DHS: Real ID could help shut down meth labs
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Top official suggests more "secure" IDs envisioned by controversial law will help pharmacies to ferret out customers buying over-the-counter ingredients to concoct the drug.
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An unprecedented analysis of closed-case data provided by the Secret Service indicates that even an ID-theft conviction provides no better than even odds of jail time for perpetrators. And the median take from an ID theft is no small potatoes, either.
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In the weeks before key government tests of new radiation detection equipment, officials at the Department of Homeland Security helped contractors through repeated dry runs that enabled them to perform better during the examinations, according to government briefing documents obtained by The...
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(InfoWorld) - A consortium of security vendors is trying to make it easier for emergency personnel to identify themselves at the scene of a disaster. The group, called Tiers of Trust, will help groups like local police and fire departments develop smart-card identification systems based on a federal ID standard calledÂ FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 201. The FIPS 201 standard defines how smart card identification credentials are to be used by federal employees, and an estimated 3 million local first responders must also comply with the standard in order to qualify for federal grant money, the Tiers of Trust Consortium said. But complying with the FIPS 201 standard can be expensive, and the consortium thinks that it can help local departments cut costs by offering them a helping hand with the process. "What we're trying to do is make it easier and more effective for first responders to be FIPS-compliant ... so they can go and do their jobs," said Howard Schmidt, the former cybersecurity advisor to the White House and a backer of the project. The consortium's ultimate goal is to help create a nationwide ID system that will prevent the logistical snafus that first responders experienced during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina, said Schmidt, who is president and CEO of R&H Security Consulting. In both disasters, there were problems identifying and keeping track of first responders. During Katrina, for example, many professionals who made it to the disaster area were unable to help. "First responders didn't have a compliant identification system, so they were turned away," he said. Tiers of Trust's program is available to many different types of U.S. first responder organization including fire, police, rescue and public health departments. Utilities, communications, and transportation companies can also participate. The group is sponsored by a number of security companies including PGP, HID Global, and Secure Network Systems. The consortium's Web site is set to go live on Tuesday. Participating organizations have until year's end to apply for the program.
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Chertoff: technology will make privacy better The Department of Homeland Security fronted up as a reasonable gent yesterday when it granted state civil servants extra time to implement the Real ID Act.â¦
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Under pressure from the White House and Congress to deliver a long-delayed plan last year, officials at the Department of Homeland Security's counter-narcotics office took a shortcut that has become common at federal agencies: They hired help through a no-bid contract.
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Americans wanting to buy many common cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the pharmacist under legislation introduced on Wednesday aimed at fighting the spread of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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Under a Bloomberg administration proposal, individuals and companies would have to get a permit from the Police Department to buy or use a biological, chemical or radiological detector.
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By Joanie Baker, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 10--For about two years, the Daviess County Sheriff's Department has been disposing of methamphetamine lab waste at the Daviess County landfill.
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The feds crack down on underground labs and reveal that Americaâs sports doping problem remains epidemic.
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The DHS chief reveals how he'll turn state driver's licenses into internal passports. By Ryan Singel.
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The government has until Monday to protect the redacted names of baseball players who were supplied performance-enhancing drugs by a former Mets clubhouse attendant.
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A new suspect has been named in Daniel Smith case:  methadone.
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Sept 13 issue - One measure of how seriously the Feds are pursuing an investigation into whether a Pentagon analyst leaked secret information to a pro-Israel lobbying group is the fact that FBI agents showed up unannounced at the offices of the American
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The Homeland Security Department could access data stored in the electronic container seal, but failure rates must be below 5%. By Larry Greenemeier.
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By Joanie Baker, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 16--The Daviess County Sheriff's Department completed training Thursday to use the container program offered by the Kentucky State Police that provides a disposal method for methamphetamine lab waste.
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BETHESDA, Md. - In the name of homeland security, America's spy imagery agency is keeping a close eye, close to home...