Immigration Detention Hotels?
"Several of the initiatives Ms.Publication Date: Mon, 10/05/2009
View ArticleSecurity Concerns Create Opportunities for Public Spaces
Early responses were crude, writes Strickland, as bollards and fences invaded public spaces. But as the decade wore on, designers found ways to take advantage of the security needs:Publication Date:...
View ArticleNew Crude-by-Rail Rule Restricts Access to Information
In a long-running battle on disclosure of routing information on oil trains, now known as "high-hazard flammable trains," the new May 1 rule decisively sides with the rail industry. Publication Date:...
View ArticleSecurity Issues Raised for U.S. Commuter and Intercity Trains
"Unlike airports, which are guarded with multiple layers of security — including airport police and Transportation Security Administration [TSA] personnel operating metal detectors and full-body...
View ArticleRail Stations Shortchanged as Homeland Security Focuses on Airports
"Since the attacks of Sept.Publication Date: Fri, 12/11/2015
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Portland's Plan to Move its Open Air Reservoirs Underground
The cost of bringing Portland's Washington Park reservoirs into compliance with federal regulations is rising—now at $190 million after increasing by $20 million since eight months ago.Publication...
View ArticleBorder Wall Plans Following the Path of Least Resistance
"For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build the first piece of President Trump’s border wall through the...
View ArticleDepartment of Homeland Security Will Skip Environmental Review for the Border...
According to an article by Elliot Spagat for the Associated Press, the Department of Homeland Security is planning to move forward with construction on the Trump Administration's proposed border wall...
View ArticleHomeland Security Advisor Recognizes Effects of Climate Change, Ignores Causes
Thanks to a reporter who asked the obvious but rare question of how climate change relates to two devastating Category 4 hurricanes in less than two weeks, we Publication Date: Tue, 09/12/2017
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Army Corps to the Rescue!
President Trump and his administration continue to praise the emergency response to the Publication Date: Fri, 09/29/2017
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Homeland Security Waives More Than 30 Laws to Expedite Border Wall
This week, the Department of Homeland Security “announced that it would be waiving more than 30 laws, most of them environmental, to begin construction on a 20-mile-long stretch of bollard wall near...
View ArticleHomeland Security Grants Aim to Harden Transit
Totaling $88 million, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants are intended to protect transit agencies from terrorism and generally boost their resilience.Publication Date: Wed, 08/29/2018
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Federal Policy Would Keep Chinese Railcars Out of the U.S.
A recent Eno Center for Transportation report examines a proposed policy to restrict the use of federal funds for the purchase of transit vehicles from coPublication Date: Wed, 09/26/2018
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40 Million Californians Ordered to Stay At Home to Contain Coronavirus
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday evening that he had directed the state Public Health Officer to issue a "stay at home" order to protect residents. The order takes effect immediately and will...
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Forecasts for New U.S. COVID Cases and Deaths Skyrocket
"A draft government reporPublication Date: Mon, 05/04/2020
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