration documents... [09 Aug 2005]
U.S. and Bahamian Governments to Cooperate on Detecting Illicit Shipments of Nuclear Material
White Paper In an effort to work together in the war on terrorism, the United States and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas recently signed an agreement to install special equipment at one of the Bahamas' busiest seaports to detect... [15 Feb 2005]
Department of Homeland Security to Begin Biometric Exit Pilot
White Paper As a part of the border management system introduced at airports and seaports earlier this year, the U.S. US-VISIT is a continuum of security measures that begin overseas and continuous on through entry and exit at... [28 Dec 2004]
Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Improve Force Protection for DOD Deployments Through Domestic Seaports
White Paper This report focuses on domestic seaports and analyzes the security environment at domestic strategic seaports used by DOD for military deployments and DOD's process for securing military deployments... [22 Dec 2004]
Homeland Security: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Target Security Inspections of Cargo Containers
White Paper Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) development of its targeting strategy is consistent with recognized risk management and computer modeling practices and how well the targeting strategy has been implemented at selected... [22 Dec 2004]
Homeland Security: Summary of Challenges Faced in Targeting Ocean Going Cargo Containers for Inspection
White Paper In this testimony, GAO summarizes its work on whether this development of CBP's targeting strategy is consistent with recognized key risk management and modeling practices and it examines how well the strategy has been implemented at... [22 Dec 2004]
Accenture Homeland Security win worth up to $10bn
News Since implementing US-VISIT entry capabilities at 115 airports and 14 seaports on 5 January, more than 4.5 million foreign nationals have been processed without their wait times being adversely affected, the department... [02 Jun 2004]
Want to visit the US? Now you have to show your biometrics...
News The us biometric system, officially launched on Monday, is now in use at 115 airports as well as 14 seaports, with the US hoping to roll out the scheme in 50 of the busiest land entry ports by the end of 2004 and in all... [06 Jan 2004]
Pocket PC Phone Edition Solution Can Streamline Miami Customs Inspections
Customs officers inspect inbound aircraft and sea vessels at more than 300 international air and seaports of entry, fighting to halt the smuggling of narcotics into the United States. U.S. Customs officials at Miami... [30 Oct 2003]
Tech firms left high and dry in shipping dispute
News A contract dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association that has closed major seaports from Washington state to the southern tip of California since Sunday is showing... [02 Oct 2002]
