David Fletcher: Homeland SecurityNews, information, and reports related to homeland security at state, local and national levelsE-911 Coordination Initiative- October 29, 2003 States are meeting today and tomorrow with the FCC in Washington DC to discuss E-911 deployment. The meetings are being streamed live. The Emergency Services Interconnection Forum has developed a readiness packet checklist for Phase 2. Chairman Powell of the FCC spoke this morning of the goals for the coordination initiative: We all are committed to bringing the benefits of E911 technology to as many Americans as possible as quickly as is practicable; We all recognize that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/homelandSecurity/2003/10/29.html#a979 Enterprise Architecture in Utah- October 28, 2003 I met with Randy Hughes, Utah's new Enterprise Architect this afternoon. I am excited about having an enterprise architect on board and hope that we will be able to leverage his work toward new innovations and services. The Department of Homeland Security completed the first version of their enterprise architecture in four months under Steve Cooper's direction. We should be able to do that. Earlier today, DHS unveiled details for the US-VISIT sytem.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/homelandSecurity/2003/10/28.html#a977 Justice Data- October 3, 2003 A national conference on justice statistics and information is concluding today in San Francisco. Sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Statistics and Research Association, the conference was loaded with interesting presentations. BJS supports the World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems - not to be confused with the CIA's World Factbook which has always been one of my favorite resources. The CCJJ website won the national award at the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/homelandSecurity/2003/10/03.html#a935 Homeland Security News- October 1, 2003 The CJIS Group has an online database of bids and awards for Criminal Justice and Public Safety IT projects throughout the country. Even the summary data looks interesting. The detail is restricted to password only access. Utah received an award of $442,365 for EOC "corrective construction" among the $81 million awarded late last week by DHS. Unfortunately, we didn't receive any of the interoperability grant money that was awarded. No one from Utah was among those receiving...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/homelandSecurity/2003/09/30.html#a926 |